Us Health Care System
RUNNING HEADER: Health Care Systems in the U.S.
Health Care Systems in the U.S.
By
Terry Scott
University of Phoenix
HCS/531 – Health Care Organizations and Delivery Systems
Kenneth Feldman
November 7, 2011
This paper will review the U.S. Health Care System and evaluate what a health care system is, implications of beliefs and values on a health care system, provide examples of various models of health care used in American and explain how the health care system applies to models of the health care delivery in the United States.
U.S. Health Care System A health care system is “the complete network of agencies, facilities, and all providers of health care in a specified geographic area” (Health care systems, 2011). Knowing the general idea of a health care system is a complete network of agencies, facilities, providers within a certain area it can be expanded to a more complex system that includes more than the entities mentioned.
According to Farlex, the U.S. Health Care System “is largely controlled by the free market, which is believed to provide limitations on how much physicians and other specialists can charge to their patients. However, many critics of the current system, including organizations composed of physicians, note that the system has become largely bureaucratic and that cost-cutting measures and pressures caused by competition and the need for profit have reduced the effectiveness of medical practice. Despite these problems, many commentators have not been able to agree as to the proper level of control that state or federal governments should have over health care” (National health care, 2011). From the information provided, it is understood that a health care system is to assist in the medical needs of consumers through networks, facilities, providers etc in a geographical area.
Beliefs and Values of Health Care System Understanding the definition of a health care system, the next logical process is the belief and
Health Care Systems in the U.S.
By
Terry Scott
University of Phoenix
HCS/531 – Health Care Organizations and Delivery Systems
Kenneth Feldman
November 7, 2011
This paper will review the U.S. Health Care System and evaluate what a health care system is, implications of beliefs and values on a health care system, provide examples of various models of health care used in American and explain how the health care system applies to models of the health care delivery in the United States.
U.S. Health Care System A health care system is “the complete network of agencies, facilities, and all providers of health care in a specified geographic area” (Health care systems, 2011). Knowing the general idea of a health care system is a complete network of agencies, facilities, providers within a certain area it can be expanded to a more complex system that includes more than the entities mentioned.
According to Farlex, the U.S. Health Care System “is largely controlled by the free market, which is believed to provide limitations on how much physicians and other specialists can charge to their patients. However, many critics of the current system, including organizations composed of physicians, note that the system has become largely bureaucratic and that cost-cutting measures and pressures caused by competition and the need for profit have reduced the effectiveness of medical practice. Despite these problems, many commentators have not been able to agree as to the proper level of control that state or federal governments should have over health care” (National health care, 2011). From the information provided, it is understood that a health care system is to assist in the medical needs of consumers through networks, facilities, providers etc in a geographical area.
Beliefs and Values of Health Care System Understanding the definition of a health care system, the next logical process is the belief and
References: Dominguez, C.C. & Dominguez, S. (n.d.). 4 models of the US healthcare system. Retrieved from http://www.aestheticmedicinetoday.com/4_Models_US_Hlth_Sys_12_09_09.html Health care system. (2011). Retrieved from http://medical- dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/health+care+system National health care. (2011). Retrieved from http://legal- dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/National+Health+Care