Evaluate the influence of U.S. market conditions on the provision of health care.

ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION, WELLNESS, AND PREVENTION
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Utilize Japan as the other country. In the United States, the health care system emphasizes health promotion, wellness, and prevention as a strategy to improve population health and lower per capita spending. Around the world, however, health care systems vary considerably in terms of cost, quality, and provisions. For this Assignment, you explore the World Health Organization website and research health care in the United States and another country of your choice. To prepare for this Assignment: Review the World Health Organization (WHO), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Health System Tracker websites in this week’s Learning Resources. Research health care disparities between the United States and another country of your choice. Compare economic policies for health promotion, wellness, and prevention programs in the United States and the country you selected. How are they different? What is the economic motivation for each? Analyze implications of these economic policies and disparities. How does this relate to volume-based versus value-based health care? Analyze how you might implement the policies from the country you selected in the United States (macro) and your own state (micro). Evaluate the influence of U.S. market conditions on the provision of health care. In a 4- to 6-page paper, address the following: Compare the economic policies for health promotion, wellness, and prevention programs in the United States and the country you selected. Include differences in approaches to wellness and prevention. Analyze implications of these policies and disparities. Analyze how you might implement the policies from the country you selected in the United States and your own state. Evaluate the influence of U.S. market conditions on the provision of health care. Getzen, T. (2015). Health economics for the healthcare administrator (Laureate custom edition). New York: Wiley. Chapter 2, “Demand and Supply” (pp. 23–40) Chapter 18, “Value for Money in the Future of Health Care” (pp. 427–439) Baicker, K., Chandra, A., & Skinner, J. S. (2012). Saving money or just saving lives? Improving the productivity of US health care spending. Annual Review of Economics, 4(1), 33–56. Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Blumenthal, D., Cutler, D. M., & Stremikis, K. (2013). Health care spending—A giant slain or sleeping? New England Journal of Medicine, 369(25), 2551–2557. Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/documents/___media_files_publications_fund_report_2014_jun_1755_davis_mirror_mirror_2014.pdf https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-countries/#item-start https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857204/ https://www.who.int/en/