HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM ANALYSIS.

The objectives of any healthcare system are multifaceted and complex in today's everchanging world. This paper will focus on healthcare delivery as it relates to the concepts of funding, patient-centered care and physician shortages within the systems of Canada, the United Kingdom (UK) and France. Of great concern in the United States is the fact that healthcare is not universal. There are currently more than 43 million Americans who are uninsured. Poor funding affects patient access to care and the patient-centered focus of the U.S. healthcare delivery system. Collaborative patient-centered practice is a method that facilitates health care professionals working together and with their patients. Suggestions for reform in the United States will be discussed as they relate to the most successful aspects of each of the healthcare delivery systems in Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]