Your Course Project is a comparative analysis of the U.S. healthcare system against that of another country of your choice. Research what country you wish to choose for your Course Project in order to write your comparative analysis of its healthcare system against the United States’. You will be identifying healthcare business problems, often termed opportunities for improvement, in your selected country. These are important challenges for the national healthcare system, areas which need to be addressed for enhancement of community health. Some of these business problems will include:
Poverty: National Income Per Capita
Life Expectancy: Life Expectancy at Birth
Childhood Mortality: Probability of Dying Before Age 5
Early Mortality: Probability of Dying Before Age 60
Healthcare Spending: Expenditures on Health Per Capita
Healthcare Spending: Expenditures on Health as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
Efficiency: Overall Healthcare Efficiency as Determined by World Health Organization Model
Some examples of evolving issues in the healthcare industry include, but are not limited to:
Health Literacy Deficiencies
Pharmaceutical Expenditures
Shortage of Physicians – Density per 1000 Population
Shortage of Nurses – Density per 1000 Population
Cancer Rates – Cases per 1000 Population
Acute Myocardial Infarction Rates – Cases per 1000 Population
Pediatric Asthma Rates – Cases per 1000 Population
The Covid-19 Crisis of 2020 and Fast Tracking of Vaccines
Make sure that you are able to find adequate references for your project (i.e., a minimum of four (4) scholarly or primary source references; Wikipedia is not a scholarly or academic resource). You will have graded milestones throughout the session, and The Final Course Project will be due in Week 7. This will consist of a written paper. Make sure you are able to find at least four (4) primary sources with enough information meeting the requirements in both length and comparing key indicators of the U.S. healthcare system to your chosen country’s healthcare system. Primary sources include:
The World Health Organization;
National Institutes of Health;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;
The OECD has a comprehensive database of healthcare statistics for 30 different countries, including the United States. It is used by the World Health Organization, the United States, and other OECD participants, as well as the entire world, in order to determine what may be the most efficient and effective way to deliver healthcare. (For assessing healthcare efficiency, http://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf (Links to an external site.) will be helpful.) The OECD HCQI data will show where these 30 developed countries are in regards to healthcare services and which of these countries are making progress improvements.
Do not hesitate to also search for “Ministry of Health” + “name of your nation” to find the best and most current material for your project, or check out your chosen country’s national healthcare website in addition to government websites to help supplement your primary sources.
