...Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems Quinn Sullivan California State University East Bay Abstract Health care is an essential service needed by citizens. As a result, the government plays an important role by designing an appropriate health care system for its citizens. In this paper, a comparison between the health care system in the U.S. and Canada has been made. Using various literary sources, the comparison has been done considering the four components of health care services delivery; financing, insurance, delivery, and payment. The findings indicate that the health care system in the U.S. is expensive but more efficient than the single-payer health care system in Canada. The findings have further been analyzed to ascertain its implications on the U.S. citizens, as well as the Canadians. The paper concludes that the health care system in the U.S. does not favor the middle-class earners, and thus recommends an improved system. Table of Contents Abstract 2 Table of Contents 3 1. Introduction 4 2.1 Health Care Delivery ...5 2.2 The Cost of Health Care and Administrative Overheads 6 2.3 Health Insurance 6 2.4 Funding 7 3. Analysis of Findings 8 4. Conclusion 9 5. Recommendations 10 6. References 11 1. Introduction Health care is among the basic needs of human beings. The need is not discriminative because everyone has an equal chance of...
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...Comparison of Healthcare in US and Canada There are various differences between the healthcare systems in Canada and US. The differences were indelibly noted in 2004 after a policy analyst compared the two countries on the healthcare systems. According to the analysis, it was noted that US has an expensive healthcare system that doubles the Canadian healthcare systems. According to the percapita income expenditure on health report, the U.S spends $6,096 while Canada spends $3,038. On the other hand, other studies that were conducted later after the study was done indicate that the Canadian healthcare systems are better than the U.S healthcare systems. The reviews illustrated that the Canadian healthcare systems give the Canadians better and superior healthcare services as compared to the U.S (Pylypchuk&Sarpong, 2013). Pylypchuk andSarpong (2013) contended that various analysts have found that U.S is one of the countries whose spending on healthcare is big, but suffers the poorest healthcare for its people. Reports show that Canada has longer life expectancy than the US. The report on infant mortality in Canada shows that Canada is better than U.S by a great margin. Although analysts say that the comparative analysis do not give consistent differences between the healthcare systems, U.S is one of the countries that has been spot-lit of the idea of expensive healthcare. The actual reasons for the differences between the Canada and U.S are not yet determined; however...
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...The United States health care system is quite unique when compared to Canada’s health care system and those of other countries. Canada provides universal coverage, is privately run and is publicly funded through taxes. The U.S. is the only industrialized country that does not offer universal health coverage. The U.S. is said to be part of the developed world in terms of technology, well trained health professionals and job opportunities although when it comes to health outcomes it doesn’t do so well. Available studies suggest that the health outcomes in Canada were superior to those compared the U.S. The U.S. faces multiple barriers that have made their health care system inconsistent and so costly. In the past the system focused on revenue maximization instead of quality care at an affordable cost. The U.S. spends twice as much more per capita on health expenditures when compared to Canada (O'Neill & O'Neill, 2007). Canada spends much less on health care and yet performs better than the U.S. in health outcomes, infant mortality and life expectancy. A comparison of the U.S. health care system and Canada’s system performance will be evaluated along with the health outcomes that have resulted from each system. The U.S. has a multi-payer private health care system where Canada has a single payer and is mostly a publicly funded system. “In Canada in order to receive full funding for health insurance the provincial government must meet the following criteria: care available to all...
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...quantified by a recent CFO survey released by Deloitte. A culture of business innovation is driven by iteration and an openness to failure. A level of risk aversion contributes to a lag in business innovation. Another factor is the sheer difference in the size of each market. Business innovation relies on opening industries to competitive pressures. With 1/10 of the market size of the U.S., it is much more difficult to foster competition in Canada. Increased competition can support innovation. Differences in policy environments and capital intensity quality and levels are also contributors. Canadian firms have not been reinvesting profits in areas supporting long-run competitiveness (ex. human capital and R&D). The U.S. made significantly larger investments in machinery and equipment over the 1990's, particularly information technology. These were emerging technologies that diffused across industries in the U.S. to widen the innovation gap between...
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...Bank Analysis Course Project: TD Bank and Royal Bank of Canada Management of Financial Institutions MAY11 Sec A Professor: Paul Tovbin June 19, 2011 Dalila Springer 973-223-1204 Introduction to Banks: TD Bank, (“TD”), is known as America's Most Convenient Bank. It is one of the 15 largest banks in the U.S., with approximately 23,000 employees and deep roots in the community dating back more than 150 years. The Bank offers a broad array of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services to more than 6.5 million customers through its extensive network of more than 1,000 retail locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Florida and Metro D.C. TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG) is a Canada based bank. The bank through its subsidiaries provides retail and commercial banking, wealth management, and wholesale banking products and services in North America and internationally. The bank is a retailer of financial services in metropolitan New York, Metropolitan Philadelphia, metropolitan D.C., Southeastern Florida, New Jersey and Connecticut. TDBFG offers its financial products and services to around 18 million customers through its four businesses namely, Canadian Personal and Business Banking, Wealth Management, Wholesale Banking and the US Personal and Commercial Banking. TDBFG is headquartered in Ontario, Canada. Royal Bank of Canada, (“RBC”), and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name RBC. It is Canada’s largest bank as measured...
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...The U.S. health care system is the subject of much differentiating debates. On one side we have those who argue that Americans have the “best health care system in the world”, pointing to our freely available medical technology and state-of-the-art facilities that have become so highly symbolic of its system. On the hand we have those who criticize the American system as being fragmented and inefficient, pointing to the fact that America spends more on health care than any other country in the world yet still suffers from massive un-insurance, uneven quality, and administrative waste. Understanding the debate between these two diametrically opposed viewpoints requires a basic understanding of the structure of the U.S. health care system. This paper will explain the organization and financing of the system, as well as explain the U.S. health care system in a greater perspective. For most people, the frightening prospect of being unemployed, losing health insurance coverage, having inadequate insurance benefits, or living in a rural community without a physician raises one vital access-related question: Will I be able to get the care I need if I become seriously ill? Because of health care's special status, society has an ethical obligation to ensure that all people have access to an adequate level of health care including access to new technologies as well as existing ones, without facing excessive burdens in obtaining such care. Society's recognition and implementation of...
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...PART-I US-Canada: Since many years, US-Canada trade has been the cornerstone for Canada’s economic development. Canada began its trade with the US in 1920s when rapid urbanization in the US led to huge demand in wood and other forestry products. In the 1920s and 1930s, pulp production increased steadily with over 90% of the produce being exported to the US. In 1925, the opening of the Panama Canal increased the exports of lumber from British Columbia to eastern U.S. markets, which dramatically increased the netbacks received for lumber produced in British Columbia (Statistics, Canada, 2012). Post world war, rapid expansion in the US industrial capacity was accompanied with rapid growth in the Canadian economy as well. Growth in the demand for newspapers led to the growth of pulp and paper industry. By1950, over half of the world’s newsprint was supplied by Canada. By 1954, pulp and paper exports accounted for 24% of Canada’s total exports, of which, 33% of those exports were to the United States (Statistics, Canada, 2012). Post 1960, the new staple in the resource landscape for Canada was Energy. Until this time, though some local sources were available on the Prairies and in Nova Scotia, Canada had relied on coal imports. In 1957, there was a major oil discovery in Alberta at Leduc, which lead to a major and dramatic expansion of crude oil and natural gas industry, the effects of which are still evident till date. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) removed most...
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...Analyzing Current Economic Issues Summary: Canada’s Exports Need to Be Reoriented to the New Global Economy, Says Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney (Source: Bank of Canada) This article focuses on the reasons behind the downturn of the Canadian economy. Mark Carney believes that the combination of overexposure to the U.S. market and underexposure to faster-growing emerging markets is almost entirely responsible for Canada’s further loss in world market share over the last several years. The article also talks about what actions Canada can take in order to bring our economy back up, and how we should invest in our greatest resource, which are our people Summary: Canada GDP: July 2012 Saw 0.2 Per Cent Jump, Decline in Mining, Oil and Gas (Source: HuffPost Business) During the month of July, 2012 Canada has seen a 0.2 percent decline in its mining, oil and gas extraction. When looking at the different types of sectors, the manufacturing sector performed well with a 6.9% increase along with wholesale trade increase by 0.2%. Although Canada’s output has increased by 1.9%, its weakness still lies in the export sector with a $2.9 billion trade deficit for the month July. Summary: Unemployment rate holds steady at 7.4% (Source: CBC NEWS) According to Statistics Canada, Canada’s unemployment rate remained at 7.4% in October. In addition, October’s unemployment in 7/12 provinces and territories has increased especially in P.E.I with the highest unemployment rate increase...
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...Political/Legal: Since Mellon operates out of the U.S and Canada, it is very important that laws and regulations are exercised to avoid conflict. There is a great deal of regulations associated with the finance and banking industry. c. Global Segments: It is very important that the Canadian market performs well because Mellon has a joint venture with CIBC who operates out of Canada. 2) The most important of the five industry forces are; a. Threat of substitute products: Mellon and CIBC offer a very unique service by combining both firms specialization, they are able to offer a one of a kind service for large firms. Therefore it is very hard for companies to find other superior service compared to Mellon’s. b. Rivalry among competing firms – Mellon and CIBC has a huge market share in this line of financial service. Mellon and CIBC offer the best services in its field while also offering the best customer service. The exceptional service combined with their long portfolio allows them to have the competitive advantage eliminating any rivalries. c. The industry is not attractive to new entrants 3) The two major competitors are UBS AG and Bank of Montreal. UBS AG is another financial services company that operates worldwide. I predict that this company will allocate more of their services to the U.S and Canada to compete with CIBC Mellon. Bank of Montreal offers banking services, they have a huge presence in Canada and also has locations in the U.S. I predict that they will create a joint...
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...* Difference between Healthcare US and Canada Health care is a very important concern for a growing number of people all over the world, and nowhere is this better exemplified than in the U.S. and Canada. The two countries’ health care systems are in fact often compared with each other’s, and for all their differences, it would appear that they have a lot in common as well. Coverage And Access Health care in the U.S. can be a bit difficult to access for many people, where it is estimated that as many as 40% of the country's citizens have little or no access at all to health insurance. Things are quite a bit better in Canada, where every citizen can get health services by way of the national health care system. The quality of health care in the U.S. is also often inadequate, with as much as 24% of the country's population getting insufficient health insurance for their needs. In addition, there is currently no universal health care offered to all U.S. citizens, although there are health care programs intended specifically for elderly, disabled, and children patients, as well as those who do not have the ability to pay. Another key difference is how both countries’ health care systems handle emergency cases. While the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act or EMTALA ensures that all U.S. emergency care patients will receive treatment even without proof of being able to pay, they will still be liable for costs incurred during emergency care. In contrast, the Canadian...
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...realize no meaningful progress. Canada is experiencing high demand for healthcare services however medical specialists are not finding work. Newly trained doctors and nurses are unable to find jobs in a field that urgently needs them. This has led to patients having to wait for longer than usual to get treatment or even start treatment e.g. cancer patients waiting close to a month to see radiation oncologists. Despite the country’s continuing shortage of doctors and long wait list for many medical services, physicians in half-dozen or more specialties are facing unemployment or underemployment or are being underpaid. The government has invested hundred millions of dollars in areas such as ontology and orthopedic surgery so as to reduce patient delay and expand services but the objective has been difficult to achieve since hospitals and health regions lack money to hire these experts once they hit the job market. This fate similarly befalls the specialist whose trainings have been facilitated by the government so as to render their services in high demand areas. The reason for this problem is attributed to the fact that medical schools have scan science in determining the number of positions to allocate to each field (Blackwell, 2011). The health care system in Canada remains funded by the government and most services provided by private enterprises. As compared to United States, waiting times for non-emergency surgery have been longer in Canada. Canada has been slow when it comes...
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...Comparison the cities of Canada and the U.S The article on About.com, “Comparing the City in the United States and Canada” by Ping Zhou discussed the differences between the cities of the U.S and Canada. These two countries are tied together either geographically or economically. Though those cities share almost the same traits with each other, there are still some differences among them when “broke down some of those traits”: Sprawl, Transportation and Ethnic Diversity. The first comparison is their sprawl. The sprawl of the cities in the U.S was not broader as the cities in Canada. From 1970 to 2000, Most of the largest cities in the U.S gone through a decline in population. Conventional industrial cities such as Cleveland and...
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...the U.S. free markets based system as compared to the universal health insurance program offered in Canada?" Introduction A little over five decades ago, Canada and the United States had very similar health care systems. Today however, they are very much different but rapidly growing closer in similar views and a universal health system. The Canadian system is more than ninety percent publicly financed, whereas the U.S. is funded primarily through private vectors. What is less clear is whether the two different health care systems produce differences in the quality of care for their respective populations. Quality of care is the fundamental goal of health care, yet it is difficult to define. It is a concept that health care policy and programming strives for, and that many have attempted to elucidate. Given its many components and manifestations, defining and quantifying quality of care, in the context of health, is extremely difficult. (Rhee, 1987, p.11) Canada has a universal system that insures every citizen yet there lies disparities within a common group, the Aboriginals. The U.S. has a free market health system that only provides to those citizens covered yet the U.S. spends almost double on health care than Canada; noted that health disparities among U.S. citizens are among the worst in the nation. Studies show that the quality of care in the U.S. rank higher than the quality care in Canada given that only small populations in Canada are underserved...
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...(Lundy, 2010). Does this high expenditure equate to better outcomes? According to the National Scorecard on US Health System Performance (2008), the US received a 65 out of 100 possible points. Compared with 19 other industrialized nations, the US came in last place in preventable mortality. Preventable mortality means just that, deaths which could have been prevented if “timely and effective care” could have been provided (The Commonwealth Fund on a High Performance Health System, 2008). In 2000, the World Health Organization performed their first ever comparison of the health systems of the world. They reviewed 191 different countries and ranked them on numerous parameters, the United States ranked 37th for overall health system performance (WHO, 2000). Is it that our healthcare system is truly that poor, or is it that our care is only excellent for those patients who can actually afford it? A universal healthcare system would not only provide healthcare for all, it could also decrease our healthcare spending and potentially produce better health outcomes. High quality and less expensive healthcare can be achieved with a universal healthcare model. In fact, the United States is the only industrialized nation that does not have universal healthcare. France, the United Kingdom, and Canada are but a few of the countries which view healthcare as a right, not a privilege. How can these nations afford healthcare...
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