Health Care Utilization Paper 02/16/2015 HCS/235 Health Care Utilization Paper Many people have trouble finding adequate healthcare. There are many things that go into finding a physician like insurance and transportation. In this scenario John is a full time employee that is eligible for Medicaid due to his low income. He has high blood pressure that needs to be examined as he has a family history of heart attack. The nearest participating physician in his area unfortunately is
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Health Care Event HCS 531 June 17‚ 2013 Tracy Miller Health Care Event Health care has been influenced by numerous significant events throughout history. These events have helped change and shape health care in efforts to improve it‚ and to fit in with the current needs of the population. Some of the influences include society‚ culture‚ finance‚ religion‚ politics‚ technology‚ health trends‚ the environment‚ and population (Shi & Singh‚ 2012‚ p. 9). This paper will discuss a significant
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Risk Pooling in Health Care Finance Kiran Charania April 26‚ 2012 Risk pooling is a mechanism where revenue and contributions are pooled so that the risk of having to pay for health care is not borne by each contributor individually. Risk pooling is a form of risk management practiced by the health industry especially insurance companies. While risk pooling is necessary for insurance to work‚ not all risks can be effectively pooled. Pooling risks together allows the costs of those higher risks
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The Changing Landscape of Healthcare System Margie R. Collins HCS/490 Health Care Consumer - Trends and Marketing June 23‚ 2014 Mr. Lance Danko The Changing Landscape of Healthcare System “We do not have a health care crisis in this country - we have a health crisis with a health care system incapable of dealing with it.” ~ Mike Huckabee‚ Former Governor of Arkansas “We have to move from illness to wellness. Businesses will have to invest in wellness. There is no choice. It’s not philanthropy
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better future: Primary Health Care Primary health care is a term used to describe a system where a patient’s health care needs are attended to by the most appropriately trained individual. This method of health care delivery has been called a “team based approach” (Health Canada‚ 2006). Instead of seeing the doctor for every health concern‚ other health professionals such as nurse practitioners‚ pharmacists‚ dieticians or physiotherapists may be called upon to take care of your concerns. In this
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Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain‚ process‚ and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Low health literacy has a negative impact on a patients health status and use of the health care system. Patients with low health literacy levels cannot make decisions regarding their health care or follow instructions on medications and health maintenance behaviors. This can affect health care in a variety of
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financial burden‚ demography changes will significantly increase the number of beneficiaries‚ and thus increase Medicare expenditures and costs. The number of individuals surviving into Medicare age eligibility has risen steadily‚ due to declining mortality rate‚ which will result in a 67% increase in Medicare beneficiary population by 2040 (Olshansky 149). In addition the number of Medicare beneficiaries will grow by 18 million people between 2012 and 2023‚ as the number of Baby Boomers turning 65
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MARKETING AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BY Tanya Brown Strayer University 305 Health Services Marketing Professor Charmaine RhamesMay 5‚ 2013 Marketing and the Health Care System Today‚ most people get their health insurance through their work. But every year‚ more and more people are choosing to shop in the private market for a health care provider. Many people depend on Blue Cross Blue Shield in the state of Alabama for their health care provider. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama is affordable
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Long-Term Care: The Impact of the Elderly Providing accessible‚ affordable‚ and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents a growing challenge to long-term care providers. As the oldest members of the baby boom generation approach retirement‚ federal and state policy‚ makers are exploring policies to care for the increasing number of elderly and to finance expanding long-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and home
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Long Term Care The Continuum of Care What is Long Term Care? Health‚ mental health‚ social and residential services provided to temporarily or chronically disabled person over extended period of time Characteristics of LT Care Physical or mental‚ temporary or permanent Need based on functional disabilities Promotes or maintains health and independence in functional abilities and quality of life To enable us to die peacefully and with dignity Multiple services and multiple
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