Essay Deliver Care within the System – Evaluation of Health Outcomes – Health Assignment Help

Assignment Task :

Objectives 1 & 2
Select a national health system. This could be the National Health Service in the UK, the Chinese healthcare system, the Australian healthcare system, etc. Imagine you’re working for a Minister for Health who is visiting the country you’re describing and has asked you to provide him/her with a on the health system. Briefs are a means of communicating to the general public, policy and professional communities about an issue, demonstrating understanding and summarising information intellectually. It intends to inform the reader of the essential elements of the issue and provides an understanding of the reasons why those elements exist.
You should write in a style aimed at communicating to a reasonably intelligent individual who is not an expert in this field i.e. you should avoid the use of technical jargon. You can use dot points, provided they demonstrate your understanding of the point and explain it for the reader. Please note that you should use standard academic practice and cite where you have obtained information; particularly any data cited. The reference list is not included in the word count. Your
brief will address the content areas listed below.

1. Describe the structure of your selected system:

• Categorise your description of the main parts of the system into, for example, primary and community care, hospital care, population health, to identify the way in which the system is structured and functions.
• Provide some data on resources (e.g. workforce) and activities (e.g. number of hospital discharges) concerning the main parts of the system.
• Provide an evaluation of health outcomes (e.g. life expectancy, infant mortality).

2. Describe how the system is governed:

• What are the roles and responsibilities of government, various levels of government and other key stakeholders (e.g. donor agencies)?
• Who owns and manages the actual services that deliver care within the system?
• Are there elements designed to control standards e.g. accreditation.?
• How is the system  performance monitored?

3. Explain:

• Why is the system structured, governed, etc. in this way?
• What has been the influence of history, politics, economics, demography, geography, culture, etc. in the development of the system?