basics
It determines an individual's access to health care.
What is insurance coverage?
One of the few countries that does not have universal coverage.
What is the United States of America?
Always considered at an individual level.
What are health determinants?
Helps define a society’s ideals.
What is a value system?
It has expanded health insurance in the US but has not achieved universal coverage.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
Heath care is financed by the government through general taxes but health care itself is delivered by private providers.
What is Canada?
Encompass the different dimensions of life and also affect people’s health. These factors include air pollution, food and water contaminants, radiation, and toxic chemicals.
What are environmental factors?
Determines how a person defines health.
Lower rates of re-hospitalization in France.
What is better access to primary care?
It accounts for about 55% of total US healthcare expenditures.
What is private financing?
The infrastructure of healthcare delivery is managed by the government, as is the financing of a tax-supported national health insurance program.
What is the United Kingdom?
Includes diet, exercise, stress, risky or unhealthy behaviors, and other choices that may contribute to significant health problems.
What is behavior and lifestyle?
Each culture group has a unique outlook on life that can impact life/death decisions.
What is Worldview?
In America, private insurance companies have administrative costs on every bill.
What is 20 percent?
Number one reason why people declare bankruptcy in the US.
What are medical expenses?
Health care is financed by government-mandated employer and employee contributions, and health care is also delivered by private providers.
What is Germany?
Key determinant of health because genetic factors predispose individuals to certain diseases.
What is heredity?
Market forces can best achieve a fair distribution of healthcare services in a free economy.
What is market justice?
France established this national health insurance meant to protect the population against increasing health care costs.
What is social security?
Leaves the delivery of care of health care services in the hands of the private world.
What is singlepayer national health insurance?
Has been globally recognized for overall quality and the WHO ranked it the best national healthcare system in the world.
What is France?
Both individual health and population health are closely related to access to adequate services for preventive and curative health.
What is medical care?
The equitable distribution of health care is a societal responsibility, rather than that of an individual.
What is social justice?
The French parliament votes to set new health care budgets and guidelines every year.
What is the Objectif National des Despenses d'Assurance Maladie?