understand how international health care systems compare to the United States.

Useful Resources:

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Resources
• APA Citation Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• APA Citation and Referencing: 6th Edition (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• What is Peer Reviewed?

The purpose of this assignment is to understand how international health care systems compare to the United States.  Students will also explore the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and predict how it will affect America’s system of health care delivery.  Follow the instructions below to fulfill all stated requirements.

Technical Requirements:

• 900-1300 words (does not include in-text citations or reference page)
• Double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, 1” margins, essay format
• Less than 20% of the word count should be direct quotes
• Submit to the correct link in Assignments. This uploads your paper to TurnItIn, a plagiarism detection device.  See plagiarism information under Institutional Policies.
• Correct grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc.
• Use APA referencing style (see guide in Canvas). You do not need to include APA formatting (for example, title page, running head, or abstract)
• All information must be from reputable and reliable, academic sources. See Canvas for a list of good sources.

Content Requirements:

Introduction paragraph (minimum 4 sentences) – Last sentence is a thesis sentence

• Briefly introduce the topic
• The last sentence of this paragraph should be your thesis statement. A thesis statement clearly states what your paper will cover and gives an overview of the points you will make.
  • Hint: Write your thesis sentence last. That way you can focus the flow of information within the body of your paper and then make your thesis sentence match all topics at the end of your writing.
  • Example: “This paper will explore various health systems around the world and how they compare to the United States using dimensions such as quality of care and access.”

Dimensions of Health Care paragraph

• Review this international comparison of health systems article (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to complete this section of the paper. Begin this paragraph with 1 sentence that identifies the three organizations that contributed the information that was used for this ranking of health care systems
• Briefly describe all 6 dimensions (quality of care, access, efficiency, equity, healthy lives, and health expenditures) that are used to evaluate the health care systems of each country
  • Include no more than 1-2 sentences for the description of each dimension
  • Five of these dimensions are highlighted under the section titled Major Findings

Rank Comparison of Health Care Systems paragraph

• Identify 1 dimension you think is the most important to health care and explain why is it most important to you (minimum 2 substantive sentences)
• Identify the country whose health care system received the highest overall rating in this dimension.
  • Describe the reasons for achieving this ranking (minimum 3 substantive sentences)
• Identify the country whose health care system received the lowest overall rating in this dimension.
  • Describe the reasons for achieving this ranking (minimum 3 substantive sentences)

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) paragraph

• The information in the international comparisons report was gathered BEFORE the full implementation of the PPACA. Do some research to predict how full implementation of the PPACA will affect the U.S. health care system?
• Identify and describe 2 main components of the ACA
  • Minimum of 2 substantive sentences to describe each component
  • Find and cite this information from reliable, unbiased sources.  See PPACA Resources above.
• Predict how each component will affect the U.S. health care system
  • Minimum of 2 substantive sentences to describe each outcome
  • Include what dimension of health care will be effected (refer back to the 5 dimensions from the international comparisons article)

Conclusion paragraph (minimum 4 sentences)

• Include your opinion of the current direction of health care reform in the U.S. after completing this paper (Students are expected to use first person in this paragraph).
• Some possible discussions in this paragraph could include:
  • Ways the PPACA affects the U.S. health care system
  • Ways you have personally been affected by changes in health care since the implementation of the PPACA
  • What you specifically like/dislike about the PPACA