Advantages and Limitations of the U.S. Health Care Delivery System (CLO 1, 3, 7)

Advantages and Limitations of the U.S. Health Care Delivery System (CLO 1, 3, 7)
No country in the world has a perfectly balanced health care delivery system. Certain aspects of a healthcare system may be advantageous to some stakeholders, while presenting inefficiencies or challenges to other groups. The United States has a unique system of healthcare delivery, with loosely coordinated subsystems that encompass public and private payers and multitudes of providers. Without a central governing body, the U.S. health care system is shaped by many different stakeholder interests.
For this assignment, identify three advantages of the U.S. health care delivery system, and three limitations. Next, consider those who are affected by these advantages and limitations, and analyze the implications of each with regard to:
Healthcare costs
Addressing disparities in access to healthcare
Achieving reliable quality of healthcare
For each advantage that you identified, who are the individuals or groups that benefit?
For each limitation you described, how does the limitation drive the need for change or reform to the health care system?
Provide your analysis in 2-3 pages, double spaced (not including cover sheet, abstract, or references), and provide at least three (3) scholarly references to support your assessment (including the textbook). Apply APA format for all your formatting, citations, and references, unless otherwise indicated. All papers should include:
Title page;
Abstract; Use of Level I and II headings (if applicable);
Introduction section;
Conclusion section;
In-text citations;
References page
Please use the sample APA paper template (with instructions) (provided below) for all paper assignments:
APA paper template- PDF format
APA paper template – Word Document. Outcomes
Identify major trends in the US healthcare system.
Relate changes in access, cost and quality of care to various perspectives and stakeholders.
Interpret consequences of key events on professions, organizations and financing of care.
Relate changes in access, cost and quality of care to various perspectives and stakeholders.
Relate changes in access, cost and quality of care to various perspectives and stakeholders.
Design alternative approaches to address significant health care issues.
Resoures: Delivering Health Care in America
A SYSTEMS APPROACH SEVENTH EDITION
Leiyu Shi, DrPH, MBA, MPA
Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Douglas A. Singh, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor Emeritus of Management
School of Business and Economics
Indiana University, South Bend
South Bend, Indiana
Plus 2 more resources. US focused