Comparative Analysis: Instructions
Although there isn’t a single reason, in general, comparison allows us to identify the areas for improvement in our own system. As you have learned in the module, resources available for healthcare, human and monetary, are limited so spending on the areas that stand to produce the most impact is critical to reducing spending, improving outcomes, and long-term
sustainability.
Similar to the way your unit, office, or organization may benchmark its outcomes against national outcomes or those of comparable institutions to determine future courses of action, country-to-country comparisons allow us to do the same for several key indicators of our healthcare system. The staff nurse is the hub of the inter professional unit that cares for a client; the DNP graduate is the hub of the intersection between practice, research, and policy and should be prepared to critically analyze the major drivers of policy (American Association of Colleges of Nursing,
2006).
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Step 2:
The Affordable Care Act. Briefly compare current U.S. healthcare outcomes to the years prior to the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. What has improved, and stayed the same? What still needs work? Access, quality, and cost can provide you with a framework for this section.
Population Health. Compare and contrast the following measures of population health in the U.S. to comparable developed nations:
(a) chronic disease outcomes(b) hospital-related care or patient safety outcomes(c) life expectancy(d) mortality rateYou may choose a single country or multiple countries to complete this. In addition to overall figures, address at least one of the above as it relates to your specialty area or track.
Step 3: Economics.
Compare and contrast the economics of healthcare in the U.S to comparable developed nations. Include a comparison of the following: (a) gross domestic product as it relates to healthcare spending(b) healthcare expenditure per capita(c) spending priorities(d) cost sharing
Additional Notes:
•This is a formal paper and should include and introduction and a conclusion and avoid the
use of first person.
•The paper should be organized with APA-formatted headings that are consistent with rubric order.
•Peer-reviewed references, evidence (results of formal inquiry published in the literature), and current data are your primary types of support and are necessary to develop the paper as expected. There should be a minimum of 5 references included as support for your work.
•Relevant statistics and figures are expected to support your discussion throughout.
•The paper should be approximately five (5) pages in length (excluding title and reference
pages).
Submission Instructions: The paper should be submitted as either a Word document or a PDF to the designated space. Your work will automatically be submitted to turnitin.com upon submission to the course.
