... Nationalized Models & Country Comparisons Chart Antonio P. DeOrtentiis Grand Canyon University: HLT 205 August 25, 2012 The Italian National Health System, established in 1978, is the primary provider of health insurance to all Italians. It is a decentralized model, most of which is being administered at the regional level. It provides low or no cost health care to all European Union citizens; it provides inpatient treatment which covers primary care visits, diagnostic testing, drugs and medications, surgeries during hospitalizations, out-patient treatments, pediatricians, dental treatments and other specialists. Private insurance is available and sometimes offered by employers, about 35 percent of Italians use private health care. The government covers the cost of all primary care and inpatient treatment, while drugs and advanced tests require co-payments of up to 30 percent. Children and the elderly do make these payments. You must have health insurance if you want to live in Italy. The government gets the resources to pay for this system from taxes collected at a national level combined with taxes collected at the regional sectors, the doctors and other medical care provider’s work for both the private and public sectors, where they received their payments from. If receiving public health insurance you sign up and you choose a doctor. Doctors will not have more than 1,500 patients. If you do not like your Doctor you can always switch to another; but...
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...Workplace The aim of this paper is to review literature on the issues of diversity in the workplace. We can ask ourselves why is diversity in the workplace so important? Some arguments suggest that it may benefit to an organization and company success. This topic has been researched and discussed for many years before us and is still current in health care and in general. As I was preparing for this week learning adventure, I can say that, besides our chapters in textbooks, I read so many different articles, but for this paper I have chosen the article written by Maier- Lorentz Transcultural nursing: Its importance in nursing practice. I found this article easy to understand and fallow through and I agree with many things listed and discussed by the author. We can define diversity in many different ways many years ago diversity was defined mainly by gender, race, or color. In today’s world, we can also add on sexual orientation, military experience, education, work experience, marital status and many more. With a diverse workforce health care can compete with the higher achieving global organization. This article is discussing important of diversity in the nursing profession. As we can see from the article increasing culturally diverse workforce creates positive outcome for the hospital or organization, and also helps in delivering better care for patients and families (Maier-Lorentz, 2008). That is why this issue has been incorporated through nursing schools in their curriculums...
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...public issues. It explains the classic distinction between public issues and personal problems. Personal problems are issues that are affecting an individual, as well as other members of a society. Public issues are those whose source is in a social structure/culture that are affecting many individuals....
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...Health Status and Health Care Services in Germany with comparison to the United States Table of Contents Table of contents………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Statistics Show…………………………………………………………………………………... 4 WHO Health Stats for US……………………………………………………………….. 4 WHO Health Stats for Germany…………………………………………………………. 4 The Big Little People Problem…………………………………………………………………... 5 The Errors of Youth…………………………………………………………………………… 5 “Battle of the Fatties”…………………………………………………………………….. 5 For the Public, By the Public…………………………………………………………………... 6 Drug Abuse Care……………………………………………………………………….... 6 Care for the Mentally Ill…………………………………………………………………. 7 Drug Related Death Rates……………………………………………………….. 7 Suicide Rates…………………………………………………………………….. 7 A Time to Die……………………………………………………………………………………. 8 The Part of Life that is Death…………………………………………………………… 8 The Part of Death that is Fear…………………………………………………………… 8 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 References……………………………………………………………………………………… 10 Introduction The long held belief that the United States is the greatest country on earth has been debated in recent years. Domestic terror attacks, stock market crashes, and a deep recession have challenged the standing of the US amongst other nations. As the US is rebounding from these domestic problems, it is in a legislative battle to reform a long failing health care system. In comparison to European countries...
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...The Future Challenges Facing Health Care in the United States Gregrey McDaniel Professor: Manuel Johnican, PhD Strayer University HSA 500 11 June 2011 Identify and describe at least three of the most difficult issues facing health care in the United States today. One of the most difficult issues facing the United States health care system is combating diseases. Even with mortality rates continuing to decrease and with life expectancy rates continuing to increase, these trends are masking concerns with specific diseases, injuries, and population groups. The diseases that still give us a formidable challenge include many varieties of cancer, some kinds of infectious diseases, and influenza. The second difficult issue is health disparities. These disparities are widespread. Differences in how patients receive treatment and the access to treatment are measurable through financial, physical, and attitudinal indicators. Disparities affect all groups of our population. These disparities are related to race, sex, language, genetics, age, and income. We all could benefit from a more efficient system which removes or minimalizes disparities. The third difficult issue facing the health care system in the United States is paying for health care. In the United States, we have had insurance as the biggest payer of health care for many years. There has been evolution in the types of insurance and how they manage aspects of the business. Insurance companies have been held...
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...Evolution of Health Care and Timeline Kary Tobine, Raevan Martinez, Rebecca Ornelas, Michelle Veasley, Malissa Krause HCS/531 Health Care Organizations and Delivery System August 17, 2015 Dale Mueller Evolution of Health Care and Timeline Managed Care’s Impact on the Quality of Care Theoretically, managed care was created to cut costs and improve the quality of health care. Reinhardt (1998) states, it was “designed to make the providers’ of health care more accountable for the quality of the health care they deliver.” Thus, selective contracting was initiated. Selective contracting gives health insurance companies the power to decide which hospitals and providers they want in their network (Jiang, Friedman, & Jiang, 2013). This method prompted competition among hospitals and providers to ensure they were always providing and improving quality health care for their patients. Realistically, managed care developed into a very complicated system, leaving many individuals displeased. Studies conducted by Lepolstat, Goldbeck, and Kostelnik (2009) explain, “The quality of health care in the United States has been critically affected by managed health care.” We believe there are three components that measure the quality of care. They are cost, accessibility, and services provided. One of the largest issues with health care today is affordability. Individuals who need health care cannot afford it. Lepolstat et al. (2009) state a third of the population...
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...Evolution of Health Care and Timeline Kary Tobine, Raevan Martinez, Rebecca Ornelas, Michelle Veasley, Malissa Krause HCS/531 Health Care Organizations and Delivery System August 17, 2015 Dale Mueller Evolution of Health Care and Timeline Managed Care’s Impact on the Quality of Care Theoretically, managed care was created to cut costs and improve the quality of health care. Reinhardt (1998) states, it was “designed to make the providers’ of health care more accountable for the quality of the health care they deliver.” Thus, selective contracting was initiated. Selective contracting gives health insurance companies the power to decide which hospitals and providers they want in their network (Jiang, Friedman, & Jiang, 2013). This method prompted competition among hospitals and providers to ensure they were always providing and improving quality health care for their patients. Realistically, managed care developed into a very complicated system, leaving many individuals displeased. Studies conducted by Lepolstat, Goldbeck, and Kostelnik (2009) explain, “The quality of health care in the United States has been critically affected by managed health care.” We believe there are three components that measure the quality of care. They are cost, accessibility, and services provided. One of the largest issues with health care today is affordability. Individuals who need health care cannot afford it. Lepolstat et al. (2009) state a third of the population...
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...RACIAL DISPARITY IN HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA Disparity in US Health Care is multifactorial, they reflect the differences in demographics, social-economic as well as environmental factors. The Journal of the American Medical Association identifies race as a significant determinant in the level of quality of care, with ethnic minority groups receiving less intensive and lower quality care. Ethnic minorities receive less preventative care, are seen less by specialists, and have fewer expensive and technical procedures than non-ethnic minorities. Studies have shown that this disparity affects the biological vulnerability to disease, utilization of health system in US and health care interventions. Understanding and intervening in the health disparity in the US is imperative because the US population is changing. According to the American Health Association (AHA), by 2050 Minority groups will compose almost half of the U.S. population by 2050. The biggest increase will occur within the Hispanic population. In December 2007, the American Hospital Association (AHA) created the Special Advisor Group on Improving Hospital Care for Minorities as part of effort to ensure equitable treatment of all patients. This article will discuss the issues related to disparity and how the American Hospital Association is taken several steps in helping aid in eliminating the racial disparity in health care. Health disparities in the quality of care exist and are based on language and the ethnicity/race...
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...contact us at: SUPPORT@WISEAMERICAN.US HLT 205 WEEK 2 COMPLETE LATEST HLT 205 Week 2 Topic 2 Discussion 1 What is defensive medicine and how does it impact health care cost, quality, and access? How will we see the use of defensive medicine shift as we move forward with the Affordable Care Act? Cite references to support your DQ post. HLT 205 Week 2 Topic 2 Discussion 2 Watch “TEDTalks: Daniel Kraft – Medicine’s Future? There’s an App for That”: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://digital.films.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=12129&xtid=48192 After viewing the video, select four topics that were discussed and explain their significance to the future of health care technology. HLT 205 Week 2 Assignment Collaborative Learning Community: CLC Group Project Agreement Details: This is a CLC assignment. Complete the CLC Group Project Agreement form. Only one CLC Group Project Agreement form needs to be completed for your group. Your instructor will assign group members in Topic 2. The CLC Group Project Agreement form will benefit your group’s process by: 1. Creating an opportunity to introduce yourself to ther group members. 2. Clarifying strengths that would benefit the outcome of the project. 3. Defining time commitments that can be made for the CLC. 4. Fostering trust by following through on commitments made to the CLC in a timely manner. 5. Providing a plan for resolving CLC issues before they occur. HLT 205 Week 2 Assignment 2 Health Care...
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...WEEK- 5 ASSIGNMENT HSM-541 HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION: WORKFORCE By: Zainab Bohra KELLER MANAGEMENT SCHOOL Professor: Eric Oestmann Date of submission: 23 august 2015 Introduction The primary objective of AHA is promoting quality healthcare provision by all the medical institutions such as the hospitals, and it networks through the public policy system. It is made up of the professionals that provide information about the healthcare as well as an administration to health care providers and the public. It was founded in the year 1898 with the main offices in Chicago, Washington DC, and Illinois. Additionally, it provides the health care information and unrelated information to clinical treatments. However, it has been faced with critical issues throughout its operations in the health care sector in all the states (American Hospital Association, 1974). The key issues are limited service providers, price transparency, quality and safety of the patients, health care information technology, workforce, variations in the health care, working with the employees, teaching hospitals-medical education, emergency readiness, Ebola preparedness and post-acute care among other critical issues faced by American Hospital Association (Jonas, Goldsteen & Goldsteen, 2007). Workforce Over the operational...
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...Implications of Health Economics Concepts for health Care Marcus Bright Strayer University Health Economics HSA 510 Dr. Jeff Kaluyu October 27, 2014 Abstract Income Inequality and Rising Health-Care Costs in the United States shows that health costs are the biggest driver of income inequality. This reason has made health care economics to go through multiple renovations leading from money which is the substance of health care economics and that has become vital to economists, policymakers, researchers, and organizational leaders. Today, most employers pay their workers a combination of wages and benefits, the most important of which is health coverage. This too has caused employer’s to hold back on salary increases to keep total compensation costs to cover the high cost of health insurance increases. In health care economics, the gross domestic product (GDP) is of paramount importance and in evaluation of, there is a remarkable rise in the GDP from 5.2% in the 1960’s to 16.2% in 2008, and an anticipation of 19% or more by 2019. It is based on those ongoing increases that this paper will reflect on the concepts that have impacted the world of health care economics in the US. Health Care Professionals and Understanding the Discipline of Health Economics The economics of health care methodologies for funding have continuously been changing since the 1800s. This started with the founding of the American Medical Association in 1847, which promoted scientific...
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...is to protect the citizens natural rights of “life, liberty, and property.” Health care has been stated as a right in the Universal Declarations of Human Rights. Although, health care should not be provided by the government as it would bring the United States deeper into debt, and would increase the wait time for health care. Having access to affordable health care is a right all people in the United States deserve, however, the government is not responsible to insure this right. Every US citizen should have the right to health care, because it is an internationally acknowledged human right. According to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in article 25, it states, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including [...] medical care.” A standard of living adequate to the health also includes food, clothing, and housing; if every individual has the right to food, clothing, and housing, they should similarly have the right to medical care. The Declaration of Human Rights was signed by the US, therefore affordable...
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...Poverty and health care are considerable issues that are affecting us Canadians. Poverty is on the rise as our population continues to grow, more people have an effect on our health care now. The Canadian health care system is not up to date and Canadians are wanting change and a better health care place. Poverty has always been a problem anywhere and now with the increase population the demand for food and a living space is higher but not all needs are met creating a higher poverty and homeless rate within Canadians. There is an increase in poverty around Canada. Over two years poverty has risen 19% in Edmonton with 2,618 homeless people. Poverty also has an economic cost. These costs include the impact on our healthcare system, loss of productivity and increased policing and judicial costs as social breakdown results in crime. The governments now have the ability to change structures and policies that greatly impact those living in poverty. Poverty rates among Aboriginal Canadians are significantly higher. They are frequently the last hired and the first laid off, but even when they are employed they work for low wages and poor benefits. Therefore, it is not a country's total wealth that is relevant, but how that country distributes...
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...diseases or issues that prevented them from getting healthcare before. This ensures that they will receive the proper healthcare needs that they deserve. Companies should not have been allowed to deny someone healthcare because of a preexisting condition. It also think it is not good for people who do not have any major health issues because it forces them to have healthcare even when they cannot afford it. Getting in trouble from the IRS because you do not have healthcare is not fair. The first article I chose was “Health Care Facts: Why We Need Health Care Reform.” This article not only explained the advantages of Obamacare, but it also tells about how it is not enough to stop the ever growing healthcare industry profiting system. It tells us that even with Obamacare in place, the US will spend approximately five trillion on healthcare alone in 2022. It also explains that the top executives at the insurance companies made a 200 million profit in compensation alone in 2009. Obamacare was able to ensure that everyone received healthcare, but it was not able to stop the insurance companies from raising their premiums. This article seemed credible because it did not make wild accusations about its facts, but instead backed them up by graphs and data and also linked you to other terms you may not have understood. It also shows you the good and bad of Obamacare. The second article I chose was “U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective.” This article analyzes health care spending...
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...In the US, healthcare has always been a controversial issue. On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into effect the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. This law the President signed puts into place comprehensive healthcare reforms that will affect the next 4 years and beyond. Some of the large reforms that will happen are benefits for women, strengthening Medicare, holding more insurance companies accountable, and young adult coverage. Women will be benefited from the Affordable Care Act by having preventive services covered and having more insurance options. Young adults will benefit from the Affordable Care act because coverage will be available for children up to 26 years of age. By far, the largest thing that goes into effect started this year, which states that every American will have access to affordable healthcare insurance options. The Act ensures that low income and middle-income families get tax credits that cover most of their insurance coverage cost. Also, more low- income people will receive Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. By establishing these reforms, specifically the later one, millions of people who were not insured previously will be receiving healthcare. The health Insurance Marketplace was created for people to be able to compare their different health plans, see if they receive tax credits pertaining to the Affordable Care Act and private institutions. Healthcare in the United States is spread out over distinct organizations...
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