...The Healthcare Systems of China (In Comparison to the United States) Tiara C. Robinson HSM 310- Professor Jennifer Pryor April 4 2011 China, whose population estimate for 2010 was 1,330,141,295, has a growth rate of 0.5%, a birth rate: 12.1/1000, an infant mortality rate of 16.5/1000, with an average life expectancy of 74.5 years. Prior to my research, I had some knowledge of the problem of overpopulation in China. Even the elders of China were exceeding the normal range. One source states, “As a result [of the overpopulation] China’s 60+ populations will increase dramatically – from 200 million in 2015 to over 300 million by 2030.” (<http://www.china-mike.com/chinese-culture/society/china-population-growth-crisis/>) To better understand the population of China, in comparison to the whole world, (http://www.prb.org...) states that China now has a life expectancy at birth “increasing by two-thirds from 40.8 to 71.5 between 1955 and 2005.” Adding on, “The country already has about 102 million elderly (those ages 65 and over), or over one-fifth of the world's elderly population and the percentage of elderly in China is projected to triple from 8 percent to 24 percent between 2006 and 2050, to a total number of 322 million. Before vigorous research which will include availability and access to healthcare, technological influences, political and cultural economic issues and providers available, I sought it necessary to complete background information on the country…just...
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...Costs Of Healthcare Christine Amargo HCA305 The U.S. Health Care System Sherry Grover June 9, 2014 Everyone wants to have access to health care and in order to access it they need insurance, but unfortunately not everyone can afford health insurance. The United States spends more money on health care than any other country, but raise the cost of health insurance to the citizens. Health care should be affordable if the government is willing to spend as much money as they are on it. Health insurance should be able to affordable to all classes lower, middle, and higher. The citizens of the United States has the right to know why their insurances cost are going up and if they are going to get more bang for their buck. The reason why healthcare cost is rising each year is because no one is managing the spending. Money is being spent between all accounts of healthcare and shared amongst each other. There needs to be a line where companies stop spending and try to manage the money they have if they don’t the cost of healthcare will just keep rising. The primary issues of healthcare cost are access to healthcare, and affordability of healthcare. The United States health care spending has been growing rapidly for many years, but many citizens are without appropriate health care. This is affecting the two governments major health insurance Medicaid and Medicare and the private insurance companies. As the health care spending rises, the citizens will be faced with difficult choices...
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...throughout the globe have issues of providing quality healthcare for its citizens, and the United State is no exception to this mammoth problem. The United State has a profit driven economy where health care is mostly in the hands of the private business sector. In a lot of countries health care is either supplement or control by their government. Even democratic societies such Great Britain and Canada both control most of their countries medical industry. Because the U.S. is such an open “free market economy” the quality of health care is based on how much a person has can spend on their healthcare needs Understanding how the care of health is impacting the citizens of the United States we must investigate how health care needs are affecting the behaviors, economics, and social structure of U.S. citizens; how the stages of medical technology development is improving the healthcare needs of U.S. or is the technology a hinders; how understanding the trends in the population demographic over a period of 80 years have changed towards healthcare, and lastly, what are the morality trend over the past century. The impacted of healthcare on the United State is tremendous. Healthcare costs are the most single important factor influencing the federal government. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projection without any change in federal law total spending on healthcare (this budget cut is aimed towards Medicare & Medicaid), healthcare cost will rise form 16 percent to 25 percent in 2025...
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...Evolution of Health Insurance System in US All Americans should have affordable, quality healthcare coverage. Most Americans agree that our healthcare system needs reform. That is primarily because 45.7 million Americans are without health insurance. The primary issues are access to healthcare, and affordability of healthcare. The burden of healthcare change should be fairly shared among all stakeholders. Government, the private sector, individuals, and the groups that represent them each must share in the responsibility for finding an affordable solution to healthcare reform [ (Humana, 2012) ]. The healthcare insurance industry has the most interesting past and surprisingly, the introduction of healthcare insurance dates back several years before the civil war and many of the concepts first used to establish the health insurance policies are still in use today. In 1847, Massachusetts Health Insurance of Boston issued the first individual health insurance policies that covered personal accidents (while travelling by rail or steamboat). Later, during the civil war, other companies entered the market and offered similar health plans. An important factor that helped insurance companies take root in American society was that the medical associations embraced health insurance because it helped doctors earn higher salaries. Before health insurance became popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, doctors earned a little more than the hourly labor [ (Hummer, 2010) ]. The American...
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...Trends in Healthcare Western Governors University Healthcare Management Case Study HMA1 Linda Gunn August 21, 2010 HMA1: Trends in Healthcare The American healthcare system is in the midst of change. No other time in history has the call for healthcare reform been so strong. It is the emergence of expensive new technologies with an aging population and a new call for equitable quality access of health services for all citizens that have pushed for the impending change. Successful managers will need to understand the impetus for this change. The challenges will provide many opportunities for a manager that is properly prepared to lead and guide their organization. Model trends in the United States. Historically, the United State’s healthcare system has been provider dominated. Physicians ordered and directed care without concern for cost or resources. While complex and ever-changing, the focus was on treatment of infectious diseases such as polio, influenza, small pox. (Shortell & Kaluzny, 2006) Our current model of healthcare places much of the responsibility and burden of the cost of medical care on the individual. American healthcare spending approaches 17% of our gross domestic product (GDP), the highest of any member of the World Health Organization. Our performance consistently underperforms in comparison to our peer nations in such measures as life expectancy, infant mortality and overall level of health. (World Health Organization [WHO], 2000) Though...
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...Influencing Factors of Health Care Expenditure: Opportunities to Improve Canada’s Statistics [Authors Name] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] Author Note [Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.] Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………2 Comparing Health System Performance…………………………………………………4 Sweden’s Healthcare Policy Framework………………………………………………...8 Canada’s Opportunities for Improvement………………………………………………..9 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….11 References……………………………………………………………………………….13 Influencing Factors of Health Care Expenditure: Opportunities to Improve Canada’s Statistics Globally, the number of variations that contribute to the government’s financial contribution to the health care system is great and ever changing. The amount of money spent on health expenditures varies as well, and is specific to each country. In countries with a high income, such as the United States and France, the per capita health expenditure averages over 3,000 USD, while in countries that are considered resource poor, such as Israel and Mexico, the average per capita amount is only 30 USD. (Ke, Saksena, & Holly, 2011). Wide variations in health expenditure are also specific to each country’s economic development. Less resourceful countries have been noted to only spend less than 3% of GDP on health, while other, more economically developed countries spend more than 12% of GDP on health. (Ke et al.,2011). The growth...
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...Health Economic Costs of Tobacco Smoking in Canada [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Health Economic Costs of Tobacco Smoking in Canada Introduction This paper is about the use of tobacco in Canada. The paper will also identify the economic and health costs of using tobacco in Canada. There will also be a discussion of tobacco smoking prevention. The paper will follow a proper pattern. There are several concerns about tobacco smoking in Canada. The government is very concern about this issue and working really hard to get rid of this dangerous habit. The Canadian population is addict to this unhealthy habit of tobacco smoking (Albert Health Services, 2012). Discussion Tobacco smoking is really injurious to health. The smoke of tobacco contains several dangerous chemical. These chemicals are injurious to both smokers and nonsmokers. There are more than 7,000 chemicals in the tobacco smoke. Al large amount of them, around 250 chemicals, are very harmful. These harmful chemicals include carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, and ammonia. The habit of tobacco smoking is very dangerous for health. It affects almost every organ and part of the body. The ultimate impact of smoking is the diminishing of overall health (Propel, 2012). Health Consequences of Smoking There are millions of Canadian who smoking has caused lots of problems. It is also the primary cause of cancer. This cancer even leads to death. It cause causes to several parts...
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...Outsourcing Federal Healthcare Many of the services and tasks performed and provided by the federal government of the United States are outsourced to private businesses. Like anything performed by any business, organization or government body, there are potential improvements that could be implemented. Here, I will discuss the stakeholders involved in the federal healthcare systems of Medicare and Medicaid, and how the strategies might be improved within outsourcing practices. Multiple groups hold interest in the strategies used by Medicare and Medicaid to provide healthcare to patients. Medicare contracts with private health insurance companies to provide specific benefits to people with Medicare. People eligible for Medicare include those over 65 years old, or those who are disabled. Medicaid is operated at the state government level, and generally covers disabled, and people over 65 years old with low income and minimal assets. In addition to the people covered under these systems, additional stakeholders include doctors, hospitals, insurance brokers and agents, and public policy-makers (legislators). An easily forgotten group of stakeholders within these systems are taxpayers not currently receiving direct benefits from these systems, but who are directly contributing funds which are used to fund Medicare and Medicaid expenditures. Those who are recipients of Medicare and Medicaid benefits want to receive the best possible care, with the least amount of cost to them personally...
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...Healthcare, is it still a Benefit? Donnalynn Sullivan Empire State College BME-213754 Organizational Strategy and Performance Instructor: David Morrell December 17, 2012 Table of Contents Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………… 2 Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………3 Healthcare, Is it Still a Benefit………………………………………………………………….4 The Reason Behind the Employee Benefit of Healthcare………………………………………5 Controlling Healthcare Costs, the Strategies and the Benefits…………………………………7 The Healthcare Reform…………………………………………………………………………9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….11 References…………………………………………………………………………………….12 Abstract This paper will address some of the issues and trends in health care as an employee benefit. “Employee benefits range dramatically between jobs and careers. Some jobs, such as those that pay minimum wage, do not provide employee benefits while others provide several benefits. Great employee benefits include a health insurance plan, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance and a retirement fund. Healthcare, is it still a Benefit? Health insurance ranks as the most important benefit that employees seek from an employer. This topic has been on the hot seat for most companies and employers. Health care costs are on the rise and companies are trying to find ways to combat it. How does this affect the employer/company? How does this affect the benefit...
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...Running Header: THE MAINE STATE PRISON HAS THE ABILITY TO CUT COSTS 1 The Maine State Prison has the ability to cut healthcare costs by using Medical Diets as part of a medical treatments Kaplan University THE MAINE STATE PRISON HAS THE ABILITY TO CUT HEALTHCARE COSTS 2 Taking prescription medication has become an everyday part of life for many people. Nearly 70 percent of Americans take at least one prescription drug. More than half take two, yet every medicine comes with side effects or risks associated with their use. (mayoclinic, June 19, 2013) What if people were informed that health could be improved immensely and medications could be decreased or even ended through a few simple diet changes? What if simple food and life style changes could save your health and your wallet? That is the logic and practice we must incorporate into our homes and local facilities supported by our tax dollars such as The Maine State prison. Many inmates located at The Maine State Prison have a medical need for a special diet. By accommodating these special diets, The Maine State Prison would be able to reduce their short term as well as long term prisoner healthcare costs. The Maine Department of Corrections ( DOC) has the highest per-prisoner healthcare cost in the nation in 2001 averaging 7,761 per inmate per year (Prison Healthcare cost, 2013)Inmates health, the public's safety, and taxpayers total corrections bills are all affected...
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...Medicare Funding Crisis David Holt Healthcare Finance Ron Evans July 20, 2013 At the heart of America's fiscal crisis is the impending collapse of our entitlement system. And the primary cause of that looming collapse is the explosion of costs in Medicare, the federal program that provides health insurance to every American over 65. Without major reforms of the program, there is simply no way for us to address the federal deficit, contain the national debt, or save Medicare itself from collapse. Medicare's woes are partly demographic. In 2030, when the last of the Baby Boomers retires, there will be 77 million people on Medicare, up from 47 million today. But there will be fewer working people funding the benefits of this much larger retiree population: In 2030, there will be 2.3 workers per retiree, compared to 3.4 today and about 4 when the program was created. But a bigger part of Medicare's troubles is the rapid inflation of healthcare costs. In 2010, the per capita cost of providing healthcare services in America increased by 6.1%, according to Standard & Poor's, while overall inflation increased by only 1.5%. According to the Department of Labor, over the past decade, healthcare inflation has risen 48%, while inflation in the broader economy has increased by only 26%. Providing an increasingly expensive service to a rapidly growing population, while drawing on a declining pool of taxpayers is a recipe for fiscal disaster. The...
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...written to debate the advantages and disadvantages of ObamaCare, aka Affordable Care Act (ACA), for the American people. While many are elated and view the government as taking responsibility for those who in the past have not seen a doctor on a regular basis due to having no insurance, there are still others who believe that the passage of the law will be detrimental to the country’s economy. Many are concerned that individuals will no longer have the choice of what type of medical attention they receive because the government will make those decisions for them. The truth is the Affordable Care Act requires certain types of coverage and ends discrimination that has led to higher costs and cancellations for women and people with pre-existing medical conditions. “The new ACA is a law aimed at reforming the American healthcare system. Its main focus is on providing more Americans with access to affordable health insurance, improving the quality of healthcare, regulating the health insurance industry, and reducing health care spending in the US.” In spite of the many attempts by the GOP to overthrow the ACA, the fact is that it is not Government provided healthcare, but an approach by the government to subsidize and regulate private health insurance and expand Government healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid. There are ongoing arguments between Democrats, Republicans, and the American people over the ACA offering contraception with no charge to the patients, particularly...
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...States is made up of diverse groups of people who all have different preferences, morals, values, and traditions (Carr, 2017). Patient-centered care is healthcare professionals, healthcare systems, families, and patients working together in the meaningful and valuable interest of the patient (Carr, 2017). Effective communication is among the necessary skills and attitudes healthcare professionals must acquire to meet the needs of patients and improve overall quality and safety in system-wide healthcare delivery (Carr, 2017)....
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...Phoenix HCS 490 - Healthcare Consumer: Trends and Marketing Demographics on Youth The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is a state public health agency in Maryland, where the mission is to provide, protect and promote and improve the health and well being of Maryland citizens in a responsible way. This paper will highlight the agency functions and description of how the agency relates to other public agencies, the structure of the agency and the funding that is received to maintain quality and access to healthcare. The text reads that today, the state health departments have expanded their activities to include improving the health of children and pregnant women, controlling health care facilities, developing emergency medical services and other health care resources, and protecting the environment. The DHMH believes that responsibility of the agency is to ensure that citizens of Maryland are protected by living a free life and threats of communicable diseases, tainted foods, and dangerous products. The text states that each state health department must identify the goals and strategies to improve the health of its citizens. To encourage and implement improvements, the state health department must has to access the health status and needs of the population by incorporating the strategies, costs, and assistance that will support these plans. The DHMH assures residents receive appropriate access to high quality healthcare at rates that...
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...priority for Americans. Providing healthcare for the American people has been an issue and has perplexed our country near a close division over the past century. Proponents of managed care believe that managed care has been successful in controlling costs, and opponents believe otherwise. The true answer lies in the numbers. In 1970 the United States spent $75 billion on health care, and in 1970 the federal government announced the development of HMO’s as a way to decrease skyrocketing health care costs (U. S. Census Bureau, 2011). Managed care uses a gatekeeper system to assist in cost containment. The gatekeeper may be a manager or a physician charged with cost control and hospitalization authorization. Cost controls are accomplished through three methods. President Barack Obama presented his plan of Health Care Reform to a joint session of congress in 2009. Amongst the many changes proposed Obama addressed the main concerns which would greatly improve our current healthcare system. Of course myths were stirred with this proposal in which he addressed as well. The purpose in creating Health Care Reform was to alleviate this huge deficit contributor as well as to offer better care for U.S. Citizens. The current healthcare plan has been digging into the pockets of all classes of Americans and has allowed many of its people to become chronically ill or die. Many stories have been shared across the media from those affected by our current healthcare system and Obama is the first...
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