United States of America: Health Care System Overview and SWOT Analysis
Keywords:
United States of America, U.S. health care system, health care reform, health insurance, health maintenance organization, Affordable Care Act
Abstract
This is the first article of the International Health Care Systems series. The first part of this article will provide an overview of the U.S. health care system, including its historical evolution, health insurance coverage, service delivery organization, and aspects such as equity, efficiency, and cost-control. The second part of the article will analyse the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the U.S. health care system.
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3. Manchikanti L, Helm S, Benyamin RM, Hirsch JA. A critical analysis of Obamacare: affordable care or insurance for many and coverage for few? Pain Physician. 2017;20:111-38.
4. Ridic G, Gleason S, Ridic O. Comparisons of health care systems in the United States, Germany and Canada. Materia Socio Medica. 2012;24(2):112-20.
5. Folland S, Goodman AC, Stano M. Government intervention in health care markets. The economics of health and health care. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall; 2012. p. 390-406.
6. Folland S, Goodman AC, Stano M. Managed care. The economics of health and health care. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall; 2012. p. 236-64.
7. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Office-based Physician Electronic Health Record Adoption [Internet]. 2019 Jan. [Cited 2020 Sep 3]. Available from: https://dashboard.healthit.gov/quickstats/ pages/physician-ehr-adoption-trends.php
8. McIntyre A, Song Z. The US Affordable Care Act: Reflections and directions at the close of a decade. PLoS Med. 2019 Feb 26;16(2): e1002752.
9. Starfield B. Reinventing primary care: lessons from Canada for the United States. Health Aff. 2010;29(5):1030-36.
10. Folland S, Goodman AC, Stano M. Comparative health care systems. The economics of health and health care. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall; 2012. p. 466-91.
11. Bodenheimer TS, Grumbach K. Access to health care. Understanding health policy: a clinical approach. 5th ed. United States of America: McGraw-Hill; 2008. p. 17-30.
12. Blendon RJ, Benson JM. Public opinion about the future of the Affordable Care Act. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 31;377(9):e12.
Published
2020-09-29
How to Cite
Dr. Soham D. Bhaduri. (2020). United States of America: Health Care System Overview and SWOT Analysis. The Indian Practitioner, 73(9), 46-49. Retrieved from https://articles.theindianpractitioner.com/index.php/tip/article/view/1055
Section
International Health Care Systems
