Advantages and Limitations of the U.S. Health Care Delivery System (CLO 1, 3)
No country in the world has a perfectly balanced health care delivery system. Certain aspects of a healthcare system may be advantageous to some stakeholders, while presenting inefficiencies or challenges to other groups. The United States has a unique system of healthcare delivery, with loosely coordinated subsystems that encompass public and private payers and multitudes of providers. Without a central governing body, the U.S. health care system is shaped by many different stakeholder interests.
For this assignment, identify three advantages of the U.S. health care delivery system, and three limitations. Next, consider those who are affected by these advantages and limitations, and analyze the implications of each with regard to:
- Healthcare costs
- Addressing disparities in access to healthcare and health outcomes
- Achieving reliable quality of healthcare
- For each advantage that you identified, who are the individuals or groups that benefit? Which groups are left out?
- For each limitation you described, how does the limitation drive the need for change or reform to the health care system?
Provide your analysis in 2-3 pages, double spaced (not including cover sheet, abstract, or references), and provide at least three (3) scholarly references to support your assessment (including the textbook). Apply APA format for all your formatting, citations, and references, unless otherwise indicated. All papers should include:
- Title page;
- Abstract;
- Use of Level I and II headings (if applicable);
- Introduction section;
- Conclusion section;
- In-text citations;
- References page