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In ten pages this research paper examines the costs of health care at consumer, private, state, and federal levels with a consider...
from large teaching hospitals, leaving them with the more seriously ill patients, whose care also is the most costly (Johnson and ...
The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...
patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...
agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...
begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...
because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...
(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...
birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...
As stated, the pet food industry already generates more than $53 billion in sales; accessories and nonessential services (i.e., ex...
of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...
workers (Center for American Progress, 2007). Something must be done. Universal health care has been proposed by many politicians...
healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...
necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...
meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...
the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...
situation. As a provider of care, it is the role of the community health nurse to address the needs of Centerville adolescents i...
conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...
the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...
quality of care is approached, while at the same time find ways to reduce costs. It has also been noted that socialized health ca...
change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...
now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...
knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...
Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...
Canadians must also pay for dental and vision costs. Dental problems can lead to other health problems and diseases. The desired...
a supplier to the industry (i.e., a third-party payor) might consider cost containment as important to quality, while the patient ...
The actual cost of production of the 100th package of Microsoft Word(r) certainly was not the $500 it sold for at retail in the ea...
the store improving customer service quality, but it might not generate sufficient income to pay the extra costs. Coppola, Erchk...
why. First of all, the student researching this topic does not offer any indication of what specific "everyday life issues" were...
positive patient response. The authors contended that tight control of blood glucose reduces the risk of microvascular and macrov...