How do most countries with similar levels of per capita inco

How do most countries with similar levels of per capita income differ from and resemble the United States with respect to cost, quality and access to health care? How does the United States compare to other OECD countries with respect to the WHO system objectives (health improvement, system responsiveness, financial fairness)? Does the US have an world class health system? Why or why not?

Solution

Per capita for U.S  = $54,629.5

Per capita for U.K  = $45,603.3

Per capita for Sweden  =$58,887.3

Per capita  for Singapore  =$56,286.8

Per capita  for Qatar = $97,518.6

Cost and Quality of health care is except Sweden are high cost, Sweden having economical cost with best health care.

Nations with higher per capita incomes generally spend more on health. No single financing system emerges as the dominant model with to spending levels.

The main objective of social transfer systems in most OECD countries is to provide income maintenance or insurance in the fact of adverse risks(unemployment disability, sickness) or to redistribute across the life cycle either to periods when individuals have greater needs of other wise have lower incomes.

The second main objective of the welfare state can be described as taking from the rich and give to the poor.

As a result, various ways of modelling the life time distribution of benefits and taxes are required.

In United states the extent to which individuals with different characteristics receive back in retirement more or less than they contributed during their working lives.

The World Health Report 2000 – Health systems: America having Improving performance

The U.S. health system spends a higher portion of its gross domestic product than any other country but ranks 37 out of 191 countries according to its performance

USA , having world class system , there are spending Highest Amount for health care this reflected in their GDP.

USA people holds health status and social status are equally.

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