Healthcare system in developed countries

HEALTH SYSTEM IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

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Introduction

·       The developed countries has a unique system of healthcare delivery

·       The meaning of healthcare delivery in terms of developed countries is

o   Major components of the system

o   Enable peoples to receive healthcare services

o   Provision of healthcare services to the patients

·       Most of the developed countries have a National Health Insurance Programmes referred to as Universal access

·       Some of the statistic of Health Insurance in US is

o   187.4 million Americans have private health insurance

o   Health insurance can be bought from 1000 companies and 70 blue shield plans

o   540 licensed health maintenance organizations (HMOs)

o   925 preferred providers organizations (PPOs)

 

Sub Systems of Developed Healthcare Delivery

·       Managed Care Organizations

o   Seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating the basic functions of healthcare delivery

o   Implement mechanism to control utilization of medical services

o   Determine the price at which services are purchased

o   Primary financer of this subsystem are

§  Employers

§  Government

o   In this system two terms refers to

§  Enrollee is a member that is covered under the plan

§  Health plan is a contractual management between the Managed Care organizations and Enrollee

·       Military Care System

o   This medical system is available free of charge to the

§  Active duty military personnel

§  Retired duty military personnel

o   This system is

§  Well organized

§  Highly integrated

§  Comprehensive

o   It also gives TRICARE in which families, dependents or retired military covered under the insurance financed by active military personnel's

o   This system offers a VA (Veterans) healthcare system which is

§  Available for retired veterans

§  Focuses on hospital, mental and long term care

§  Largest and oldest(1946) organized healthcare system in the world

§  Provide medical care, education, training, research, emergency management etc.

·       Vulnerable Population System

o   Particularly the poor, uninsured, minorities and immigrants

o   Live in disadvantaged communities and receive care from “safety net” providers

o   The safety net providers are

§  Secure

§  Forego care

§  Emergency services

§  Managing increase numbers of uninsured persons

§  Allow much cost shifting

§  Medicaid

·       Integrated Delivery System (IDS)

o   Various forms of ownership and links among

§  Hospitals

§  Physicians

§  Insurers

o   The main objective of IDS is

§  To have one healthcare organization deliver a range of services

o   IDS is the network of organizations that provides and arrange a continuum of medical services

 

Characteristic’s of Developed Healthcare System

·     Government agency involvement

·     Technology is driven and focused

·     Low cost

·     Equal access

·     Perfect Market conditions

·     Social justice

·     Integration

·     Accountability

·     Balance of Power

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