respond to the following:
Using online resources or the Strayer Library, research the cost of treating infectious diseases in the United States compared to the cost in the United Kingdom.
Evaluate the cost of treating infectious diseases in the United States compared to the United Kingdom in terms of person, time, and place.
Discuss the specifics of your findings, determining whether the economic cost is justified.
The cost of treating infectious diseases differs significantly between the United States and the United Kingdom, reflecting their fundamentally different healthcare systems. The US operates largely on a market-driven, insurance-based model, while the UK has a publicly funded National Health Service (NHS) that provides universal healthcare.
United States:
Overall Healthcare Spending: The US has the highest healthcare spending per capita in the world. In 2021, medical services expenditures per capita for infectious and parasitic diseases were approximately $697.52 (FRED data).
Direct Costs: The direct medical costs of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in US hospitals alone ranged from $28.4 billion to $33.8 billion in 2007, adjusted for inflation, and potentially up to $35.7 billion if a different CPI adjustment is used. For specific multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, attributable costs for hospital-onset invasive infections ranged from around $30,998 for MRSA to $74,306 for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter in 2017. The estimated total for community- and hospital-onset infections combined was $4.6 billion in 2017 for these specific infections.
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