Health Care System: Private or Public?
Arielle Dietrich
Annotated Bibliography: Health Care System: Private or Public?
Main Argument: Is America 's health-care system better than Canada 's?
Thoresen, S. T., & Fielding, A. (2011). Universal health care in Thailand: Concerns among the health care workforce. Health Policy, 99(1), 17-22. Retrieved from https://0-www- clinicalkey-com.catalog.lib.cmich.edu/
Stian H. Thoresen and Angela Fielding, authors of the article “Universal health care in Thailand: Concerns among the health care workforce”, write about the controversial topic of public health care from the Thai health care professionals perspective. The article is based off of interviews with health care professionals who work in dealing with patients who are covered by public health care. One quote, “Health care professionals at public hospitals, particularly in rural areas, have experienced up to a doubling in the number of daily out-patients; many with superficial symptoms,” is what Thoresen and Fielding were under the impression of after the interviews. They also followed up with another quote stating, “While the improved access to health care provisions was welcomed, questions regarding the appropriateness of seeking medical advice were raised.”
This specific article is perfect for my topic in a number of ways. Thoresen and Fielding bring up their findings perfectly because they use their interviews with professionals who work in public health care to back up their argument. This would be a great source for my paper because not only is it a real life example of public health care, it is another country with public health care which would show that the point is to not bash the Canadian health care system, but to show an international comparison. The two authors stated, “There are potentials for health care professionals to congregate in the private sector and urban areas where workloads are perceived to be less demanding.” Relating back to a previous quote, it was understood that
Annotated Bibliography: Health Care System: Private or Public?
Main Argument: Is America 's health-care system better than Canada 's?
Thoresen, S. T., & Fielding, A. (2011). Universal health care in Thailand: Concerns among the health care workforce. Health Policy, 99(1), 17-22. Retrieved from https://0-www- clinicalkey-com.catalog.lib.cmich.edu/
Stian H. Thoresen and Angela Fielding, authors of the article “Universal health care in Thailand: Concerns among the health care workforce”, write about the controversial topic of public health care from the Thai health care professionals perspective. The article is based off of interviews with health care professionals who work in dealing with patients who are covered by public health care. One quote, “Health care professionals at public hospitals, particularly in rural areas, have experienced up to a doubling in the number of daily out-patients; many with superficial symptoms,” is what Thoresen and Fielding were under the impression of after the interviews. They also followed up with another quote stating, “While the improved access to health care provisions was welcomed, questions regarding the appropriateness of seeking medical advice were raised.”
This specific article is perfect for my topic in a number of ways. Thoresen and Fielding bring up their findings perfectly because they use their interviews with professionals who work in public health care to back up their argument. This would be a great source for my paper because not only is it a real life example of public health care, it is another country with public health care which would show that the point is to not bash the Canadian health care system, but to show an international comparison. The two authors stated, “There are potentials for health care professionals to congregate in the private sector and urban areas where workloads are perceived to be less demanding.” Relating back to a previous quote, it was understood that
Bibliography: Thoresen, S. T., & Fielding, A. (2011). Universal health care in Thailand: Concerns among the health care workforce. Health Policy, 99(1), 17-22. Retrieved from https://0-www- clinicalkey-com.catalog.lib.cmich.edu/ Stian H