China Vs. United States Of America

China vs. United States of America

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China vs. United States of America

The word ‘Health' has different meanings for different people. Some associate it with the absence of any disease whereas the other people consider it overall wellbeing of an individual. Every country has its functional health care system which has been designed in as per their own social needs. The health care System of USA evolved in a way that several presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt championed the cause of health care as that time the average life span for both males and females was less than 45 years. Nevertheless, healthcare got its impetus in 1965. At present, the American health care system takes into account many socioeconomic factors such as income, gender, social class ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"3Q99RSV1","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Porter, 2009)","plainCitation":"(Porter, 2009)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":548,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/4AHBKJ5E"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/4AHBKJ5E"],"itemData":{"id":548,"type":"article-journal","title":"A strategy for health care reform—toward a value-based system","container-title":"New England Journal of Medicine","page":"109–112","volume":"361","issue":"2","source":"Google Scholar","author":[{"family":"Porter","given":"Michael E."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2009"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Porter, 2009). Technology is a regular part of this modern health care system which makes it more updated and advanced in nature. Sadly, this health care is not uniformly distributed among people in society as there is less care for poor and downtrodden masses ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"vi4Qdjjh","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Berwick & Hackbarth, 2012)","plainCitation":"(Berwick & Hackbarth, 2012)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":542,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/DLVY7FTG"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/DLVY7FTG"],"itemData":{"id":542,"type":"article-journal","title":"Eliminating waste in US health care","container-title":"Jama","page":"1513–1516","volume":"307","issue":"14","source":"Google Scholar","author":[{"family":"Berwick","given":"Donald M."},{"family":"Hackbarth","given":"Andrew D."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2012"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Berwick & Hackbarth, 2012). The basics services in USA health care system are primary health care, promotion of well-being, and providing information about health issues. Currently, the major health challenges in the USA are obesity, depression, and longevity of life. Besides, there are several sub-models of the health care system working individually in each state of the USA. Mostly the health-related affairs are regulated through legislation and provisions such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

In contrast, the health care system in China is state-owned as China is a socialist state. Nevertheless, it has both public and private initiative in health care. The almost overall population enjoys basic health services ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"czlW9uYH","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Liu, Hsiao, & Eggleston, 1999)","plainCitation":"(Liu, Hsiao, & Eggleston, 1999)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":540,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/5W9BWVU9"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/5W9BWVU9"],"itemData":{"id":540,"type":"article-journal","title":"Equity in health and health care: the Chinese experience","container-title":"Social science & medicine","page":"1349–1356","volume":"49","issue":"10","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Equity in health and health care","author":[{"family":"Liu","given":"Yuanli"},{"family":"Hsiao","given":"William C."},{"family":"Eggleston","given":"Karen"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1999"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Liu, Hsiao, & Eggleston, 1999). Since its first revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, health has been under consideration. With this vision of its founding leader, China is offering universal coverage to its population irrespective of any discrimination. Moreover, numerous researches have been taken in the domain of health care prevention to make it more effective in essence. Working professionals in Chinese health care employing more technology in the process. The major health risks among Chinese people are diabetes, cancers, drug use, mental health, and hepatitis. Succinctly, the Chinese health care model is more considerate and affordable ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"j2J0Bts7","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Hsiao, 1995)","plainCitation":"(Hsiao, 1995)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":537,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/NVQBKE4N"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ZD9MNZ2P/items/NVQBKE4N"],"itemData":{"id":537,"type":"article-journal","title":"The Chinese health care system: lessons for other nations","container-title":"Social science & medicine","page":"1047–1055","volume":"41","issue":"8","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"The Chinese health care system","author":[{"family":"Hsiao","given":"William CL"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["1995"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Hsiao, 1995) in nature as compared to the US health care system.

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