1. Write a Conventional Term Paper on the health system of a particular country or state.
- Write a detailed research report on the health system of a country other than the USA or any of the countries or states that we discuss in detail during class.
- Describe the structure of the health system you select and compare it the USA and some of those we discussed in class.
- Assess the performance of the chosen health system in keeping its citizens healthy
- Present what you believe are the strongest point and weakest points of the chosen health system.
2. Document in detail a personal interaction with a Health System (US or other)
- Describe the process of having an illness or injury and having it treated, including the expenses, insurance, hospitalization, diagnostics, etc. This can be done in diary format or as a narrative.
- Include: the sequence, number and specialty of the doctors that you or friend or family member had to see to have your condition or injury treated.
- Describe the type of insurance (if any) that you used, and approximately what portion of care was covered by insurance and what portion had to be paid out of pocket.
- Describe the high points of the experience (aspects of the system that you thought were excellent).
- Describe the low points of the process (things that could have been handled better).