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the fact that Americans demand extraordinary health care but refuse to pay for it; that medical science is now able to extend life...
to protect doctors from expensive lawsuits is thin. Although health care is problematic in the United States for a variety of rea...
by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...
financial or other barriers" (Canada Health Act, 2004). Financing and Payment Structures Local governments and municipaliti...
The provider may not charge either the patient or supplementary insurer an additional amount. "If the provider does not take assi...
In a paper that consists of five pages women's mental health care and the differing perspectives between the Caribbean and South A...
partners. The relationship dates back to at least 1945 when Harry Truman wanted to "wage war against infirmity" (Jones, 2003, p. 3...
however. This investigation is concerned more with the dynamics between payers, providers and consumers. Has government healthcar...
the poverty line. These researchers point out that the poor are less likely to have health insurance, less likely to seek health s...
argue that advocates of merged organizations have not achieved the success they expected. In each case, the form that the hospital...
the situations are not precisely parallel. A closer analogy might be if businesses owned by orthodox Jews argued that they did not...
and policies. Consultant Jeff Melton states that the "cost of doing business in California is 30 percent higher than the av...
infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as well as the hepatitis B virus. Of health care workers infected with HCV, "85% become ch...
In seven pages this paper examines the post heart surgery deaths of 12 babies in this Canadian health care facility in a discussio...
remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts" (Straight talk, 2008). As for the currently uninsured, McCains plan is to work with...
radiologist must travel to a rural hospital to examine the images (Gamble et al, 2004). If he or she cant travel, then a courier w...
with more knowledge than they may have had in the past. On the other hand, as they say, too much knowledge can be dangerous. Physi...
the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...
in the United States alone, "the annual cost of teen pregnancies from lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, fos...
had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...
There is no question HMOs are in need of some major improvement efforts. Time and time again, anecdotal accounts of personal ongo...
a list of advantages for patients, which include: * Greater coordination of services leads to higher quality care for the patient ...
U.S. government (The Malcolm, 2002). Originally a national award for manufacturing industries, the award was expanded to include h...
the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...
providers fees be "normal and customary," and those care providers who have attempted to set lower fees for those without any safe...
process is made more difficult by cultural and linguistic barriers (Murty, 2002). These women frequently bear the brunt of fulfill...
issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...
its critics -- has been a goal of the U.S. government for many, many years and, for the most part, has had the support of most of ...
How governments accomplish this purpose, of course, varies considerably. In Great Britain, the government via the National Health...
from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...