Healthcare structure and system of US and UK
The competencies this assignment focuses on are
Foundational Public Health Knowledge (FPHK)
Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease
Public Health Foundational Competencies (PHFC)
5a. Compare the organization, structure, and function of health care
- ) across national settings
- ) across international settings
5b. Compare the organization, structure, and function of public health
- ) across national settings
- ) across international settings
HPM 11 Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease
Part A
- Compare the health care structure and system (including financing) of the United States and United Kingdom.
- Focus on how the COVID crisis was handled by the US and the country you pick as this response was influenced by policy, politics, and health systems structure.
You will include what you have learnt related to HPMM Competency 11 (below links) – and Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease.
- https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(12)00631-9/fulltext
- https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.22.6.183
Find enclosed the resources to help you understand this concept as well and incorporate it when you discuss the health care systems of the 2 countries you chose and compare them
Find enclosed the following readings which provide additional information to understand the link between globalization and the global burden of disease.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152238/
- https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031210-101225#:~:text=Globalization%20is%20associated%20with%20a,means%20the%20transport%20of%20pathogens.
- The length of the essay is between 800- 1000 words.
