Abstract Health care utilization has fluctuated over the past few years. Some things that have been effected are health care spending, health care cost, and the use of name brand and generic drugs. Since the Affordable Care Act has come into play, it has caused some changes for the better. Although name brand drugs are being declined, more generic brands are being produced to be cost effective for both the insurer and the consumer. Many different types of Americans are effected by the health care reform
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Health Utilization Paper Jana Byers May, 4, 2015 Mr. John health care utilization may be affected in several ways. The first factor is that he lives in rural area in which the primary care physician is forty minutes away. The passage also mentioned that Mr. John does not have personal transportation. The fact that the primary care physician is not within walking distance increases the likelihood of Mr. John missing a scheduled appointment. If he cannot find reliable transportation to get
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Health Care Utilization Paper Option B Svetlana Leyzerov HCS/235 May 25, 2015 Hanna Matatyaho Health Care Utilization Paper Option B The Behavioral Model of Health Services utilization was developed by Ron Andersen in 1968, and subsequently refined with his colleagues over the years. It is the most widely adopted conceptual framework for studying the use of health services, especially with regard to determining whether or not access to and consumption of health services is fair. The
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Health Care Utilization Paper Lawonna Moon HCS 235 March 24, 2014 Cyndie Miculan Health Care Utilization Paper The Healthcare Reform is a very complex issue and it has a government, health care facilities and providers, insurance companies talking about it with how the advantages and disadvantage affect the delivery of health care. According to university of Phoenix Read Me First HCS/235 (n.d.), “How health care is financed influences access to health care, how health care is delivered, the
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Hanna HCS 235 Health Care Utilization In the United States, Health care reform is designed to help make health care insurance affordable for Americans. Due to recent presidential elections, no one can seem to agree on a resolution to help promote platforms. In this paper it will discus ways health care reforms have expanded access to health care. The Patient Care and Affordable Care Act was created and signed to ensure that Americans will have access to health care at an affordable cost
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Health Care Utilization The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act otherwise known as “Obamacare”, was signed into law in 2010. It was implemented to make health insurance more affordable to people and to increase access to a more affordable health care insurance. Although it works through the existing health care industry, it is still a political target from both ends of the political spectrum. The conservatives prefer to remain silent and not have any involvement into the health
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Health Care Utilization Mary-Ann F. HCS/235 December-10-2013 Health Care Utilization Health care physicians and their patients in rural areas are confronted with barriers that are so much more diverse than those in the cities. Rural residents are challenged to deal with distinctive mixture of factors that lead to disparities in health care not found in cities. Financial constraints, type of health care coverage, lack of health care providers and quality of care, transportation difficulties
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Health Care Utilization Kerisha Graham University of Phoenix Ms. Delores Usea HCS 235 August 3, 2013 Health care reform in the United States is a sizzling topic and the source of legislation meant to make health care available to Americans. The recent presidential elections have been platforms used to promote health care reform yet no one can agree on what the resolution will be. In this paper I will discuss ways in which recent health care reform measures have expanded or inhibited access
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Health Care Utilization Danjerell Burks HCS/235 July 16, 2014 Joseph Chiappetta The Affordable Care Act started changing the country’s health-care system almost from the moment it was signed into law in March 2010. It has already expanded coverage of young adults by allowing them to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26, outlawed lifetime limits on what insurance will cover, lowered the cost of drugs for seniors on Medicare, caused 13 million consumers to get premium rebates totaling
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Health Care Utilization Paper Meriecha Gaines HCS/235 Health Care Delivery in the U.S. Prof. Delores Usea Access to care tends to be a large issue across our nation especially in rural towns. It also affects who can get the care they need based on their social standings. The new health care reform has tried to expand the access for these particular groups of patients. The act has allowed for a number of things like access to care for those without insurance, increasing pay to rural providers
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