Your initial post should be at least 250 words and must substantively integrate the assigned readings
Be sure to use and cite as much supporting detail as necessary from the required learning materials in answering the following inter-related questions.
- Briefly, which two countries’ healthcare systems did you choose to investigate and why?
- Drawing on The Commonwealth Fund’s Country Profiles and the Kurani & Wagner analysis for the Kaiser Family Foundation, briefly summarize the healthcare system in each country as well as some health measure statistics/outcomes you found most compelling in them.
- What might account for any differences you found in your selected countries (and implicitly back to the US as well)?
- Finally, how has your review of these other countries affected your own views of the US healthcare system? For example, is there any structure, practice or outcome that the US would benefit from adopting?
- Conerly, T.R., Holmes, K., & Tamang, A.L. (2021). Chapter 19: Health and MedicineLinks to an external site.. In, Introduction to sociology 3e (pp. 559-577). OpenStax.
- Kurani, N., & Wagner, E. (2021, September 30). How does the quality of the US health system compare to other countries?Links to an external site. Kaiser Family Foundation.
- The Commonwealth Fund. (nd). Country Profiles International Health Care System ProfilesLinks to an external site.. Washington, DC: The Commonwealth Fund.
- PBS. (2008, April). Sick Around the World: 5 Capitalist Democracies and How They Do It.Links to an external site. PBS.
- PBS NewsHour (2021, April 1) Critical Care: America vs. The World - A PBS NEWSHOUR SpecialLinks to an external site.. PBS. (56 mins; first 30:31 mins required, rest optional).