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14 | Healthcare
An international
perspective on
health
Understandably,
standards vary widely
throughout the world
by Karen Teasdale,
Marketing Manager,
AXA PPP healthcare
USA
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The standard of care received within the USA’s hospitals. There are also some teaching hospi- to be made, i.e. credit card, cash or billed to
health care system is high and medical profes- tals that are affiliated with Universities and insurance. If you don’t have insurance, a
sionals and specialists are generally highly pro- these are well equipped for this purpose. deposit is normally required, which may run to
ficient. The medical facilities are ranked Additionally there are private for profit hospi- several thousand dollars.
amongst the best in the world, and are well tals, some of whom are operated as chains by It is definitely worth noting that the USA is
equipped to deal with most medical conditions corporations that also sell medical insurance the only developed country in the world with-
and their treatment. In larger cities there are plans. out a comprehensive national health pro-
excellent public hospitals and they are operated With all of the above types of hospitals gramme. The elderly are covered by Medicare
by municipal governments and subsidised out admission typically involves completing an and the very poor can obtain limited care
of public funds. They are less expensive for the admission form, presenting evidence of insur- through Medicaid. Most employed Americans
patient, but they are typically less well ance coverage, signing a consent form for treat- and their families are covered under group
equipped and more crowded than the private ment, and specifying what form of payment is health insurance plans provided by their
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