U.S.A and Canada Health Sector

U.S.A and Canada Health Sector Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation ABC Hospital Canadian and U.S. Health Models Patient Handout U.S. Model (Private) Canadian Model (Social) Benefits Disadvantages Benefits Disadvantages Access 1. Insurance cover makes it easy to get medical care (Schoenbaum et al., 2007). 2. Government supports those under Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP or VA (Suarez, 2009). 3. Quality of care determinant is the type of insurance coverage (Schoenbaum et al., 2007) 1. Insurance covers are expensive (Suarez, 2009). 2. Underpeforms in terms of equity in medical access (Suarez, 2009). 3. Economically unstable patients receive poor services (Suarez, 2009) 1. Promotes Universal health care 2. Promote equity (Schoenbaum et al., 2007) 3. Private insurance covers gaps in the Medicare (Suarez, 2009). 1. Long waiting periods (Suarez,2009) 2. Lower social status people take longer to receive specialized care (Schoenbaum et al., 2007). 3. Citizen lack access to services that Medicare does not offer (Suarez, 2009) Cost 1. The US spends more than any country on healthcare (Suarez, 2009). 2. High-cost results in the adoption of information technology (Schoenbaum et al., 2007). 3. Citizens pay for their bills accessing services faster 1. it is very expensive to receive medical care (Schoenbaum et al., 2007). 2. This, in turn, increases the cost of medical care 3. Economically unstable citizens ge...