GH4004 - Compare and contrast health problems

GH4004 Compare and Contrast Template

Instructions: Complete the Compare and Contrast Template by recording the information in the template as either a bulleted list or in complete sentences. Be sure to reference the scholarly resources consulted in obtaining the information recorded below.

For this Performance Task Assessment, you will compare and contrast health problems and healthcare system data from the United States to health problems and healthcare system data from one other country that is demographically different from the United States.

1. Explain the health problem you selected and why you chose that problem.

Identify and record the health data for each country for the health problem you selected.

Task

United States

Other Country

2a. Identify the following for each country:

Population and demographics

2b. Identify the following for each country:

Annual per capita income

2c. Identify the following for each country:

Annual per capita spending on healthcare

3. Describe the incidence of the health problem in each country.

4. Describe the prevalence of the health problem in each country.

5. Describe the healthcare system of workers/professionals who are available to serve the population for the health problem in each country:

6a. Explain the following list of factors that may contribute to the existence of the health problem in each country:

Describe the elements of the epidemiological triangle, if applicable

6b. Explain the following list of factors that may contribute to the existence of the health problem in each country:

Describe environmental impacts (including the healthcare delivery system) that may apply to the health problem in each country

7a. Explain the multifactorial relationships for the health problem in each country:

Nutritional considerations, if applicable

7b. Explain the multifactorial relationships for the health problem in each country:

Economic considerations

7c. Explain the multifactorial relationships for the health problem in each country:

The costs of medication and/or treatment in the healthcare system

8. Explain at least two current efforts for containment/mitigation by the healthcare system for the health problem in each country.