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National Health Plan, 2002.
Discusses the need for a national health plan in the United States.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze how and why a national health plan should be introduced in the United States. Health care in the United States is a big business. As such, a national health plan threatens the bottom lines of gigantic health maintenance organizations who have fought national health care consistently. They fight a plan that could cause their demise, but ensure the increased health and well being of millions of Americans. The paper argues that it is time we stopped letting big business set the agenda for the health of the American people.
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"However, there were many proponents to the plan. Some experts felt the plan was not comprehensive enough, and did not cover enough basic, preventative health care. For example, the plan did not cover some areas of mental health treatment, such as alcoholism. Others felt it should not be affiliated at all with health insurance plans. Then there were the social implications of including such treatments as abortion, physician assisted suicide, and euthanasia in the areas of treatment. All of these concerns were eventually answered, but they raised questions in the minds of the public that were never quite eliminated."
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National Health Insurance Plans, 2007.
A discussion on American health care services and their affordability.
2,419 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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The paper discusses the vast differences between the cost of health services in the United States and the delivery of health services in the United States. The paper examines how measuring the success of medical care is one of the greatest challenges that regulators and providers face in assessing the current level of care and the success of new plans that are designed to alleviate the stresses being placed on the current system. The paper analyzes the groups attempting to find an accurate measurement tool for assessing the quality of care for managed care plans.
Outline:
Part 1: Expectations of Quality
Current State of Quality Measurement
Stakeholder Expectations
Part II: A Case Study
Part III: Source Evaluation
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"Currently most performance measures are developed internally by the organization (Isham). This creates a situation on a national level where research and development capabilities cannot be used on a national level. Private standardization is better than no standardization, but this is not likely to lead to the changes needed on a national level to help control the crisis."
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UK Nationalized Health Care System, 2004.
This paper discusses the survivability of the UK nationalized health care system by reviewing its history, organization, and programs, and by comparing it to three other nationalized health services.
13,850 words (approx. 55.4 pages), 31 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper explains that the NHS was established on the principle of the collective responsibility of the state to implement a comprehensive health care system designed to meet the health care needs of the total population, in which all UK citizens would have equal access to health care services at no charge. The author points out that it was assumed, as health care improved, demand would decrease; but, within a very short period, the government found itself faced with too little funding to meet the persistent demand. The paper contends that Japan, Sweden, and Canada appear to have incorporated better provisions to insure that equal access is guaranteed to constituents as compared to the UK?s NHS. Table.
Table of Contents
Historical Perspective
Organization of the Study
Summary of 2000 NHS Plan
Current and Future Health Status and Healthcare Needs in the UK
Alternative Health Care Systems
Review of Healthcare Systems in OECD Countries
Japan
Sweden
Canada
Comparison of NHS with the Healthcare Systems of Japan, Sweden and Canada
World Health Organization and Health Care Funding
Current Trends in Healthcare Privatization
Conclusions
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"The Plan, as reported by the Department of Health (2000), is also designed to insure that the needs of the elderly are better met. The Plan includes the incorporation of national standards for caring for older people to ensure that ageism is not tolerated and personal care plans for the elderly and their caregivers will be provided, with nursing home services made free by 2004. There also will be an additional ?900 million package of new intermediate care services to allow older people to live more independent lives. The NHS Plan also includes further efforts to insure that inequalities amongst patients are targeted, with a focus on increasing and improving primary care in deprived areas; the introduction of screening programs for women and children; the provision of step up smoking cessation services; and the provision of free fruit in schools for 4-6 year olds."
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Consumer Driven Health Plans, 2006.
An essay on the rising health care costs associated with moral hazard and why, despite some skepticism, consumer driven health plans (CDHP) can provide a solution.
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHP) and how these plans can reduce medical spending. The paper examines the rising cost of health care and how health insurers have developed new and innovative ways of dealing with the ever pressing issue moral hazard has had on overall medical spending. The paper further analyzes how through consumer driven health plans, health insurers hope to encourage more conservative and responsible consumerism as patients are forced to pay higher out of pocket costs for medical services.
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"Year after year, as the cost of health care continues to rise and the American public's frustration continues to grow, those with influence over the market have begun to offer new and innovative solutions in the hopes of curbing the ever rising prices a broken system has helped to create. In a flawed design where everyone but the consumer is picking up the tab - the employers, health insurers, and government, it's of no surprise that Americans have been more than indulgent in their consumption of medical services. Unfortunately, this careless consumption, driven by moral hazard, is what continues to drive the overall cost of health care up at a rate of inflation higher than that of other goods and services. Now, in an effort to reduce the most costly of effects attributing to the rising cost of medical services, health insurers have focused on reducing moral hazard through the introduction of consumer driven health plans (CDHP)."
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The 1993 Health Care Plan, 2002.
An analysis of the insurance companies' reactions to President Clinton's 1993 health care plan.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper will take a detailed look at the 1993 health plan and concentrate on the effects it had on the insurance industry. The prevailing sentiment among insurance companies was that the 1993 was unequivocally 'bad' for their business. After six years of lobbying and the application of economic pressure, insurance companies feel that the 1999 reforms are a step in the right direction after the botch-job launched in 1993. In brief, the paper will show what happened in 1993, how health care changed as a result of the 1993 plan, how insurance companies reacted to the plan, whether or not insurance companies acted rationally (i.e., is there economic support for their negative reaction?), and how the present situation meshes with the insurance companies' recommendations for change. .
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Health Care Plans, 2002.
A look at the Ameircan government's attitutude towards health plans.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 106.95
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This twelve-page graduate-level research paper discusses, compares, and contrasts Governor George W. Bush's and Vice-President Al Gore's proposed health care plans. The discussion covers various current issues in health care including Medicare, prescription drugs, and universal health care coverage for all Americans.
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Single-Payer Health Care Plan, 2008.
An analysis of the facts about health care in the United States with a letter addressing Senator Hillary Clinton regarding the single-payer plan.
989 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper presents a letter to Senator Hillary Clinton as a candidate for president regarding a proposal for a single-payer plan for American health care. The letter discusses the problems with the plan. The paper then continues to provide the facts about health care in the United States and discusses the possible implications of a single-payer plan in the United States.
Table of Contents:
Letter to Senator Clinton
The Facts about Healthcare
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"While it is true there are frustrating delays in terms of accessing care in the United Kingdom, Canada, and other nations with single-payer nations, it is also worthy of reflection that both anecdotally and statistically, Americans must wait for a long time, for approval for payment from their insurance companies for procedures, and in the waiting rooms of many Emergency Rooms that are filled to the brim of individuals who use the facility as a site of primary care, because they cannot afford a regular physician. Americans may even find their coverage denied after the fact, if their condition is deemed a 'preexisting' condition not covered by the insurance policy they possess."
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N.Y Health Plan, 2002.
An analysis of the New York Child Health Plus program.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper will cover the New York Medical Insurance Plan for Children. The study will cover the plan itself and discuss its policies for the State of New York and the children that it will be supporting. By realizing the ramifications of this plan, we can begin to understand the welfare elements of the program and how it impacts the population of New York. Also, the debates on government sponsorship of the program will be discussed alongside the objectives of voluntary services that would support the program. The aim of this study will be to understand the many facets of how medical care in the State of New York will be received, along with the main angles of the Medical Program and it's implementation.
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India's Central Government Health Plan, 2006.
This paper reports original research regarding the financing of India's central government health scheme.
8,750 words (approx. 35.0 pages), 27 sources, APA, $ 183.95
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This paper explains that the Indian Central Government Health Scheme was launched in 1954 with a dual purpose of providing a comprehensive medical care facility to the Central Government employees and pensioners including their families and to do away with the cumbersome system of medical reimbursement; however, the purposes for which the scheme was launched appear to have been lost given the introduction of private medical care. The author investigated 364 cases, as a random sample from the Postal & RMS (Railway Mail Service), located in the NCR of Delhi and the city of Bangalore, by analyzing the financial implications of treatment at various types of hospitals: Government (GOV), Private Recognized (RP) and Private Unrecognized (UP) hospitals under the CGHS scheme. The paper reports that the percentage satisfaction level for IP treatment in private hospitals is greater than the government hospitals and investigates extensively possible private insurance schemes involving the government. Many tables and charts.
Table of Contents
Research Objectives
A Brief Overview of Functioning of CGHS
Recognition of Private Hospitals by CGHS
Facilities Provided to Serving Employees and their families
Facilities Provided to Central Government Pensioners
Other Facilities in Non-emergency Cases
Emergency Care
Rates of Subscription and Recoveries
Findings
Quantitative Data
Treatment in Different Categories of Hospitals
The Claim Spread
Out-of-Pocket Expenses based on Hospital Types.
Out-of-Pocket Expenses based on Disease Types
In-Patient and Outpatient Treatment: Delhi V/S Bangalore
Comparative Cost of Treatment
Budgetary Allocation, Expenditure and Cost of Treatment-Scheme-Level
Outpatient Cost of Card (Pensioners Included)
Inpatient Cost of Pensioner Card
Average Total Cost of Card for Pensioners
Average Total Cost of Card: Serving Employees
Welfare of Employees and Subsidy-Scheme Level
Implications for the Central Government Health Scheme
Employee Benefit-Case of DOP
Qualitative
ICICI Lombard
Mediclaim or Hospitalization Benefit Insurance Policy
Abbreviations
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"Budgetary allocation to CGHS scheme is made every year under various heads based on projected requirements of the CGHS dispensaries. There is no analysis of performance of the dispensary or review of utilization of funds while making fresh allotment of funds. Their utilization neither is monitored nor is any expenditure-benefit analysis carried out. Although the scheme was introduced with welfare angle, it is no denying the fact that the money allocated to the dispensaries should be properly utilized and the benefits should overweigh the expenditure. In the present practice, there is no monitoring mechanism to ensure efficient utilization of funds by the dispensaries, one of the reasons for the same being non-maintenance of financial/cost records properly."
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Clinton Health Plan, 1993.
Politics, economics and special interests, compared to Lyndon Johnson's 1965 efforts. Looking at taxes, public opinion and alternative plans.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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" Americans will spend roughly $1.16 trillion in health care this year (Wood & Mackenzie, 1993, p. 25). The high costs are compounded by a profitable health insurance industry that in recent years has offered clients less protection from catastrophic medical bills. About 34 million Americans, or 14 percent of the population, lack any health insurance. As a presidential candidate, Clinton promised to introduce radical heath reform, and most Americans say they concur: recent surveys indicate that Clinton has the backing of 80 percent of the population for a policy that would guarantee universal access to medical care (Wood & Mackenzie, 1993, p. 25).
The President's plan proposed that consumers be able to choose between a traditional fee-for-service plan, managed care, or health insurance. He wants employers to cover 80 percent of.."
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National Economic Planning, 2006.
The paper discusses the revisions that need to be made with national economic planning.
2,747 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The paper explores, extensively, the theoretical basis and practice
of national economic planning and how development fluctuates with a changing economy. The paper continues to explain that no longer can industrial development be couched in terms of location marketing, business attraction and location incentives alone. The new economy demands improvements to basic business climate, selective and disciplined use of incentives, and creative use of support strategies for economic planning. The paper uses the U.S. economy as its model for application of these reforms.
Theoretical Basis and Practice
National Economic Development in Retrospect
Toward the New National Economy
Create a Competitive Climate
Apply Incentives Selectively
Outcome-based Calibration
Rate of Return
Performance Baselines
Smart Modernization Strategies
Industrial Extension
Information Access
Limitations of National Economic Planning
Conclusion
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"THE THEORETICAL BASIS AND PRACTICE of national economic planning and development fluctuates with a changing economy. No longer can industrial development be couched in terms of location marketing, business attraction and location incentives alone. The new economy demands improvements to basic business climate, selective and disciplined use of incentives, and creative use of support strategies for economic planning. In our discussion we are going to apply the U.S. economy as our model."
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The National Response Plan, 2007.
This paper provides a critical review of the National Response Plan of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
1,378 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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In this article, the writer points out that the world changed drastically on September 11, 2001 with the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The writer notes that the Department of Homeland Security released the final draft of the National Response Plan (NRP) in December 2004. The writer discusses that the plan establishes a comprehensive all-discipline, all-hazards approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents. Further, the writer notes that the Plan incorporates best practices and procedures from incident management disciplines - homeland security, emergency management, law enforcement, firefighting, public works, public health, responder and recovery worker health and safety, emergency medical services, and the private sector - and integrates them into a unified structure. The writer concludes that despite whatever strong or weak points the NRP may have, it is always better to have a plan in place rather than grope in the dark when problems are already present.
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"With its mandate of all-encompassing and centralized protection of the U.S. homeland, it is but normal for the DHS to come up with a plan that consolidates national efforts at responding to crisis, emergencies and other disasters, whether natural or man-made. Thus, the final draft of National Response Plan (NRP) was released in December 2004. The plan establishes a comprehensive all-discipline, all-hazards approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents. It incorporates best practices and procedures from incident management disciplines - homeland security, emergency management, law enforcement, firefighting, public works, public health, responder and recovery worker health and safety, emergency medical services, and the private sector - and integrates them into a unified structure. It forms the basis of how the federal government coordinates with state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector during incidents."
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Proposal for National Dental Plan, 2007.
This paper argues in favor of a national dental plan in the United States.
2,453 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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This paper presents an examination of national dental care and argues the time has come to implement such a plan in the United States. The writer discusses health issues that can arise from dental problems that will have a negative impact on the medical community, and provides the argument that a national dental program will help to alleviate the risk for those diseases and illnesses. In addition the writer argues that children should be provided national dental care so that they can enter adulthood with healthy teeth and gums.
Introduction
Why
Is it Possible?
The Time has Come
Canada's Health Care System (Medicare)
How it Could Work
Conclusion
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"For the past few years the skyrocketing cost of health care has come under fire by politicians, voters and media outlets on a regular basis, but the increasing rise in dental care has been largely ignored. Dental care costs have increased along with health care costs. At the same time it is becoming increasingly difficult for Americans to get dental care at affordable rates and sometimes at any rate.
One of the reasons that dental care is becoming increasingly difficult for people to obtain in the states is because of the reduced number of dentists practicing in the dental field today. The availability of dental professionals compared to the ratio of potential patients creates a backlog of availability in which many patients are being turned away or being asked to wait months for needed care(Dental Care http://drc.nidcr.nih.gov/report/images/section16-wrkfrce_cost.pdf.).
"Dental insurance coverage, the lack of dental health professionals in many areas of the country prevents those living in under-served areas from obtaining optimum oral health care. The ratio of dentists to population by state ranges from 31.3 to 69.0 per 100,000 population (Dill et al., 2000). The District of Columbia has a higher ratio of dentists to population (94.9 per 100,000) than any state. "
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Ethics and an E-Health Nation, 2007.
A look at how e-health raises new challenges and ethical responsibilities.
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses building trust in e-health, e-health ethical codes of conduct, equity and e-health and e-health and the doctor-patient relationship. The paper looks at these areas in order to show the ethical considerations being developed to ensure e-health success. The paper emphasizes that it is the obligation of the healthcare world to enact plans to protect the ethical integrity of the profession in a technological, Internet world.
Outline:
Building Trust in e-Health
E-Health Ethical Codes of Conduct
Equity and E-Health
E-Health and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Conclusion
From the Paper
"E-health refers to the convergence of various technologies. The American healthcare system is facing a reform of gigantic proportion as technology, especially the internet, changes how Americans seek information about their health. HIPPA once thought to create a blanket of privacy for healthcare information is now not the entire building but only the foundation for health privacy. This important legislation does not apply to health information and services offered through the Internet by non-healthcare professionals and similarly do not address the issues facing e-health."
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Planning for Health and Client Care, 2002.
A paper describing the planning of care of a patient admitted to a extended care unit.
2,152 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper uses the Roper-Logan-Tierney nursing model to discuss the care planning requirements of a patient admitted for respite care with chronic bilateral leg ulcers. It looks at how the assessment of a patient using the Roper, Logan and Tierney nursing model allows us to identify problems, which are not purely medical in nature and shows how in this particular case, care issues include pain, nausea, SOB, hygiene and UTI. It also discusses staff attitudes to pain and wellness.
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"The next listed problem for the patient was nausea. This was a fairly constant sensation that had not led to vomiting. The patient seemed to think that it was not as acute at the time of admission as prior. However, it had led to a loss of appetite. It had been decided, with patient consultation, not to prescribe any antiemetic, unless the symptoms became more severe or recurrent. This made it important to monitor the situation in addition to the fact of loss of appetite can lead to a depressed state and further nausea. It has been shown that there has been a lack of attention to the nutritional status of older patients in NHS hospitals in England and Wales over recent years (Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales, 1997)."
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