COMPARISON OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: USA AND NIGERIA PART 1

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This study was to compare USA and Nigeria health care system. This research sets out review the USA health care system compare to Nigeria. It will also compare health care financing, health care policy, health care indicators of both countries. A search of some relevant articles, books on both countries health care system using the Google, Yahoo search engine, Govome, Civitas, Ebscohost, Pubmed. Which method used explained

INTRODUCTION

The health care system consists of organizing which include health care providers and individuals whose their job is to meet health care needs of people in the society.

The health care system is among the most essential aspect of any country. A better health system must deliver services which are best for citizens in the society according to their plan of WHEN, WHERE they need the services. Health care system of a country differs with each other, for a country to have a good health care system they must have a good, quality, professional health care providers, well kept facilities and infrastructure and government must make sure enough money is spent on health which means the country’s financing on health must be strong.

A country health care delivery must be strong, especially primary health care delivery, delivery of health care depends on well trained professionals and paraprofessionals who join together as a team, which is consist of professionals in medicine, psychology, physiotheraphy, nursing, dentistry, midwifery, public health practitioners, community health workers who consistently provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative care services to the community.

According to (Wikipedia) “Health care delivery is divided into three (1) Primary health care delivery (2) Secondary health care delivery (3) tertiary health care delivery.”

Primary health care delivery is the work of health professionals who is the first health care provider to consult by all patients in health care facilities such as primary care physician, general practitioner, family physician, physiotherapist, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner it depend on the community, in some locality patients may wish to see ano