Comparison of Health Care Delivery Systems: Pakistan Versus Germany

Volume 7 Issue 1 February - April 2017

Review Paper

Comparison of Health Care Delivery Systems: Pakistan Versus Germany

Amber Hussain Sayani*, Sumaira Feroz**

* Senior Lecturer, Ziauddin College of Nursing, Karachi, Pakistan.

** Registered Nurse, Exeter Medical Center, Dubai.

Sayani, A.H., and Feroz, S. (2017). Comparison of Health Care Delivery Systems: Pakistan Versus Germany. i-manager’s Journal on Nursing, 7(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.7.1.13489

Abstract

The health care delivery system is a structure that provides the best support to any country's people with efficient, effective, and equitable distributions of resources, through well-organized infrastructure. A good health care system improves country's work force and eventually increases individual wellbeing and economic solidity. These strong and productive human resources can be attained by government efforts of providing structured health facilities for the public. Globally, the health care system of different countries varies and depends on effective utilization of health expenditures. The health sectors of underdeveloped countries are engrossed in the difficult situations of governance and health care funding, human resource issues, and deficient access to health care services. This caused a considerable impact on the health service delivery to the people. The paper highlights a brief analysis of Pakistan and Germany health care systems with the help of WHO health care system framework. The WHO framework includes six components, i.e., leadership, financing, workforce, service delivery, information and technology, and research. Moreover, this paper includes health system challenges and practical strategies to strengthen the healthcare system.