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Flashcards by Alice Kimpton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alice Kimpton
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| The World Health Organisation has categorised health issues. What are they ? (7) | . communicable diseases . non-communicable . health through the life course . health systems . preparedness, surveillance and response |
| Name a few of the current global health challenges | . increased spending on global health . MEDCs account for 18% of global population but 86% of health funding . rising cost of health growing in many countries- in some places up to 40% of income spent on medical care- approx 150 million affected by this |
| What is an epidemic? | rapid spreading infectious diseases to a large population in a short amount if time |
| What are pandemic diseases? | infectious diseases that spread across large regions/ series of continents and through a large population |
| Why were health care reforms needed in the USA? | . 46 million Americans not got health insurance (15.3%) . 16 million underinsured . 77 million 'baby boomers' are reaching retirement age putting strain on spending per capita- on state and national level . more than 40,000 unnecessary deaths due to lack of insurance |
| What is Obamacare? | enables futher 32 million to access to health care in America was passed on 21/03/10 ( The Patient Protection and affordable health care) However was only passed by 7 votes causing controvesy |
| What were the USA's reforms based on? | upon the NHS, which was introduced in 1948 |
| What reforms are needed in the UK? | to become more efficient and meet challenges like lifestyle factors and aging population it cannot keep up with things such as new drugs and obecity |
| What reforms are needed in the USA? | . there's no universal healthcare system, however there is medicare and medicad . some people do not have enough health coverage or aren't covered by their employer |
| Why are changes in both the USA and UK similar? | . both have an aging population, costing more expense . neither system works efficiently, and both spending more money on unnecessary things |
| Likewise, why are the changes needed in the USA and UK different? | UK needs to reform the NHS, yet USA would try harder to cover more people but doesn't allow everyone to health care like the UK |
| What are the benefits of the NHS? | . everyone is covered . easy and 'free' access . core principle has basically stayed the same since 1948, however money is being spent ineffectively . to make changes it will cost £1.4 billion to save money in the long term |
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