Main Characteristics of the American Healthcare System

Volker Eric Amelung
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Volker Eric Amelung: Hannover Medical School

Chapter 2 in Healthcare Management, 2013, pp 15-21 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The American healthcare system differs substantially from European systems in terms of the service providers as well as payers. Even if the general discussion may provide this impression, it must be acknowledged that “the one” American healthcare system does not exist. Effectively, healthcare in the United States is made up of a multitude of sub-systems, existing in parallel and partially overlapping. The healthcare systems in California and New York differ as much as that of Germany and the Netherlands at the very least. There are, however, some market segments in the United States that are uniform. This includes the Medicare programme, through which healthcare for the elderly is financed, and Veteran Affairs (the healthcare system for active and former soldiers), for example.

Keywords: Healthcare Service; Medicare Programme; Indemnity Insurance; Health Saving Account; American Healthcare System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38712-8_2

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