Comparing Health Problems & Data

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. APA

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.

 

Comparing Health Problems & Data

  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.

TaskUnited StatesOther 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.

 

  

 

Comparing Health Problems & Data

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