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Question: Foreign Health Care Policy (FHC)

Using library resources compare and contrast the health care system (i.e. provisions of health care) of either France, Japan, or Germany with the United States. Minimum paper length 3 full pages. In addition to the paper, all students will have a peer reviewer for their FHC paper. The peer review instructions will be provided in class. You cannot pick the same country as your peer (one researches France and the other researches either Japan or Germany). To help students identify articles that are peer reviewed (or juried articles), please visit the Madigan Library site created for this course.

The paper shall include the following criteria when comparing and contrasting one of the above three countries with the US healthcare system:

• Cost of care (include who pays the doctor, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, etc...)

• Quality of care (i.e. utilization of diagnostic equipment, surgical procedures, life span, infant ?morbidity, as well as other indicators discussed in the text and my notes this semester.)

• Access to care (waiting period before a patient can see their doctor, who is covered [birth - death; ?references the continuum of care])

• Who pays the healthcare provider

• Similar to fee-for-service program or managed care system?

• Does the system follow a retrospective or prospective payment system?

• Does the system follow DRG?

• Your conclusion should indicate your opinion as to which country provides better healthcare to their ?citizens. The body of your paper will justify your opinion. What are the benefits/limitations of their healthcare system? What are the quality issues, access to care, and cost of care issues compared to the USA? Is the overall health of this country's population better or worse compared to the USA?