Throughout the course, we have examined various facets of the U.S. health system and the forces that have shaped it into our current system. At the outset of the course, we briefly discussed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) six building blocks of a health system. In this assignment, you will compare the U.S. health system with the six building blocks developed by the WHO.

Instructions

For this assignment, you will examine the U.S. health system using each building block as a lens and determine if the U.S. possesses the attributes highlighted within each block. Once you have evaluated the U.S. against the WHO’s framework, you will decide whether the U.S. meets the criteria of a strong health system. If you determine that the U.S. does not meet the criteria, highlight two to three areas (building blocks) to improve the health system and the steps needed to get there. If you determine that the U.S. health system does meet the criteria of a strong health system, propose one to two solutions to improving access to and quality of health without increasing costs. Read Everybody’s Business: Strengthening Health Systems to ImproveHealth Outcomes (Foreword, Executive Summary, Introduction, and WHO’s Response to HealthSystems Challenges) for background knowledge.

You are required to use at least four academic sources to support your findings and
conclusions, two of which must be sources that you have found on your own. Appropriate materials include:
 The required textbooks.
 Academic articles that were assigned throughout the course
 Documentaries viewed during the course
 Lecture presentations