The Brazilian Health Care System Health care in Brazil became a major issue between the years 1985-1988 (Nascimento, 2013). The citizens took notice that a large gap between health care services provided to the wealthy and services provided to the rest of the population existed. Health care in Brazil became a right to all citizens in 1988 and the Sistema Unico de Saude- SUS (Unified Health Care System) was established (Nascimento, 2013). Citizens are able to purchase private insurance provided that they can afford it. The Brazilian health care system is funded by the government through social security, taxes, and those employed by the government. This system was instituted during a time in the nation’s history that was politically and economically unstable. The Family health Program was established in 1994 (Nascimento, 2013). Preventative care is this primary focus of this program. The government sets up community health centers that are financed through the government. Nurses, primary care physicians, and medical assistants. The program is commended for being efficient. The program solves 85% of health related problems (Nascimento, 2013). Cost, quality, and access to care still remain a challenge to the Brazilian health care system. Although improvements have been made, impacts on women and maternal child health, the elderly, and increasing cases of many non-communicable diseases create many disparities. Cost of Care Brazil lacks the financial resources to achieve health care as a constitutional right to all citizens as is intended. Funding is not distributed equally among the regions. In 2009, Brazil invested US$921.00, versus the total of US$7,960.00 invested in the United States for the same year. (WHO, 2012). In addition to ... ... middle of paper ... .... Flawed but fair: Brazil’s health system reaches out to the poor. 86, (4), 241-320. Macinko, J., & Lima-Costa, M. (2012). Horizontal equity in health care utilization in Brazil, 1998-2008. International Journal for Equity in Health, 11(1), 33-40. doi:10.1186/1475-9276-11-33 Nascimento, J. (2013).Healthcare systems in Brazil and the United States: A comparative analysis. Retrieved from: http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/etd Schmidt, M., Bartholow, D., Azevedo de Silva, G. ,Menezes, A. M., Monteiro, C .A. Barreto S. M., Chor, D. Menezes, P. R. (2011). Chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil: burden and current challenges. The Lancet. 377(9781), 1949-1961. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60135-9 Victora , C. , Aquino, E. Carmo Leal, M. Augusto Monteiro, C., Barros F.C & Szwarcwald, C. (2011) The Lancet 377, (97800), Pages 1863-1876. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60138-4
An analysis of the US and Canada’s systems reveals advantages and drawbacks within each structure. While it is apparent that both countries could benefit from the adoption of portions of the others system, Canada’s healthcare system offers several benefits over the US system.
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Healthcare is one of the main pillars of development that hold a country in great position. The aim of every healthcare organization is to provide quality medical care to all human beings right from infants to old generation (Koutsogeorgou, 2014). Usually, this is achieved by having adequate medicine, competent and enough medical staffs, sufficient medical centers or hospitals as well as efficient and effective medical equipment. Besides, the government also plays a vital role in ensuring that every citizen gets the best medical care as a means of reducing high mortality rates that affect their people. However, many of these health facilities face many challenges and instead of keeping death rates low, the reverse happens. Lately, hospitals in Venezuela have been underperforming, and this has been characterized by increased infant mortality as well as lack of medicine in those hospitals, a factor that has contributed much to the current crisis facing the country. Based on the background mentioned above, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate what has contributed to the crisis, how is has happened, and the possible recommendation or course of action that can be undertaken to correct the situation.
Brazil is a vast country in South America that has experienced extreme wealth and income disparities since its independence in 1822. The uneven income distribution, combined with several other factors, is what accounts for millions of civilians living in impoverished conditions. The Northeast is the country’s most afflicted region, with an estimated 58% of the population living in poverty and earing less than $2 a day. The systemic inequality as well as lack of development and modernization has generated chronic poverty that has had detrimental effects on society in northeast and ultimately weakens Brazil.
Despite the established health care facilities in the United States, most citizens do not have access to proper medical care. We must appreciate from the very onset that a healthy and strong nation must have a proper health care system. Such a health system should be available and affordable to all. The cost of health services is high. In fact, the ...
...d give access to public health to people who live in remote places in Brazil where native doctors are not willing to relocate.
When it comes to health matters, everyone becomes attentive. People believe that with good health, one can virtually accomplish anything that they desire. This is the reason to as why health is given all the attention. It is important to have a clear understanding of the meaning of the term health, healthcare and systems that are put in place to facilitate healthcare.
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Introduction Health care is a very important factor for the basic need of the public. Therefore, inequalities in health care delivery in Panama will be the social phenomenon that would be assessed in this paper. It will focus on the social facts like social class, gender and ethnicity. Conflict theory will be the sociological perspective that will be used to understand this phenomenon.
A wide variety of community, individual and national factors determine the delivery of health.2 There is a growing number of evidence on inequalities in both accessing of health and the distribution ...
The United States health care system is one of the most expensive systems in the world yet it is known as being unorganized and chaotic in comparison to other countries (Barton, 2010). This factor is attributed to numerous characteristics that define what the U.S. system is comprised of. Two of the major indications are imperfect market conditions and the demand for new technology (Barton, 2010). The health care system has been described as a free market in
Many of the reasons why the income gap is important tie into how it impacts Latin America. People living in the slums are prone to catching diseases. This could lead up to the spreading of those diseases and many people be...
Poverty is a dominant aspect to their social issues. Visitors of the country say that the poverty issue is quite visible. Brazil has slums in their metropolitan area, also known as “favelas”. There are also more remote areas with financially lacking families. However Brazil is working towards improving this with government funding and community programs to help aid the less fortunate, and to encourage young children to gain access to education, as it would aid in future income capabilities with a higher education. Crime can also be a major issue. Common forms include mugging, robbing, gang violence and kidnapping. Many citizens have issues with Brazilians form on law enforcement, which deters them away fro reporting things to the police. The government the created the National Public Security force to handle emergencies and crime instead of the