Diversity in health Care Organizations

Diversity in health Care Organizations

Introduction

Diversity is the reality of today's world, diversity has many dimensions, these dimensions are reflected through the characteristics such as; gender, race, religion, abilities, perspectives, values, generational influences, skills, ideas, sexual orientation, human capacity, socio and economic backgrounds. Diversity is defined as a cultural and ethnic variation within a population and among people. Recognition of such diversity is essential to the research, policy and planning, as culture and ethnicity affect our values, beliefs and behaviors, including the way we live as that women, men, both or neither one nor the other (Cooter et.al, 2004). At the same time, the recognition and appreciation of the cultural and ethnic diversity are essential in the fight against stigma and discrimination. For example, laws and policies of Germany's multiculturalism is based on the definition of diversity and they are aimed to ensure that everyone respect and fairness. Cultural and ethnic variations are important, yes, but only if we take care of this type of diversity, many other visible differences may elude us, as variations of sex and gender, age, and certain disabilities, which also affect the well-being of individuals. For example, if we compare poverty rates among aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in Germany, we quickly see that aboriginal people are more likely to be poor. In addition, if we fail to examine rates by sex, we would not have found that aboriginal women are among the poorest people in the country. In this paper we are going to analyze the health care system of Germany (German Medical Association).

Discussion

Germany is a country with one of the best medical coverage in the world. An extensive network of hospitals, a medical and health organization ensures medical care for all. With more than four million workers, German health sector is also offering an extensive amount of job oppurtunities in Germany. A total of 10.4% of gross domestic product is spent on health, which is 1.5% higher than the OECD average. With the Law on cost reduction, which was adopted at the previous reform of the health system, Germany has the lowest increase its health spending per capita among OECD countries between 2000 and 2007, augmented spending of 1.4% per year in real terms, against an average of 3.7% in OECD countries. Structural reform of the health system was adopted in 2007, based on a particular health funds: Since 2009, employee contributions and employer health insurance are paid into the fund which the State shall grant the subsidies financed by taxes. Since the contribution rate to health insurance set by the federal government, is more homogeneous, more than 200 people of Germany receive health insurance. Boxes providing a particularly large number of sick and elderly and economically disadvantaged receive further value. The long-term goal of the government is to allow greater autonomy and a greater contribution regional differentiation (Devers, 1999). Competition among health care improves health care services as well as for German citizens and guests of Germany. The health care system in Germany has an excellent reputation ...