Privately Inured Patient Care: A Case Study
The cons of waiting before surgically removing Mrs. D’ Angelo’s gallbladder include the associated risks of developing an infection and continuing to feel pain. People with gallstones experience painful symptoms such as severe pain, fever, blockages of the bowel, or blood poisoning (Brisbane Liver & Gallbladder Surgery, 2012). As the pain continues, Mrs. D’ Angelo will continue suffering discomfort and most likely continue requiring pain medication. In severe cases, gallstones can cause life-threatening inflammation of the pancreas or jaundice (Brisbane Liver & Gallbladder Surgery, 2012). If Mrs. D’ Angelo has to continue waiting for surgery, she may also complicate the procedure when she does have it by allowing more time for the stones
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to fall on the abdomen. If this happens, the surgery will require extensive operation time. The pros of Mrs. D’ Angelo having to wait for the surgical removal of her gallbladder would include being able to schedule a day and time to undergo the surgery and not having to perform an emergency operation. The cost of an emergency surgery is typically more expensive than scheduled surgeries. If Mrs. D’ Angelo waits to have surgery, she would be able to possibly overcome the gallstones and surpass this surgery in hopes to not have gallstones in the future. Privately insured patients and people with Medicaid have different healthcare treatment.
Patients that have Medicaid have poorer access to care and poorer health results than patients with private insurance. In this case, privately health insured patients are able to discover more opportunistic treatment options, swifter medical care and are able to access more primary or preventative care. Medicaid patients have a difficult time accessing health care from medical facilities due to the poor reimbursement for provided health services. “Medicaid typically pays physicians 56 percent of the amount that private insurers pay” (Dayaratna, 2012, p.3). As doctors continue turning away Medicaid patients, it will remain difficult for these patients to seek health care from primary or specialty doctors. As a result of Medicaid patients being turned away, they are subject to late diagnoses, which put them at an increased risk of serious health conditions or even death. At an alarming rate, Medicaid patients are filling the Emergency Departments with disadvantaged or untreatable conditions. “In fact, research has shown that Medicaid and CHIP patients end up in emergency rooms even more frequently than uninsured patients” (Dayaratna, 2012, p. 13). Research goes to prove that Medicaid patients are underprivileged when compared to privately insured
patients.
to fall on the abdomen. If this happens, the surgery will require extensive operation time. The pros of Mrs. D’ Angelo having to wait for the surgical removal of her gallbladder would include being able to schedule a day and time to undergo the surgery and not having to perform an emergency operation. The cost of an emergency surgery is typically more expensive than scheduled surgeries. If Mrs. D’ Angelo waits to have surgery, she would be able to possibly overcome the gallstones and surpass this surgery in hopes to not have gallstones in the future. Privately insured patients and people with Medicaid have different healthcare treatment.
Patients that have Medicaid have poorer access to care and poorer health results than patients with private insurance. In this case, privately health insured patients are able to discover more opportunistic treatment options, swifter medical care and are able to access more primary or preventative care. Medicaid patients have a difficult time accessing health care from medical facilities due to the poor reimbursement for provided health services. “Medicaid typically pays physicians 56 percent of the amount that private insurers pay” (Dayaratna, 2012, p.3). As doctors continue turning away Medicaid patients, it will remain difficult for these patients to seek health care from primary or specialty doctors. As a result of Medicaid patients being turned away, they are subject to late diagnoses, which put them at an increased risk of serious health conditions or even death. At an alarming rate, Medicaid patients are filling the Emergency Departments with disadvantaged or untreatable conditions. “In fact, research has shown that Medicaid and CHIP patients end up in emergency rooms even more frequently than uninsured patients” (Dayaratna, 2012, p. 13). Research goes to prove that Medicaid patients are underprivileged when compared to privately insured
patients.