Healthcare systems of Argentina and New Zealand

In the following paper The Argentina’s and the New Zealand’s healthcare systems
will be described and compared, taking into account numerous shades.

On the one hand, Argentina’s healthcare system is comprised of three sectors: the
public sector, the social security system, and the private system.

The public sector includes national and provincial-level ministries and a network of
public hospitals and primary health care facilities that serve the poor and uninsured
population. The department is founded from taxes and payments to Social Security
beneficiaries that public health agencies utilize. This sector is comprised by the
provincial and the National administrative structures at the ministerial level, and the
network of public hospitals and health centers that provide healthcare to anyone who
requests it.

The social security sector or Obras Sociales (OS) which cover salaried workers and
their families according to branches of activity, includes all workers and their families
in the formal economy. In addition, each province has an OS which covers public
employers in its jurisdiction. Lastly, the national institute of social services for public
retirees and pensioners/comprehension medical assistance program (INSSJYP –
PAMI) provides coverage to retirees from the national pension system and their
families.

Finally, the private sector includes all private providers serving individuals, SO
beneficiaries, and anyone with private health insurance. This sector also includes
private insurance agencies, so-called pharmaceutical companies, which are mainly
funded from premiums paid by households and/or employers. A particular
characteristic of the argentine health system is the coexistence of what could be
considered three ‘’subsystems’’ of care financing. This last sector makes up 50, 1%
of the market.

The essential functions of public health are exercised as part of the government, and
its main task in relation to this topic is to ensure that health is protected and
promoted in the different public policies, and to regulate health by exercising the
professions of establishments, and drug approval. Health coverage is distributed
among the public sector, SOs, and the private sector, with poor coordination
between subsectors, which offer very heterogeneous health benefits.

On the other hand, although New Zealand’s healthcare system is a mixture of public
and private hybrid systemS having the public system divided into twenty different
district health boards, it is predominantly publicly founded from general taxation. This
form of finance remains the preferred method of raising revenue so that financing
questions revolve around how much should be spent on health care and whether
complementary sources of revenue should be expanded.
When it comes to the role of public health care insurance, all permanent residents have
access to a broad range of services that are largely publicly financed through
allocations from pooled general taxes, which are collected at the national level. One
exception is treatments related to accidents, which are covered by a no-fault accident
compensation scheme. Nonresidents, including tourists and undocumented
immigrants, are charged the full cost of services by public health care providers. All
drugs used in hospitals are free, and a good part of outpatient drugs are subsidized.

However, the role of private health care insurance is to be offered by a variety of

organizations, from nonprofits to for-profit companies, and accounts for about 5% of
total health expenditures. It is used mostly to cover cost-sharing requirements, elective
surgery in private hospitals, and private outpatient specialist consultations. Private
coverage also can ensure faster access to non-urgent treatment. About one-third of the
population has some form of private insurance, and it is purchased predominantly by
individuals. This system makes up only the 20% of the market.

The national government plays a central role in setting the health care policy agenda
and service requirements and in determining the publicly funded annual health budget.
The government dominates all aspects of health care as the primary funder and
supplier of health care; it also sets regulations and monitors compliance.

On the whole, although Argentina’s and New Zealand’s healthcare systems may
seem to be really different, there are certain similitudes that can be found. For
instance, this can be seen in the fact that both of them are comprehend
COMPOSED of not only a private system, but also a public one. Even though
Argentina’s health care system’s coverage is distributed with poor coordination
between subsectors while New Zealand was able to implement this method in a
more adequate course of action, both of them are financed through taxation in the
long run. As regards to considerable differences, some perfect illustrations are the
dissimilarity between the percentage of how much the private sector makes up the
market, and the role of the government, since in New Zealand it has a more foremost role in
multiple positions, dominating all aspects of health care as the primary funder and supplier of
health care, setting regulations and monitoring compliance, while in Argentina, even though
the government takes part in the healthcare system, its role is not taken as essential as in
New Zealand.

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