International Healthcare Systems and Mortality Rates

Table of Contents

Introduction
Discussion
Conclusion
References

Introduction

The transition from communicable to noncommunicable diseases a major cause of morbidity and mortality significantly impacted the sustainability of healthcare systems in developing countries. It is this situation that determines the health status, mortality rate, and life expectancy characteristics of the population at the moment. The main semantic result of this transition was a change in the epidemiological picture, which caused the need for mobilization and transformation of the healthcare system of developing countries.

Discussion

The first paper notes the positive aspects of the transition (Pham et al., 2018). Mortality has significantly decreased and life has been prolonged due to the possibilities of prevention and control of chronic diseases that cause mortality. Due to the progress in medicine, there has been an increase in the average life expectancy in developing countries from 30-35 to 70-75 years (Pham et al., 2018). However, the second paper presents the consequences of transition that negatively affected the sustainability of healthcare systems in developing countries (Gyasi & Phillips, 2019). However, medicine in developing countries is not focused on increasing the burden on pediatrics, population aging, and other manifestations of demographic transition.

Conclusion

Volunteer programs do a lot to improve the skills of the medical community in developing countries. In particular, the training of doctors according to accelerated schemes has been introduced there – fast-track trainings are held to reorient doctors to work with noncommunicable diseases. Nonetheless, not only many problems in the field of medicine are being solved, but new ones are emerging, which developing countries are not yet able to solve. In order to achieve sustainability in medicine, developing countries need to reallocate resources and the introduction of more efficient services can lead to an increase in quality and, possibly, cost.