Healthcare Comparison by Glafira Guirand https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519 U.S Healthcare System vs Switzerland en-us 2021-02-28 18:25:57 UTC 2023-07-26 04:49:33 UTC hello@padlet.com gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285393087 2021-03-09 02:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285393087 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285394283 2021-03-09 02:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285394283 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285397740                 VS]]> 2021-03-09 02:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285397740 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285406995 Healthcare Comparison]]> 2021-03-09 02:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285406995 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285459559 2021-03-09 02:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285459559 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285486936 2021-03-09 03:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285486936 References Switzerland gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285564587 Tikkanen, Roosa, et al. “Switzerland: Commonwealth Fund.” The Commonwealth Fund, 5 June 2020, www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/switzerland. 

Switzerland Demographics. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/switzerland-demographics/

Switzerland. (2017, September 19). Retrieved April 13, 2021, from http://www.healthdata.org/switzerland

McCall, I. (2009). Overview of the healthcare system in Switzerland. Retrieved April 13, 2021, from https://healthmanagement.org/c/imaging/issuearticle/overview-of-the-healthcare-system-in-switzerland#:~:text=The%20Swiss%20healthcare%20system%20compares,the%20health%20care%20they%20receive

Overview of Switzerland. (n.d.). Retrieved April 14, 2021, from https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/switzerland#country-recommended-articles

OECD and who survey of Switzerland's health system. (2006, October 19). Retrieved April 14, 2021, from https://www.oecd.org/general/oecdandwhosurveyofswitzerlandshealthsystem.htm]]> 2021-03-09 03:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1285564587 Demographics https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1287707004 2021-03-09 14:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1287707004 Leading Causes Of Death & Major Health Issues https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288479020 2021-03-09 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288479020 Infant Mortality https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288481650 2021-03-09 16:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288481650 Public and Private Health Care Financing/Insurance System https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288487802 2021-03-09 16:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288487802 Healthcare Expenditures https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288490237 2021-03-09 16:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288490237 Healthcare Delivery System https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288491707 2021-03-09 16:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288491707 Limitations To These Health Care Systems https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288493598 2021-03-09 16:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288493598 Other observations https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288495015 2021-03-09 16:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1288495015 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305687067 Population: 8,654,622

Life Expectancy: 
Average- 83.8 years old
Females- 86 years old 
Males- 82.4 years old]]> 2021-03-13 17:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305687067 References U.S.A gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305708120
Tikkanen, R., Osborn, R., Mossialos, E., Djordjevic, A., & Wharton, G. (2020, June 5). United states: Commonwealth Fund. Retrieved April 14, 2021, from https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/united-states

“United States of America.” United States of America - Place Explorer - Data Commons, 2019, datacommons.org/place/country/USA?utm_medium=explore.
https://datacommons.org/place/country/USA?utm_medium=explore&mprop=count&popt=Person&hl=en

“Products - Data Briefs - Number 395 - December 2020.” CDC, Dec. 2020, www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db395.htm#:%7E:text=In%202019%2C%20the%2010%20leading,exchanged%20ranks%20(Figure%204).

Major Characteristics of U.S Health Care Delivery. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2021, from https://samples.jblearning.com/0763763802/63800_CH01_Final.pdf

Brennan, N., Cafarella, N., Kocot, S., McKethan, A., Morrison, M., Nguyen, N., . . . II, R. (2009, August 21). Improving quality and value in the U.S. health care system. Retrieved April 13, 2021, from https://www.brookings.edu/research/improving-quality-and-value-in-the-u-s-health-care-system/

]]> 2021-03-13 17:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305708120 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305708856 Population : 328.2 Million

Life Expectancy:
Females- 81 years old
Males- 77 years old]]> 2021-03-13 17:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305708856 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305748823 2021-03-13 18:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305748823 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305761707 2021-03-13 18:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1305761707 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1355666534 2021-03-26 01:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1355666534 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1391224023 Total employment in various health delivery settings is almost 14.4 million, Approximately 383,000 physical , occupational and speech therapist. 5,700 hospitals, 15,900 nursing homes, 2900 inpatient mental health facilities and 11,00 home health agencies and hospices. ]]> 2021-04-07 13:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1391224023 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1392641716 In 2016, there were 281 hospitals(102 general and 181 specialty hospitals). Approximately 36,940 physicians and 570 nursing homes.

]]> 2021-04-07 17:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1392641716 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1399772509 3.6 Deaths per 1000 births]]> 2021-04-09 13:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1399772509 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1399804427 5.6 Deaths per 1000 births]]> 2021-04-09 13:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1399804427 Economy https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400452424 2021-04-09 15:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400452424 Government Structure https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400453330 2021-04-09 15:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400453330 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400495186 Government Type:
Federal directorial Republic
]]> 2021-04-09 15:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400495186 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400510409 Government Type:
Constitution Based Federal Republic.]]> 2021-04-09 15:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1400510409 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1401110088 Switzerland has low unemployment, a skilled labor force and one of the highest gross domestic products per capita in the world. The country’s strong economy is powered by low corporate tax rates, a highly-developed service sector led by financial services and a high-tech manufacturing industry. (U.S News)]]> 2021-04-09 18:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1401110088 Values https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1401119124 2021-04-09 18:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1401119124 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403038527 Switzerland has liberal social and economic policies and strong values regarding democracy, individual freedom, human rights, and a market economy.]]> 2021-04-10 19:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403038527 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403134782 Switzerland’s universal health care system is highly decentralized, with the cantons, or states, playing a key role in its operation. Mandatory health insurance is offered by competing nonprofit insurers on cantonal exchanges. It is not sponsored by employers. The insurers are supervised by the Federal Office of Public Health.(McCall,2009)]]> 2021-04-10 20:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403134782 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403213091 The U.S. health system is a mix of public and private, for-profit and nonprofit insurers and health care providers. Health care is paid for by government programs (such as Medicare and Medicaid), private health insurance plans (usually through employers), and the person's own funds (out-of-pocket). The United States does not have universal health insurance coverage. Nearly 92 percent of the population was estimated to have coverage in 2018, leaving 27.5 million people, or 8.5 percent of the population, uninsured.(Tikkanen,2020)]]> 2021-04-10 22:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403213091 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403228983 The U.S. health care system faces significant challenges that clearly indicate the urgent need for reform. Attention has rightly focused on the approximately 46 million Americans who are uninsured, and on the many insured Americans who face rapid increases in premiums and out-of-pocket costs. There is broad evidence that Americans often do not get the care they need even though the United States spends more money per person on health care than any other nation in the world. Preventive care is underutilized, resulting in higher spending on complex, advanced diseases. Patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes all too often do not receive proven and effective treatments such as drug therapies or selfmanagement services to help them more effectively manage their conditions.(Brennan,2009)]]> 2021-04-10 22:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403228983 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403233899 The Swiss Federal Council’s national Health2020 strategy explicitly calls for improving health opportunities for the most vulnerable population groups, such as children, people with low incomes or poor educational backgrounds, the elderly, and immigrants.The aim is to facilitate easier access to necessary health care services. (Tikkanen,2020)]]> 2021-04-10 22:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403233899 Benefits To these Health Care Systems gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403255371 2021-04-10 23:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403255371 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403265636 One of the great strengths of American healthcare system is its strong private sector orientation, which facilitates ready access to all manner of services for those with stable coverage and strongly encourages on-going medical innovation by product manufacturers. The rapid advance of medical technology over the past half century has unquestionably improved the health status for millions of American citizens.(Capretta,2019)]]> 2021-04-10 23:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1403265636 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1404870273 The economy of the United States is that of a highly developed country with a mixed economy.It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and net wealth and the second-largest by purchasing power parity. It has the world's fifth-highest per capita GDP (nominal) and the seventh-highest per capita GDP (PPP) in 2020. The United States has the most technologically powerful economy in the world and its firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers, pharmaceuticals, and medical, aerospace, and military equipment.]]> 2021-04-11 20:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1404870273 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1404882228 The Swiss healthcare system compares well with other OECD countries. It has universal health-insurance coverage, permitting access to a broad range of modern medical services, and patients are largely satisfied with the health care they receive.(OECD,2006)]]> 2021-04-11 20:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1404882228 amejiasamual2018 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1405488705 U.S.A has strong values regarding liberty, self-government, work ethic, and equality.]]> 2021-04-12 02:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1405488705 gguiran1 https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1410174214 Insurance coverage comparison ]]> 2021-04-13 02:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gguiran1/5uns36wnryxwt519/wish/1410174214