San Jose State University US & Japan Health Care Systems Discussion

Topic: Compare the U.S. Health Care System with that of another country.

Choose an OECD (Link: http://www.oecd.org/ & my choice is Japan but you can change) country and then compare it to the U.S. The paper should describe the model or models used, and compare financing, delivery systems and outcomes. The paper should describe costs, quality and access, and how values and/or ethics drive and/or impede, if any, the operation of their systems.

Format

The Research Writing Assignments are comprised of the following 3 sections:

Part 1: A description of the U.S. health care system using parameters that you will also use to compare your chosen country’s health care system. Support your description using current research or data (from literature) on the topic. Use at least 3 articles selected from recent (within the last five years) peer-reviewed journals or scientific publications (you may, in addition, select news articles from periodicals) (2 pages).

Part 2: A description of your chosen country’s health care system using parameters that you chose and used to describe the U.S. health care system. Support your description using current research or data (from literature) on the topic. Use at least 3 articles selected from recent (within the last five years) peer-reviewed journals or scientific publications (you may, in addition, select news articles from periodicals) (2 pages).

Part 3: A comparison which contrasts and compares the US health care system with the country you have chosen. As you describe the most important aspects of each country’s system, be sure to give discrete examples, facts and statistics, impacts and/or outcomes to illustrate the similarities and the differences. Use the same parameters as detailed in Sections 1 and 2 above. Be sure to describe challenges that each system experiences, and detail efforts to address those challenges. Are there implications that can be drawn from this comparison that could lead to improvements for one or the other, or for both countries? (5 pages).

References should be provided following each part.

Follow APA Format

Limit the length to no more than two (2) pages for part 1 and 2 and five (5) pages for part 3. Use a 12-point size Times New Roman font double spaced. Include title page, headings and abstract, paragraph headings, and reference page, in addition to other APA format requirements. Files must be submitted utilizing MS Word to ensure formatting integrity.