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Comparison and Contrasts of United Kingdom and Haiti Health Care Systems?
Contrast between United Kingdom and Haiti health care system
Contrast |
United kingdom |
Haiti |
Causes of disease |
Factor for disease are faulty nutrition, tobacco, hypertension |
Factors for disease are inequity health care services, lack of sanitation and nutrition. |
Most chronic health problem |
Dementia and Alzheimer disease, cancer , cardiovascular problems are most common disease |
It is the place of most incidence of AIDS |
disease |
Winter vomiting disease |
Vector borne disease are prevalent |
Mental disease |
Mental disease as a result of stress |
Mental disease as a result of earth quake |
Health care |
Government sponsored health care system are prevalent in the united kingdom mainly universal health care |
Haiti plans to achieve universal health care |
Emergency car e |
Emergency services, the services are provided by means of air, military, naval |
It receives emergency care around the world |
Location of service |
Most of the services are provided by government in urban. Some people may prefer private insurance |
Health care service are present mostly in urban area and 30% health care services are covered by the public hospitals and 70% health care services are covered by the private hospitals |
Payment system at point of care |
Health care services are free, provided by national health service at the point of care |
Patient receives care by direct payment system at the point of care |
Insurance |
Health care services provided by National health service |
Health system is divided into public , private nonprofit, mixed not for profit, private for profit |
Adequacy of care |
United Kingdome is wealthy country. Patient receives free treatment and appointment |
Haiti is poorest country and patient does not receive care because of inequalities of care |
Health care services |
It is free for all people at any level |
Health care serviced is received by people y means of out of pocket and charitable organizations |
Comparison between United Kingdom and Haiti health care system
United Kingdom |
Haiti |
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Level of care |
Its care is divided into three levels such as primary care, secondary care, tertiary care |
It care is divided into three levels primary care, secondary care, tertiary care |
Principles |
Free care at the delivery and equity care and spend by Federal government |
It based on three principles such as integration, sustainable, host government sovereignty |
Disparities in care |
Health disparities are prevalent in all over united kingdom due to location, education |
health care services to people are affected by finance, education, geographical location |
resources |
People receives adequate care because of inadequate resources such as staff, equipment in public hospitals |
Health care system is affected because of personnel, financial and material resources |
Spending |
United Kingdome spends health care cost on health care services approximately 8% of its GDP |
It spends approximately 8% of GDP on health care |