Angela Hunter-Cole HCS 440 Economics: The Financing of Health Care Week One Discussion Questions ? Most people feel health care is priceless; however‚ health care comes with a steep cost. What factors must be considered when looking at the true cost of care? According to website Cha Cha.com the factors that must be considered when looking at the true cost of health care are price‚ security‚ availability‚ and dependability. Cost is a driving factor in health care‚ how much health care services
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Annotated Bibliography HCS 455 Annotated Bibliography FY 2014 Budget Overview. (2013). FY 2014Budget Overview. Retrieved from: http://www.ssa.gov/budget/fy14Files/2014BO.pdf This article is a good overview of the funds that the president asks for each year to budget Social Security. It gives a breakdown of what amount of money needs to go to fund what. It gives an overview of what they are doing in order to lower running costs. It gives the actual budget of the previous year‚ the
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DQ 1Descriptive epidemiology studies the characteristics in a population according to person‚ place‚ and time. How do these characteristics help researchers understand the development of disease? The use of the characteristics of person‚ place and time are patterns of disease recognition that dates back to John Snows investigation of cholera in London (Byass‚ 2001). Understanding the characteristics of person‚ place or time aids a researcher in understanding whether a cluster of disease is occurring
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Current Article Summary Phernanda Bowers HCS 490 January 11‚ 2013 Current Article Summary Today the modern women have come a long way than just staying at home as housewives. Women today are breaking the glass ceiling and taking elevators to the top with their careers. Since careers demand a busy life spending time preparing in school‚ internships‚ and eventually fulltime jobs‚ and juggling family and life situations at the same time women and men have neglected their nutrition causing an increase
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In Week 2 the discussion was about employee relations. To identify recruitment and selection strategies and methods as part of the workforce. Understanding and differentiate between job analysis‚ job description‚ and job specification. Discussing about the process an organization uses to ensure that it has the right amount and the right kinds of people to deliver a certain level of output or services in the future. Learning of the forecasting techniques which are quantitative and qualitative‚ a variety
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Demographic Paper Karen Mervine HCS/490 September 30‚ 2013 Dr. Joanne Tritsch Demographic Paper An Aging Population I have been designated by the senior management team at a community hospital to write a summary on the effects of changes in population demographics on the needs and services for a selected population. The population that I choose to write about is the aging population. In this paper I will identify the aging population and provide data about the demographics and
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University of Phoenix HCS/438 (Statistical Applications ) Quiz#2 - 2-25-2012 - Esmaail Nikjeh Name: ________________________ True or False Questions; Please select the correct answer. (1 points each) T F 1. The probability that X takes on a value that is between 3 and inclusive of 4 can be written as P(3 < X ( 4). T F 2. P(X > x ) + P(X < x) + P(X = x) = 1. T F 3. If P(X > x) = 0.34 and P(X = x) = 0.10‚ then P(X ( x) = 0.56. T F 4- Using the classical viewpoint‚ the probability
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Training and development HCS/341 October 1‚ 2012 Professor Tracie Mileski Training and development When the topic of training and developing is mentioned in organizations employees think that it only applies to new employees or they normally think of boring classes‚ pointless power point presentations or endless online modules. Training is an aspect of the workforce that is important to management and must become important to employees. Training tools are needed to ensure that employees
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Applying the Results and Conclusion of the Research Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Health Care Research Utilization HCS 465 Cindy Laub‚ PhD January 26‚ 2014 Applying the Results and Conclusion of the Research • Results: data collection methods The results were taken from the physician’s claims database identifying physician encounters occurring in the emergency departments that had a principal diagnosis of asthma. Also used for data collection were the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan registry
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Workplace Communication Amy K. Carter HCS/325 March 4‚ 2013 Hanna Matatyaho Workplace Communication I currently work for a health care organization that follows the formal organizational model. “Formal organizations are generally understood to be systems of coordinated and controlled activities that arise when work is embedded in complex networks of technical relations and boundary-spanning exchanges” (Meyer & Rowan‚ 1977‚ p. 340). “The formal organizational model structure shows the relationship
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