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The Beveridge Model

The Beveridge model of healthcare delivery is the system in which all of the hospitals as well as the doctor’s work under the government. Although private doctors exist in the country but not that much CITATION Wal13 \l 1033 ( Wallace, 2013). The doctor's bill is not provided to the patients directly but they pay these bills through the taxes. Huge sums of money are saved in this type of system because the charges of doctors as well as hospitals are controlled by the government and the health care providers can’t charge high bills by their own.

If we consider the main characteristics of this health care delivery system, first and the main thing is the provision of healthcare to all human beings as their human right. The health care can’t seem like a privilege which can be given to only a few people. Secondly, the government controls the whole system and is the sole owner of healthcare in the country CITATION Har \l 1033 (Harveston, 2018). Besides this, healthcare is provided without considering someone’s ability to pay or not.

The main advantages of this system are spending less GDP percentage by the government but providing the primary healthcare to everyone equally. It is due to the concentration on primary care that costs are reduced, emergency departments less use, fewer hospitalization CITATION Łys16 \l 1033 (Łyszczarz, 2016). However, there are few drawbacks of this system which should not be ignored. First of all, in this type of system, people have to wait for hours to get the treatment. Besides this, new technological availability is limited because, the government tries to minimize the costs CITATION The10 \l 1033 (The Beveridge Model, 2010).

Although there are some negative points of this type of health care system, still the positive points are of more important and equal treatment to everyone is the main strength of this system. Although it is criticized on the basis of long waiting time however, results of studies show that the waiting time on average is not more than four CITATION USv15 \l 1033 (US vs UK: Allied Healthcare at Home and Abroad, 2015).

References

BIBLIOGRAPHY Wallace, L. S. (2013, January 11). A View of Health Care Around the World. Retrieved September 15, 2019, from NCBI.

Harveston, K. (2018, May 21). 4 Types of Healthcare Systems. Retrieved September 15, 2019, from Independent Voter News.

Łyszczarz, B. (2016). The effect of health care model on health systems' responses to economic crises. Ekonomia i Prawo. Economics and Law, 15(4), 493-501.

The Beveridge Model. (2010, December 26). Retrieved September 15, 2019, from HealthMatters.

US vs UK: Allied Healthcare at Home and Abroad. (2015, August 27). Retrieved September 15, 2019, from AIMSEDUCATION.