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vicky

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Compare and contrast the patterns of health in low-income and in high-income countries.
 
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Compare and contrast the different types of health care systems in socialist and capitalist societies. Illustrate your argument with examples from various countries.
 
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Answer to Question 1

 High-income nations tend to enjoy low infant mortality, high life expectancy, and better health care options. Longer lifespans mean a greater tendency to chronic diseases. Not everyone in a high-income nation is affluent, however, so poverty still affects health.
 Low-income nations tend to have illnesses associated with poverty, poor nutrition, unsafe drinking water, and lack of access to medical care and preventative treatment. People are more likely to die of acute diseases.

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 Societies with mostly capitalist economies distribute health carelike other goods and servicesthrough a market system. In practice, this means that individuals purchase health care according to their particular needs and personal resources. But the high cost of health care can easily exceed the reach of even fairly well-off people, so capitalist nations such as Sweden, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan have additional strategies to help people cover the expense.
 In societies with socialist economies, the government controls most economic activity. This means that government agencies provide medical services and operate hospitals and clinics; doctors and other medical professionals are state employees who receive salaries for their services. Examples of socialist systems are found in China and the Russian Federation.




vicky

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