expensive health care. In Michigan‚ a state study found that in a single year (2009) health care for inmates ages 55 to 59 cost more than four times more than for those aged 20 to 24. In Georgia‚ caring for prisoners ages 65 or older costs about $8‚565 per inmate each year. The average annual health-care cost for Georgian prisoners under 65? $961 per inmate. So‚ what’s a state to do? According to experts interviewed by Pew‚ states are trying to rein in costs by providing remote health care‚ outsourcing
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speech. Now‚ I would like to talk to all of you today on health care. Why should we have a health care? Undoubtedly‚ health is better than wealth. But nowadays‚ many of us live sedentary lives. We come to school and remain seated most of the time for our lesson. When we go home‚ we spend a lot of time watching television or doing our revision. After a long time‚ we will suffer health problems. If you want to live a longer life‚ health care should be your own responsibility. Firstly‚ we should get
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Medicare Policy Process Brandy Marsh HCS 455 December 12‚ 2011 John (Jay) Cutspec Medicare Policy Process The health care‚ policy-making process is composed of three major stages; the formulation stage‚ legislative stage‚ and the implementation stage. The policy process refers to the specific decisions and events that are required for a policy to be proposed‚ considered‚ and finally either implemented and/or set aside. It is an interactive process with multiple points of access providing
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE :)) HEALTH -a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being -not necessarily the absence of disease or infirmity -successful defense of the host against forces tending to disturb body equilibrium -many productive and useful members of the society have disease or infirmity PUBLIC HEALTH -art and science of preventing disease -the organized and systematized approach to the provision of health services PRIMARY HEALTH CARE -is essential health care based on
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Health Care History Keisha Williams-Young HCS/440 November 07‚ 2011 Over the course of the past 50 years‚ health care benefits costs and coverage have become a dominant force in almost everyone ’s life. By 1990‚ 186 million Americans were covered by health insurance (Kinner & Pellegrini‚ 2009). Even with that extremely high number‚ many people are still left out not possessing any insurance coverage because either they can’t afford it or they just don’t have it. With health care expenditures
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Leadership in health care Cynthia Leonard‚ RN‚ BSN Nurs/587 February 5‚ 2012 Marie Holley‚ NP‚ RN‚ PhD Leadership in health care Leadership is a unique position and can be seen as the capability to motivate and encourage confidence and support among followers. A competent leader possesses many abilities. A central ability that a leader possesses is influencing others. Leaders guide‚ directs‚ teaches‚ and motivates people to accomplish goals. Leadership is essential for nursing as a
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maximized quality of care. Answer | A. | Clinical practice guidelines are implemented | | B. | Interpersonal aspects of caregiving are emphasized | | C. | Processes are improved | | D. | Desired outcomes are achieved | 2 points Question 3 People _____ years of age and older are generally categorized as elderly. Answer | A. | 65 | | B. | 80 | | C. | 70 | | D. | 55 | 2 points Question 4 Example of an intramural service. Answer | A. | Respite care | | B. | Assistive
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Health care costs in the United States (US) currently exceed 17% of GDP and continue to rise. Other developed nations spend less of their GDP on health care but have the same increasing trend. Factors contributing to this rise are not hard to find‚ such as the development of new treatments and the age increase of the baby boomers. Unfortunately‚ instead of focusing on the costs of treating individual patients with specific medical conditions over their full cycle of care‚ providers aggregate and
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is the lifeblood of medicine and health information. Technology is destined to be the circulatory system for that information.” --David Blumenthal‚ National coordinator for Health Information Technology and lead implementer of the HITECH Act Technology advancements and new technology are being introduced every day‚ especially in the field of nursing and is changing the way we look at healthcare. The nursing field has come a long way in just a short time when it comes to technology. One of
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Access to Health Care Access to health care refers to the individual’s ability to obtain and use needed services (Ellis & Hartley‚ 2008). Access to health care affects a multitude of people. Uninsured‚ underinsured‚ elderly‚ lower socioeconomic class‚ minorities‚ and people that live in remote areas are at the highest risk for lack of access to health care. There are also economical and political roles that complicate access to health care. Access to health care is a multi-faceted concept
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