Characteristics of US Healthcare System
US Healthcare Framework
U.S VS. Canada
Health Determinants
Cultural Beliefs and Values & Strategies to Improve Healthcare
100

In this country the average life expectancy is about 78.5 years

What is the average life expectancy in the U.S?

100

This law expanded health insurance in the U.S. but has not yet created universal coverage.

What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

100

The United States is known for having unequal access, average outcomes, & legal risks that influence provider behaviors

Which country has unequal access, average outcomes, & legal risks that influence provider behaviors?

100

Health determinants are always considered at this level, focusing on personal factors that affect well-being.

What is the individual level?

100

A value system helps define a society’s ideals.

What system helps define a society’s ideals?

200

This type of healthcare system is characterized by its reliance on advanced medical technology and often comes with significantly higher costs.

What is a technology-driven healthcare system?



200

Unlike the U.S., most other developed countries have this type of health insurance program.

What is universal health insurance?

200

Canada provides basic universal coverage, but citizen still purchases additional health insurance through their employers    

Which Country provides basic universal coverage, but citizen still purchases additional health insurance through their employer?  

200

Environmental factors include these four key dimensions of life: physical, socio-economic, socio-political, and this.


What is socio-cultural?

200

American society has become increasingly defined by various subcultures due to the steady influx of immigrants from different parts of the world.

Which society has become increasingly defined by various subcultures due to the steady influx of immigrants from different parts of the world?

300

In the U.S., this factor primarily determines an individual's ability to access health care services.

What is insurance coverage?

300

This subsystem of U.S. healthcare serves military personnel and their families.

What is Military Medical Care?

300

In the U.S. 18% of survey respondents stated they skipped medication doses due to cost    

In which country did 18% of survey respondents report skipping medication doses due to cost?

300

Air pollution, food and water contaminants, radiation, and toxic chemicals are all examples of this type of environmental factor that impacts health.

What are physical environmental factors?

300

Millennials are more inclined toward social justice.

Which generation is more inclined toward social justice?

400

Characteristics of the U.S. healthcare system

No central governing agency & little integration & coordination, fusion of market justice and social justice, multiple players and balance of power are examples of what?

400

This subsystem focuses on coordinated care for groups such as the elderly or chronically ill, often providing services over an extended period.

What is Long-term Care?

400

In Canada, most medical offices are privately owned and operated    

In which country are most medical offices privately owned and operated? 

400

Case #1: Because Joan’s blood pressure is 165/102 and her BMI is approximately 32, these two health determinants must be considered in her care.

What are physical activity and weight/obesity?

400

This concern about equitable access to healthcare services is addressed by theories of market justice and social justice

What is equitable access to healthcare services?

500

These three major issues are often used to describe the overall performance of the U.S. healthcare system, despite its high spending and advanced technology.

What do high costs, unequal access, and average health outcomes characterize?


500

Name 3 of the 6 subsystems of U.S. healthcare delivery besides Military Medical Care and Long-term Care

Managed Care, Subsystems for Special Populations, Integrated Systems, & Public Health System

500

 In Canada, the country pays 70% with the remaining 30% paid by the patient either out of pocket or with private insurance    

In which country is 70% covered by the government, with the remaining 30% covered by the patient either out of pocket or with private insurance?

500

Case #2: For Gerrard, a 52-year-old man living in rural Costa Rica with a history of heavy smoking, alcohol use, recent assault, and disorientation, these health determinants must be carefully evaluated.

What are tobacco usage, substance abuse, mental health, injury violence, and access?

500

Name six of the ten key strategies aimed at improving the U.S. healthcare system

What are the Healthy People initiative, public health, focus on determinants, social determinants of health, medical care determinants of health, social and medical points of intervention, policy interventions, community-based interventions, healthcare interventions, and individual-level interventions?

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