Written explanations must be focused and succinct - points will be deducted for answers that are unfocused or unnecessarily long.

A.Comparative Health Systems (20 points)

i.Briefly describe the health systems of one other country of your choosing.It may be one of the countries in the lecture or any other country. (5 points)

ii.Compare the incentives in that country to incentives in the US that result in excessive medical spending (3 points)

iii.Compare the method of "rationing care" to the methods in the US (3 points)

iv.Compare equity in your selected country to equity in the US (3 points)

v.Compare incentives for technological innovation to incentives in the US (3 points)

vi.Compare incentives to provide high quality care in this country versus incentives to provide high quality care in the US (3 points)