Topic 9 - Global Healthcare Systems

Question 1

How would you describe Germany’s health care system?

Answer 1

• universal coverage to its citizens
• org. through an entrepreneural system
• relies on social insurance groups, cities, occupations, or industries - know as sickness funds

Question 2

How does Canada’s health care system operate?

Answer 2

• universal coverage
• National Health Insurance program run by a single-payer, the government
• Canadian hospitals receive both an annual operating budget and a capital expenditure budget from the government

Question 3

Explain how the health care system operates in Britain?

Answer 3

• National Health Service
• government pays virtually all health care costs for all citizens
• general practitioners work as private contractors and receive payments from the gov.

Question 4

What is China’s strategy in providing health care?

Answer 4

• emphasis on prevention rather than cure and integrating western medicine with og. medicine
• using health mass campaigns
• using physician extenders

Question 5

What is the three-tier system in Mexico’s health care system?

Answer 5

• private health care for the wealthy
• high-quality government-provided insurance for the middle class
• lower-quality gov. provided services for most of the rest