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Comparative Analysis of Health Care Systems in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Medicare/Medicaid faces an increasing number of recipients and a decreasing number of contributors. Alonso-Zaldivar (2005, pg A14...

Patient Scenario on Stroke Examination

affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...

Rehabilitation and Acute Stroke Units

ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...

2004 Senate Bill 2545

and respiration. Her parents were told that she would never recover, but that her body could be kept alive indefinitely through ar...

The Importance of Forensic Nursing

departments (Courson, 2004). It isnt that nurses have not been serving in these roles, they have but today, nurses receive speci...

NICU Principles of Family Practice

care is the guiding concept behind the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphias (CHOP) commitment to values that place mutual trust and...

Pneumonia and its Connection with the reuse of Suction Catheters in Children

controlled trials, systematic reviews, meta analyses, clearly defined hypothesis, and a definitive and strong conclusion. If one ...

Managed Care and Politics

partners. The relationship dates back to at least 1945 when Harry Truman wanted to "wage war against infirmity" (Jones, 2003, p. 3...

Providing Comfort in the Emergency Room

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...

American Journal of Nursing Article 'Improved Rates of Compliance with Hand Antisepsis Guidelines: A Three-Phase Observational Study' Reviewed

efficiency is paramount. The problem is important for nursing study because (1) it is so pervasive, and (2) returning to ba...

Health Care Service and 'Professional Power'

different forms such as verbally or in writing, however, the compliance with the request is also influenced by other factors, such...

Acute Care Facilities and HIPAA

leaving one job for another has created are entrenched in insurance underwriting. Many people with pre-existing conditions are fea...

Children and Legal Responsibilities

for decision making (Lexis, 2004). This approach also reflects the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Cretney , 1998). Ho...

Health Care and Interdisciplinary Teams

a list of advantages for patients, which include: * Greater coordination of services leads to higher quality care for the patient ...

MEDITECH Hospital Information System

or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...

Winners and Losers Among Health Care Providers

however. This investigation is concerned more with the dynamics between payers, providers and consumers. Has government healthcar...

Summary and Analysis of the Film Daddy Day Care

care center. The woman who runs this other day care center tries to foil all efforts of Charlie and his buddies. But, as would be ...

Pain Management for the Elderly

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

Questions on Managed Care Answered

the processes of care and generally utilizes claims data in order to discern rates of service delivery that are, in turn, linked t...

Health Care System of Canada

financial or other barriers" (Canada Health Act, 2004). Financing and Payment Structures Local governments and municipaliti...

PPS Health Care Payment Systems

The provider may not charge either the patient or supplementary insurer an additional amount. "If the provider does not take assi...

Healthcare and Caribbean vs. South American Perspectives

In a paper that consists of five pages women's mental health care and the differing perspectives between the Caribbean and South A...

An Article on Families in the ER Critiqued

and fear and engenders feelings of support and help for the patient " (MacLean, et al, 2003). In regards to negative outcomes, fam...

Defining a Healthcare System in the U.S.

to protect doctors from expensive lawsuits is thin. Although health care is problematic in the United States for a variety of rea...

Women, Literacy and Health Care Critique of “A Winning Combination: Women, Literacy and Participation in Health Care”

by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...

The Five Major Principles of the Canadian Health Act of 1984

the CHA. For example, in the western province of Alberta, Premier Ralph Klein has dealt wit the decline in federal funds by author...

Function and Role of Nurse Practitioners

the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...

Health Care Systems, Population Subgroups, and Teen Pregnancy

in the United States alone, "the annual cost of teen pregnancies from lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, fos...

Australian Social Classes and Health Care Inequalities

conflict theory reflects the basic elements of social life (Turner, 1974; Chambliss, 1974). Human nature is defined by myri...

Possibility of Universal Health Care in the US

"no taxation." Joe Blankeneau reports "the United States is the only modern, industrialized country without some form of un...