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Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix and Narrative Statement

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Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix and Narrative Statement

Part 1: Global Healthcare Comparison Matrix

Global
Healthcare Universal Health Coverage
Issue
Description The World Health Organization (WHO) primarily focuses on the
improved quality access of healthcare services to all individuals.

Country United States China

Describe the Fee-for-Service Policy: National Essential Medicines

policy in each This policy is a traditional sort
country related in which the healthcare
to the identified insurance companies pays for
healthcare issue the people who covered within
the policy (WebMD, 2018).
What are the This policy allows variety of
strengths of this choice of healthcare providers
policy? and organization. A patient can
consult to any healthcare
provider and organization with
respect to his healthcare needs
(Bizmatic, 2018).
Policy (NEMP):
This policy promotes the
affordability and availability of
the essential medicines with
reduced economic burden on the
recipients of healthcare (Ding &
Wu, 2017).
This policy reduces patient’s
economic burden through selling
all medicines at zero markup. It
also reducers patients visit to
high level hospitals (Ding & Wu,
2017).

What are the The weaknesses include that the
weaknesses of policy is quite expensive.
this policy? Moreover, this policy does not
cover any preventive measures
associated programs (Bizmatic,
2018).
Explain how the The social determinants of
social health put significant impact on
determinants of the universal health coverage in
health may US. For instance, following the
impact the statistics of 2018, Alaska has
specified global 6.5% unemployment and many
health issue. (Be citizens are working at lower
specific and wages (Statista, 2019).
provide Therefore, it is quite difficult
examples) for these individuals to afford
This policy does not include all
medicines but the healthcare
providers only have to choose
from the National Essential
Medicines List (NEML) and the
supplementary provincial
essential medicines list (Ding &
Wu, 2017).
The universal health coverage
associates with social health
determinants. For example, the
employment rate of Heilongjiang
is 4.21% which makes it difficult
to achieve their healthcare needs
(Statista, 2019).
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high expenditure of healthcare.
How has each Government is sincerely
country’ working on resolving this issue.
government The previous president
addressed cost, implemented Affordable Care
quality, and Act (ACA) to promote
access to the insurance so that maximum
selected global number of Americans could
health issue? receive care apart from its
expense (Béland, Rocco, &
Waddan, 2016). Moreover,
Trump tries to associate
Congress with US healthcare,
which will reduce Medicare
expense (Rice, Unruh, van
Ginneken, Rosenau, & Barnes,
2018).
How has the The fee-for-service policy
identified health provided insurance that helps
policy impacted the insurers in access to quality
the health of the healthcare services, whenever
global they need. For instance, a
population? (Be person with insurance can
specific and immediately receive care if he
provide suffered from any incident such
examples) as infectious disease like cancer.
Under fee-for-service the person
will receive complete and
quality care.
Describe the This policy restricts each nurse
potential impact and healthcare provider in
of the identified provision of quality services
health policy on and value care (Bizmatic,
the role of nurse 2018).
in each country.
Explain how The universal health coverage
global health puts significant impact on local organization and policies
issues impact healthcare organization and
local healthcare policies. For example, if the
organizations individuals of a local area prefer of the organization primarily
and policies in their local healthcare
both countries. organization for their healthcare delivery to all patients and create
3
The president of China, Xi
Jinping centralize the healthcare
needs of its citizens. Therefore,
he approved Healthy China 2030
plan, which outlined by China’s
state council and Central Party
Committee (WHO, 2018). This
plan will develop long term
healthcare strategic planning and
promotes healthcare services to
citizens.
The NEMP provides essential
medications to patients, which
fulfill patient’s needs at greater
extent (Ding & Wu, 2017).
Therefore, it complies with the
global agenda of Universal
Health Coverage.
This policy puts significant
impact on nurses and doctors
because under this policy nurses
and doctors are allowed to
prescribe drugs from the NEML
(Ding & Wu, 2017). Therefore,
they have to be careful while
prescribing drugs. Prescription of
false drug may cause severe
damage to patient.
The China’s local health
significantly impact from
Universal Health coverage. Most
works to promote healthcare
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(Be specific and needs. However, for specialized policies as NEMP made in
provide care these individuals require to Tianjin (Ding & Wu, 2017).
examples) more to other organizations,
which is not possible for all
individuals
(Tangcharoensathien, Mills, &
Palu, 2015). Therefore, the
universal health coverage
provides quality care to all
individuals from their local
healthcare organization. Due to
which the quality of these
organizations up rises and they
will develop more impactful
policies.
General Under fee-for-service policy, This policy has great significance
Notes/Comment the US healthcare industry tries in achieving the Universal Health
s to overcome financial load. Coverage agenda.
However, this policy is
expensive enough that it only be
applied on certain population.
Therefore, a better policy is still
required that promotes
Universal Health Coverage in
US.
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Part 2: Narrative Statement

1. Explain how you would advocate for the incorporation of a global

perspective or lens into your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
Following the policies of US and China, I advocate the Universal Health
Coverage issue following the NEMP of China. As a nurse, I will ensure the provision of
right medicine with broader outcomes. My skills would also be affected with the
selection of medicine with broader outcomes but reduced side effects.

2. Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens might impact

your local practice and role as a nurse leader.
The incorporation of global perspective would impact my practices through the
quality of provided services. Moreover, the outcomes and time period for each patient to
recover would also impact my role as a nurse leader.

3. Explain how the incorporation of a global perspective or lens into your local
practice as a nurse leader represents and contributes to social change. Be
specific and provide examples.
The incorporation of Universal Health Coverage in my practices brings great
social change because being a nurse I directly comes in contact with patient. I would
better help them in understanding their health needs and improve their social
determinants such as their lifestyle. If the patients understand their needs and changes
their lifestyle and similar other social habit that are easy to change then their overall
health coverage would be greater.
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