Honors College Theses

Publication Date

2026

Major

Nursing (BSN)

Release Option

Restricted to Georgia Southern

Faculty Mentor

Terese Rodriguez

Abstract

Healthcare systems throughout the world vary greatly regarding citizen access to care, service costs, and patient recovery after care. The purpose of this project was to identify which countries have success in their systems, and also to encourage less successful countries to consider changes that could benefit their citizens. The first part of this project was a literature review that summarized reports about healthcare systems across different countries. In the second part of this project, a survey was distributed to collect personal accounts about healthcare experiences all around the world. All data collected from the survey was compared with the findings of the literature review to test the consistency of data in both sections. Overall, the literature review concluded that countries such as Australia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand provide the best overall care for citizens. Almost all of the sources claimed that the United States has the worst access and outcomes in healthcare. According to the survey results, countries such as Canada, Jordan, and India have affordable and accessible healthcare. However, the quality of care in these countries seemed to vary. United States healthcare was described as technologically advances and centered on patient safety, but also expensive and accompanied by long wait times. According to the results of both sections in this study, there are positive and negative qualities about all healthcare systems. Overall, this study showed that all countries have opportunities to learn from one another and improve the effectiveness of their individual healthcare systems.

Thesis Summary

This paper displays the processes and results of a study that compared healthcare systems around the world. The study examined different systems in how they provide access to care, determine costs of services, and evaluate outcomes of patients after care. In the paper, a literature review is provided that summarizes findings from pre-existing studies completed on similar topics. Also included in the paper is the research completed in this project. The methods of the study, the results, and a discussion of the results are provided. Overall, the results showed that no system is perfect, and that each healthcare system has room for improvement to better benefit its citizens.

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