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Providers Shortages in the Health Care Industry, 2005.
A discussion on the shortage of health care providers - especially physicians - in the United States.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how the baby boomer generation is preparing for retirement and how, as a result, in that retirement there will be a significant shortage in American physicians. This paper further discusses international medical graduates, as well as minority physicians and the complications that arise for these populations.
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"In the decades of the 1960s and 1970s the United States believed that there was an abundance of physicians. According to USA Today, and author, Dennis Cauchon, this was a true assertion (2005, p. 1A). However, what the United States apparently failed to realize was that many of the doctors who practiced medicine during that period were part of the "baby boomer" generation, and that one day they would all retire. Current research indicates that by the year 2016 thousands of physicians will begin to retire in the United States, and that medical school training statistics indicate there will not be enough doctors trained to cover the shortage that will occur (Cauchon, 2005, p. 1A). Yet, many states contend that there is a current physician shortage in the United States, that affects hospitals, rural areas, and specialty areas (Cauchon, 2005, p. 1A). "
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Health Care Managers and Health Care Delivery, 2004.
Examines the relationship that exists between health care players, how they perform their duties, and how they join their forces in health care delivery.
2,367 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper examines and provides information on the roles and responsibilities that health care managers are tasked to accomplish in today?s health care systems. Moreover, this paper examines how a health care manager's job as a leader who ensures a smooth and organized management and operation of health organizations, influences his/her perspective on health care professions. The paper emphasizes the importance of understanding how health care managers perceive their duties in health care service.
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"The basic role every manager must be able to render is the task of providing good human relations to everyone at work. Through this role, the objective of accomplishing jobs in an environment where good work relationship is maintained can be made possible. In the field of health care, healthcare managers must have the ability to perform this basic responsibility. A healthcare manager should be a specialist in managing the condition of the healthcare staffs. Though this duty may be perceived as a simple task, it is critical that a good human resource management be delivered to a health organization to ease the stress and pressure that health care providers, such as the doctors and nurses, experience from their duties."
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Health Care and Managed Health Care: The Need for Sweeping Reforms, 2002.
A look at role of primary care nurse practitioners in relation to health care reforms.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper investigates the role of primary care nurse practitioners in respect to health care and health care reform. The failure of primary healthcare is critically assessed, in the respect that health care is currently "managed" by independent "for- profit" organizations, where there is an emphasis on financial success rather than patient welfare. This paper also places a strong emphasis on the role of nurse care practitioners in the state of Florida and in community health care clinics.
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Litigation and Health Care Providers, 2002.
An exploration of the issues underlying the phenomenon of litigation involving health care providers.
18,434 words (approx. 73.7 pages), 55 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This paper discusses litigation involving health care providers and how an increase in medical malpractice litigation has occurred over the past 10 years and that the principal cause of this increase was an inadequate legal structure for medical malpractice. It looks at how malpractice claims are a threat to the professional health care provider in all facets of the health care system and for a wide variety of procedures and activities. It proposes a research study to analyze these issues with a view toward recommending solutions that will lead to a reduction in the frequency of litigation while preserving the essential rights of all particles involved in such issues.
Outline
Introduction
Introductory Statement
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Background on the Problem
Significance of the Study
Overview of the Study
Review of Literature
Managed Care
Clinical Ethics
Medical Practice Guidelines
What Guidelines Are
Why Guidelines Are Developed
How Guidelines Are Developed
Legal Implications of Guidelines
Responsibilities of the Patient
Conclusions of the Literature Review
Methodology
Research Design
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Variables and Operational Definitions
Population and Sample
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Methodological Limitations
Method Summary
Results
Introduction
Descriptive Statistics
Results of Testing the Hypotheses
Hypothesis One
Hypothesis Two
Hypothesis Three
Hypothesis Four
Summary Conclusions and Implications
General Summary
Conclusions
Implications
Appendix
Survey Questionnaire
References
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"Clinical guidelines and protocols were originally developed to evaluate quality of care and, more recently, to establish standards (Wells, Astrachan, Tischler, & Unutzer, 1995). In the context of managed care in the contemporary period, guidelines generally are used to allocate resources or to assure that the level of quality of care matches the cost. Guidelines may use implicit or explicit criteria, they may be based on clinical consensus and/or scientific literature, or, in some cases, they may be more arbitrary in origin. The degree of input by clinicians varies considerably across applications. Often the protocols or guidelines used in managed care are not available for review by employers or consumers, and data on the validity and reliability of the criteria cannot be obtained except for use in a research study. Increasingly, components of clinical practice guidelines are being used as the basis for managing episodes of care for specific disease conditions."
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Primary Health Care Providers, 2006.
A look at technology and health information usage between primary health care providers in surrounding underprivileged communities within New York City.
6,802 words (approx. 27.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 154.95
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This paper analyzes a plan to provide unified electronic information exchange among New York's health professionals. The paper focuses primarily on the underprivileged communities in New York City. The paper also takes a look at the problems relating to the use of the relevant technology.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Importance of the Project
Primary Care Information Project
Stakeholder Analysis
Identifying the Target Population
Testing and Design
Plan of Action
Recommendations
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"The pilot study is an excellent way to measure the difficulties that may be encountered in the implementation of the plan for the remainder of the qualified providers. The pilot study provided a plan for training of the doctors that would help them become familiar with the technology and system. However, in the Plan of Action, the training phase was left out. Training will be a major contributing factor to the success of the plan and needs to be addressed in the plan of action. The training needs to be universal for all participants. They need to understand all of the issues and be made aware of where they can receive technical support and assistance when they need it. The action plan needs to provide a more comprehensive plan for training and standardized training materials. "
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Providing Health Care for Pregnant African-American Women, 2002.
Looks at the problems associated with providing health care for pregnant African-American women and some ways to accurately assess the need for health care.
4,900 words (approx. 19.6 pages), 15 sources, $ 178.95
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There is a need to investigate the correlation between the level of income that is held by the individual and the degree of health care offered to them in order to assess whether the care offered is insufficient. This paper provides a study of thirteen questions (fictitious) that was given to one hundred and fifty pregnant, unwed, teenaged African- Americans in order to determine these factors. The results allowed researchers to investigate the degree of health care needed in communities with a high concentration of this category of women, and the fees that such services should require.
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Business and Health Care Providers, 2004.
This paper states that, from a nurse's perspective, common business practices can make health care providers more efficient, while allowing them to still retain their compassion for their patients.
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that training and development in customer service techniques and procedures can develop a more professional support staff while creating better doctor/patient relationships; patients are people and would like to be treated as such. The author points out that budgetary concerns are now the entire staff's concern; nurses should be aware of keeping costs down in all areas of the hospital or practice. The paper stresses that a well-managed facility will operate more effectively, with less strife and stress, and this attitude will be apparent to patients and their families.
Table of Contents
Training and Development
Marketing
Budgeting and Financial Concerns
Management
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"Training also carries through to the patient sector. Medical facilities who understand the need for preventative medicine have begun training patients in a wide variety of areas, including diet, exercise, and lifestyle to prevent or control a wide variety of diseases, from diabetes to heart disease, children's nutrition to poison control. For example, in one area, "A school nutrition program encouraged local communities to develop materials to provide direct experience with nutritional effects and how they were created in their own community" (Heirich 197). These training sessions rely on medical professionals who can also connect with a broad audience, and so, trainers must teach the medical experts how to react to and connect with a non-medical audience. In large health care organizations, a training and development department is vital in providing the most up-to-date and relevant health care to the community."
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Impediments to Health Care Access for Low Income Visible Minorities, 2002.
Identifies causal factors for the gap in health care access for lower-income Americans and visible minorities and the more affluent members of America's majority.
29,350 words (approx. 117.4 pages), 135 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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As the American population continues to become more diverse racially, members of visible minority groups within the population become more prominent. Simultaneously, with the increase in diversity, income distribution in the American economy has become more distorted. While economic growth in the United States has surged over the past decade, the income gap has widened; not only between the richest and poorest Americans, but also between moderate-income and low-income Americans. Members of visible minorities in the population tend to be represented disproportionately in the low-income and poverty classifications in the United States. While there is an abundance of implications of this state of affairs, one of the more crucial ones is access to health care. Individual and household financial capacity, the scarcity of employer-paid health insurance among small businesses, cultural differences based in social psychology and other factors frequently act as impediments to health care access for low-income individuals and households among visible minority population groups in the contemporary United States. This problem and these issues are investigated in this study. The study identifies causal factors for the gap in health care access between lower-income Americans and members of visible minorities in the United States, on the one hand, and more affluent Americans and members of the majority segment of the population, on the other hand. The initial chapter of this study delineates the problem investigated. Specific research questions are formulated and stated to provide greater focus for the investigation.
Social psychological theory and applied social psychology literature are reviewed in the second chapter. Literature relevant to the functioning of low-income and visible minority population groups in the United States within a social psychological context are reviewed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter is devoted to a review of literature relevant to both the health care system in the United States and the experiences of low-income and visible minority population groups in relation to health care access and health care delivery in the United States. An assessment of the problem investigated, performed within the structure of the research questions, is presented in the final (fifth) chapter. Conclusions drawn from the study findings are stated and recommendations for further research are made. The summary conclusions reached through the conduct of this study relate both to health care access and health care utilization by low-income persons and members of visible minorities. With respect to health care access, the summary conclusion reached is that a universal system of health care entitlement is required in the United States. In relation to health care utilization by low-income persons and members of visible minorities, the summary conclusion reached is that extensive education is required for both low-income persons and members of visible minorities, on the one hand, and health care providers, on the other hand. Low-income persons and members of visible minorities require education on the benefits and function of health care services, while health care providers require education in the social mores of the diverse populations they must serve.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Problem Delineation
Background on the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Review of Relevant Social Psychology Theory and Literature
Introduction
Sociological Theory and Health Care
The Welfare State
Accessing Contemporary Health Care
Role of Ethics in Accessing Health Care
Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter Conclusions
Social Functioning of Low-Income and Visible Minority Population Groups
Introduction
HIV/AIDS Related Behavior
Initiatives to Improve Health Care
Access and Behaviors
The American Health Care System and the Experiences of Low-Income and Visible Minority Groups
Introduction
The American Health Care System
Analysis of Health Care Delivery Systems
Care Quality
Alternative Approaches to Health Care
Bioethical Issues
Problems of Accessibility
Initiatives to Improve Minority Access
Chapter Conclusions
Assessment of the Problem Discussion, Recommendations for Further Research
Appendices
Annotated Bibliography
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"Social Cognitive Theory [self-efficacy] emphasizes the role of expectancies, self-efficacy, peer normative influences, and social competency skills as key components affecting adolescents? behaviors (DiClemente, Lodico, Grinstead, Harper, Rickman, Evans, & Coates, 1996). The applicability of models based on social psychological principles for understanding African-Americans? decision-making and sexual behavior has been questioned because most such models tend to be individually-focused and do not take into account the social context in which the behavior is embedded (Cochran & Mays, 1993). Social cognitive theory, however, explicitly integrates behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors as reciprocally interactive. Thus, given the hypothesized multi-factorial nature of sexual decision making and the potential impact of the high-risk social environment of the study population, approaches based on social cognitive theory are thought to be particularly relevant for understanding the myriad factors that may affect African-Americans? sexual behavior."
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Managed Health Care Systems, 2004.
Presents a new model of model of managed health care in the U.S. using a systems approach.
7,200 words (approx. 28.8 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 160.95
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Health care in the United States has a long history; from the traveling physician who provided services in private homes and charity organizations, to government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid that proceeded hospital construction, and the relatively recent trend of managed health care. Along the way, innovation and competition facilitated new health care technologies and services that offered numerous approaches to prevention, treatment, and management of diseases. In a bold new health care policy, integration and collaboration between the public and private sectors of health care is not only an option, but a necessity in providing the most efficient and sound health care services and options. This paper examines health care in the U.S. from a historical and current perspective and concludes by introducing a new model of managed health care utilizing a systems approach.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Historical Examination of Health Care
Public Sector Health Care in the USA
Private Sector Health Care in the USA
Types of Managed Care Organizations
HMO Models
The Merging of Public and Private Health Care Models
A New Universal Managed Health Care Model
Conclusions
References
Appendices
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"The managed health care industry did slow the growth in health care spending. Moreover, by extending coverage to services provided in an outpatient setting, it reversed the artificial preference for in-patient care that was created by indemnity insurance benefit designs. By focusing on clinical variability in physician practices, the shift to managed care forced the elimination of some unnecessary care. It also provided a stabilizing force to professional fees and institutional charges."
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Health Care Access for Low-Income Minorities, 2002.
This paper is a qualitative thesis, which assesses the impediments to health care access for low-income visible minorities in the United States.
30,578 words (approx. 122.3 pages), 135 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper, based in sociological and social psychology concepts, identifies the causal factors for the gap between lower-income Americans and members of visible minorities in the United States and more affluent Americans and members of the majority segment of the population with respect to health care access. The author concludes, after an extensive review of the literature, that a universal system of health care entitlement is required in the United States. The author suggests that an extensive education is required for low-income persons and members of visible minorities to know the benefits and function of health care services, and health care providers require education in the social mores of the diverse populations they must serve.
Table of Contents
Problem Delineation
Background on the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Review of Relevant Social Psychology Theory and Literature
Introduction
Sociological Theory and Health Care
The Welfare State
Accessing Contemporary Health Care
Role of Ethics in Accessing Health Care
Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter Conclusions
Social Functioning of Low-Income and Visible Minority Population Groups
Introduction
HIV/AIDS Related Behavior
Initiatives to Improve Health Care Access and Behaviors
The American Health Care System and The Health Care Experiences of Low-Income and Visible Minority Population Groups
Introduction
The American Health Care System
Delivery of Health Care to the Poor
Care Quality
Alternative Approaches to Delivery
Bioethical Issues
Problems of Accessibility
Initiatives to Improve Access
Chapter Conclusions
Assessment of the Problem
Discussion
Recommendations for Further Research
Annotated Bibliography
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"One of the major impediments to the attainment of universal access to healthcare in the United States is the functioning of for-profit Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and managed care organizations (MCOs). These organizations are investor-owned organizations that are in business to make a profit on healthcare delivery. Non-for-profit healthcare organizations also must earn a profit on their operations in order to be able to compensate and train staff, acquire new technology, and generally improve the quality of their services. Unlike investor-owned healthcare companies, however, non-for-profit organizations are not driven by share prices and the bottom-line mentality of for-profit companies. Thus, patient-centered care in not-for-profit healthcare organizations may be contrasted with the investor orientation of the for-profit healthcare companies. Recent decisions by for-profit healthcare companies to drop their Medicare healthcare groups because of substandard profit growth illustrates as no amount of rhetoric can the precedent of investor concerns over patient concerns in the for-profit healthcare companies."
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Global Health Care, 2004.
This paper reviews six global health care journal articles, each one specific to an individual topic about variations and trends in health care around the world.
6,500 words (approx. 26.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 149.95
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This paper explains that after a country attains a certain economic level, the degree to which an individual receives good health care is determined by other factors, including poverty, which is present even in the wealthiest societies. The author points out that Canada?s health care is superior to that in the United States, offers more flexibility, and should be used as a model for the United States. The paper relates that the U.S. and other countries are facing challenges to funding national health care; however, in other countries, these challenges are often met through incentives and additional taxation, which is largely opposed in the United States.
Table of Contents
Broad Topic - Variations and Trends in Health and Disease around the World
Topic - Canada?s Health Care and How it Differs from the U.S.
Topic - Dynamics of Different Health Care Systems
Topic - Functioning of Different Health Care Systems
Topic - Global Impact of Various Health Care Systems
Topic - China Health Care and Its Global Impact
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"More specifically Martens attempts to define global and regional dynamics that might influence health and disease trends. He concludes that managing health variations and transition effectively in the future will require ?a micro and macro approach? that takes into consideration the social, cultural and behavioural determinants of health. In his work Martens claims that socio-economic change and public health initiatives as well as technology have contributed to a shift in health and disease toward the positive. To support this premise he points out that the average life expectancy is doubled across the globe and infant and mortality rates have sharply declined."
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Health Care Privatization.
This paper argues in favor of health care privatization as opposed to health care nationalization.
755 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that, unlike national health care, a government-operated, tax-funded system, the type of system, which is currently operated in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other countries,the majority of health care funding in the U.S. comes from the private sector. The author points out that advocates of national health care ague it would reduce costs by eliminating unnecessary, duplicative paperwork, adopting mechanisms to stretch health care dollars, such as bulk purchasing of medications, and implementing measures to control future health care costs, such as negotiating fair fees with doctors and budgets with hospitals. But some economists put the cost of national health care reform at $339 billion per year in additional taxes. The paper concludes that the only people who are really better off are the uninsured, with everyone else footing their bill and sacrificing their own health care, which isn't a good option for most working Americans because national health care expands coverage to all by raising taxes, rationing services, and limiting modern medicine.
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"Those in favor of national health care also believe that our health care is inadequate compared to other countries with national health care. The U.S. spends more per person on health care than any other country in the world, but the World Health Organization ranked the U.S. 37th in the overall quality of health care that it provides. We are the only industrialized country that lacks universal health care. More than forty-two million Americans have no health insurance, with access distributed unequally among rich and poor and among the races."
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Lack of Universal Health Care in U.S., 2001.
Rising cost of health care. Employer provided health insurance. Employee-based health plans. Growth of HMOs. Move toward health care reform. Government vs. private industry run universal health care.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 15 sources, $ 127.95
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"Few issues are as critical to individuals as their physical health. Yet the cost of health care in the United States is recognized as one of the most serious public issues facing Americans today. For many years, employers have provided, or subsidized, health care in one form or another to employees. In some cases, the employer provided health insurance and the employee could select the provider without limitation. In other cases, the employer joined a health maintenance organization which required employees to go to specific physicians and providers. Americans who did not work full-time, who did not work at all, or who worked for small companies often did not (and do not) have access to health insurance or health care on a regular basis. This research considers the state of the health care industry today, the ..."
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Minority Groups and the American Health Care System, 2002.
An assessment of minority access to the American Health
Care system, focusing on HIV-AIDS patients.
7,229 words (approx. 28.9 pages), 39 sources, APA, $ 160.95
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Approximately 12 percent of America's population is without any formal health care insurance coverage, although some estimates of this proportion are higher. The research problem investigated in this study concerns minority access to health care. The central issue in the study is the determination of the best approach to improve such access, especially in relation to HIV-AIDS patients. The paper begins with a review of health care delivery problems for minority population groups, which is followed by a consideration of the HIV-AIDS issue among minority population groups. The primary focus of this assessment is on health care outcomes.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Minorities and HIV-AIDS
Interaction with Health Care System
Racial and Ethnic Orientation
Structure and Method of Investigation
Minorities: Health Care Delivery Problems in the Community and Health Care System
Bioethical Issues
Failure to Address Racial Differences
Failure to Address Insurance Status Differences
Health Care Delivery and Accessibility
HMOs and Fee-for-Service Providers
Social Psychological Influences
Distrust of the Health Care System
Health Beliefs of Minorities
Social Identity Influences
Minority Status and HIV-AIDS
HIV-AIDS and Minority Population Groups
Origins
Ethical Issues
HIV-AIDS Health Care for Minorities
Initiatives to Improve Minority Access to Health Care
Proposed Initiative
Conclusions and Recommendations
Restatement of Problem
Summary of Findings
Conclusions
Potential Solutions
Assessment
Recommendations
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"In the 1990s, one initiative designed to broaden access to health care services needs for the nation?s indigent involved the development of nurse-managed clinics targeting low-income persons. A nurse practitioner is a specially educated and trained nurse who provides some level of health care directly to patients without supervision by a physician.
Nurse managed clinics for the indigent are prominent in the nation?s inner cities. Nurse managed clinics such as those associated with the Kellogg Homeless Project in Washington, the Pine Street Inn in Boston, and the Los Angeles School of Nursing Health Center are delivering health care services to indigent persons at cost savings (compared to more traditional delivery venues) and in areas that would not otherwise be served by health care professionals (Sharp, 1992; Lutz, 1991)."
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Disparities in American Health Care, 2008.
An examination of the American health care system.
2,332 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines the American health care system and suggests methods of creating universal access to health care. The paper explains that health care should be considered a right for all citizens; a constitutional amendment would make this proposition mandatory. The paper points out that, at its root, the lack of health care for all in America is fundamentally a moral issue. The paper suggests that the United States follow its industrialized, wealthy counterparts and demand universal health care. It explains that the desire for universal health care is apparent and cites examples of states which are implementing a near-universal health care system. The writer proposes that the U.S. pass the United States National Health Insurance Act, or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. The writer further explains that this act establishes the United States National Health Insurance (USNHI) Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and in U.S. territories with free health care, including all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, prescription drugs, emergency care, and mental health services.
Outline:
Universal Healthcare in Other Countries
United States National Health Insurance Act
The Uninsured: College Students
Children's Health Care
Preventative Health Care
Eliminating Disparities
Conclusion
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"More health care clinics geared toward minority populations could also be beneficial; citizens would feel more comfortable in settings that recognize their specific needs. Cultural and linguistic competence is mandatory. More classes in medical school concerning minority health care issues should be implemented. More minority members should be in the health care system. This would increase patient participation in care processes, ensuring grater satisfaction and adherence to treatment. The regulations in the system should be transparent and open to the public. A department in the government should be primarily focused on minority health care. The heath care system should be as diverse as our country."
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