Statistics make the world go round‚ literally. A certain population or ethnicity and their disease trends can really have an effect on what can happen in the future for our healthcare systems. Demographics and Disease trends can go hand in hand with one another because disease trends are so constant and unnoticeable that it continues daily‚ therefore having a particular group being affected by the same disease. Some people do not believe it‚ but all you have to do is look at the statistics and you
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------------------------------------------------- Alzheimer’s disease HCA/240 Veronica Brinson Mary Lou. Jenkins August 25‚ 2013 Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic progressive deterioration of the brain leading to dementia‚ incapacitation‚ and death. Dementia is a condition marked by memory loss plus a minimum of one other cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s disease has been referred to as both the plaque of the ages and the plague of the aged. Alzheimer’s disease was so poorly understood that people
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Final Project Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Ana Vega HCA 240 January 29‚ 2012 Itta Aswad Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services It is amazing how much the health care delivery services have changed and improved over the years. Today‚ the health care systems have advanced by prolonging life expectancy and quality of life. Though‚ providing health care is not cheap and easy to do. Cost‚ accessibility‚ and quality is a challenge that they face in
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Cardiovascular Disease and Congestive Heart Failure Voneisha Carr HCA/240 04/12/2013 Christie McCullum-Hill Heart disease is a term used to describe a range of diseases that affect the hearts‚ from the blood vessel‚ such as coronary artery disease‚ and heart infections the term “Heart Disease is often used interchangeably with‚ cardiovascular disease” (MayoClinic‚ 2012). Which is narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attacks‚ or stroke plague build ups in the arteries
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Disease Trends and Delivery of Health Care Services Jacqueline Allen HCA/240 February 3‚ 2013 Dr. Selena Monk Abstract The prevalence of obesity is increasing in all age groups in the United States. Over the past 30 years‚ the sum of older adults who are obese has doubled. This paper will attempt to show the impact on the quality of life‚ and the health issues related to obesity on the aging population. Although there is an increase in the rates of obesity among the older population; the
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Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Final Project Axia college 1/15/2012 Many health care professional have great concerns about the growth of the aging population‚ chronic disease and the epidemic of obesity‚ and how will the United States healthcare system prepared for this continuing epidemic. The fact that the aging population along with obesity epidemic is a global healthcare concern‚ many health cares’ professional is baffled about how to address the growing epidemic
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CHAPTER 7 HEALTH FINANCING MODULE 7.1 Overview 7.1.1 Chapter Outline This chapter presents the health financing module of the assessment tool. Section 7.1 defines health financing and its key components and describes the process of resource flows in a health system. Section 7.2 provides guidelines on preparing a profile of health financing for the country of interest‚ including instructions on how to customize the profile for country-specific aspects of the financing process. Section 7.3 presents
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those associated with toxicity‚ dizziness‚ and the retaining of fluid in the body. 3. What is causing Ms. Jones ’s kidney disease? Ms. Jones’s kidney disease was caused due to her open heart surgery and hospital stay causing her tubular cells to die. Known as acute tubular necrosis‚ the limit of oxygen or decrease of blood flow causes ischemic acute tubular necrosis (Health Communities‚ 2010). 4. What are possible treatment options and prognosis? The treatment for Ms. Jones’s symptoms would be
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Associate Level Material Appendix F Review the following two case studies. Each patient is being referred to a specialist for further evaluation of a nervous system disorder. Outline characteristics of the disease each patient is suffering from by answering the questions associated with each case study. Answer in your own words. Case Study 1 Name | Myelin S. Heath | Patient # | 12312312 | DOB: | 03/05/1986 | Physician | Dr. Delgadillo | Date: | 02/16/20XX | Interoffice Referral Form
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Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services HCA 240 Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services The 2010 Census Bureau revealed that the United States population was 308.7 million as of 1‚ in April 2010‚ a rise‚ of 9.7% in the population since the year 2000. There was also a 9.9% increase on males now over 151.8 million in the population‚ as compared to females which is about 9.5% or 157 million. Out of the 308.7 million‚ 112.8 of them are between the ages of 18 and
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