Three Essays on Health Care Hitoshi Shigeoka Submitted in partial ful…llment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2012 c 2012 Hitoshi Shigeoka All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT Three Essays on Health Care Hitoshi Shigeoka This dissertation has been motivated by the question of how countries should optimally structure health care. Especially‚ there are two important economic and policy
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Distribution of health care resources is a highly debated topic‚ and many have suggested that at the core of this distribution is rationing. According to Scheunemann & White (2011)‚ rationing is withholding or restriction of potential beneficial treatments or access to medical services via gatekeeper controls‚ controlled distribution‚ national budgeting‚ government-set prices‚ and provider fees. Healthcare rationing exists in the US healthcare system‚ and in many forms. Rationing in the US is a bottom-up
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view of health. The mechanistic view sees the body as compartments working separately from each other. Whenever disease occur they treat it by utilizing medication and/or surgery. If a person is not feeling well their initial instinct is to go to a mechanistic doctor. Even the healthcare policy is based on the mechanistic view of health and healthcare. The majority of health issue in America is due to lifestyle choices. Many of these issues can be resolved by a vitalistic approach to health. The vitalistic
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Slide 2: Communication is the key to a successful working relationship. In health care‚ a strong working relationship with all team members‚ including the patient‚ is important in assisting the patient to return to an optimal state of health. Communication is a two-way street between the sender‚ and the receiver. The sender will transmit the message‚ and the receiver will decipher the message ‚ ‚ and can respond back. Communication can occur face-to-face using verbal‚ and nonverbal cues. However
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Importance of Teen Health Did you know that a lack of physical activity causes one in ten premature deaths worldwide? The health of teens is decreasing every year. The physical activity of teens has declined 32% in a single generation. This is all because of the new technology and a change in eating habits. For the first time‚ this generation may die before their parents. If teens don’t pay attention to what they eat‚ the amount of exercise they get‚ and avoid drugs‚ the health issues with teens
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name] 11 Inequalities of Health Sociology Gemma McCann Inequalities of health Gemma McCann Word count 1310 Within this assignment I am going to explore the sociological perspectives of Marxism and Functionalism and a brief view on interactionism in relation to health and inequalities in health. I will explore sociological explanations for these inequalities focusing on structural materialist‚ artefact‚ social selection and cultural explanations. “Health is a state of complete physical
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time and money but I also see that it can be beneficial to many uninsured Americans. First of all‚ health care costs keep rising and in 2011 the average cost for a family of four increased by 7.3% or $19‚393. This is double the cost estimated in 2003‚ and by 2030 payroll taxes will cover only 38% of Medicare Costs and the rest will be added to our already enormous budget deficit. Second‚ health care reform is needed to improve the quality of care‚ which is the worst in the developed world. Chronic
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The social determinants of health can be defined as “characteristics of health and the pathways by which conditions around us affect health” (Macdougall‚ 2012).Another example is ‘Health’ is a very broad notion‚ affected by a wide range of individual characteristics‚ behaviours and contextual factors. Those contextual factors that fall within social‚ economic and environmental domains are usually referred to as ‘the social determinants of health.” (alliance‚ may 2011) The conditions are those that
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Disparities in health care access in the US Multiple studies had shown that racial and ethnic minorities experience a lower quality of health care services and are less likely to receive routine medical procedures than are white Americans. Minorities are also more likely to be uninsured‚ live in poverty‚ and be exposed to environmental hazards at home and on the job. Although the gap in health services and health outcomes is not as wide as it was 10 years ago; there are still major blocks to overcome
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The Roles and Missions of Mental Health Counselors A clinical mental health counselor provide services for those who are addicted to substances such as drugs and alcohol‚ those who have depression‚ anxiety‚ etc.‚ those who need or ask for family parenting skills‚ couples therapy for marital problems‚ those who no longer want to be in this world‚ those who have self-esteem issues‚ and for those who are aging and the issues that come along with the aging process (Gladding & Newsome‚ 2010). With the
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