Healthcare is among the most debated, talked about and sometimes controversial matter in many countries in the world that is both developed and developing countries. In some countries healthcare has been very successful while in others governments and the private sector are still struggling to succeed. But in some countries it is a total failure. This paper will highlight, compare and contrast two countries and they are the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East and Australia far down in the pacific.
The comparison between these two countries feature aspects like the life expectancy, child mortality rate, cost, population, roles played by the governments, the private sector and the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). At the end, the best healthcare between the two will be recommended and with reasons why it is better than the other. Australian Healthcare Australia is a very vast country which introduced its health care system better referred to as Medicare in early 1980s.
“The health care was and is universal, accessible and of high quality directed to only Australians but the basis of this system was that all citizens were to contribute towards it depending on their ability financially” (Foster & Taylor 2007). The government also financed this Medicare programme through income tax. However, it should be understood that the government of Australia made it possible for all its citizens to access the healthcare free of charge from public hospitals and even from the medical practitioners or if it was necessary to charge, then the medical practitioners will do it in subsidy.
“The department of health ensures and health ensures benefits are paid to the right consumers throughout the country” (Mcllwraith & Madden 2006). Australia has a very complex health care system and they are further complicated by many insurance schemes fund it and there are also many private hospitals around the country. But the population is not comparable to United Arab Emirates because of the population. However, in the recent past the government of Australia is encouraging its citizens get private health insurance may be because of the strain in the government side.
Laws governing Australian health care and the personnel who offer these services are very stringent and many doctors are sometimes unable to make decisions which may later haunt them. For instance, a patient who may require specialized attention may not be helped because of attacked conditions of many insurance companies. Patients can also sue these doctors and nurses unknowingly due to some conditions which they may not avoid (McCarthy 2007).
Australia has not been left behind in technology as (Spekowius & Wendler 2006) note, “Health professionals and the health care in general has been advanced especially the integration of imaging technologies and cardiac interventions”. Unfortunately people like the aborigines have not been well covered by its health care system which is revealed through high child mortality rate among them which can not be compared with the UAE whereby the mortality rate has been almost Zero rated.