Three Essays on Health Care Hitoshi Shigeoka Submitted in partial ful…llment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2012 c 2012 Hitoshi Shigeoka All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT Three Essays on Health Care Hitoshi Shigeoka This dissertation has been motivated by the question of how countries should optimally structure health care. Especially‚ there are two important economic and policy
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Health Care Reform On March 23‚ 2010 President Barack Obama signed The Affordable Care Act‚ also known as health care reform‚ into law. (whitehouse.gov‚ 2013) The Affordable Care Act has brought on a lot of controversy within our country mainly because the people who oppose the new act are not well informed on what the aspects of the new law entail. With so many details to this new law‚ it is no wonder why so many American’s are confused; the Affordable Care Act is meant to help us not to hurt us
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CU1516 | Introduction to Personal Development in Health‚ Social Care | Task link to learning outcome 1‚ assessment 1.1‚ 1.2 1.3 Assessment Criteria | Answers | 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own role | My duties and responsibilities is to meet the needs of the clients following policy and procedures which includes: personal care‚ assisting with meal preparation and planning‚ support emotional and decision‚ is my duty to report to my manager any changes
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(Jay) Cutspec Medicare Policy Process The health care‚ policy-making process is composed of three major stages; the formulation stage‚ legislative stage‚ and the implementation stage. The policy process refers to the specific decisions and events that are required for a policy to be proposed‚ considered‚ and finally either implemented and/or set aside. It is an interactive process with multiple points of access providing opportunities to influence the multiple decision makers involved at each
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of its health care system for decades now. Looking at the history of previous policies‚ all issues have stemmed from one major common factor‚ the cost of health care. With cost at an all-time high‚ the quality of and access to health care are relatively affected. Therefore‚ the reshaping of the health care system can only be effective by improving the affordability and quality of coverage for those who are currently insured‚ and improving the access to and the overall quality of care that individuals
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many other in the line of health care and providing it to our citizens. Other countries have found a solution to their health care problems through the means of; universal coverage such as the United Kingdom‚ Germany‚ and Japan‚ are just a few among many of the countries that have decided to take this path. Some countries have relied on a different type of health care systems known as socialized medicine. Socialized medicine is a system for providing medical and hospital care for all at a nominal cost
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Appropriateness in Health Care As health care costs continue to rise‚ budgets continue to fall‚ and health consumers gain greater access to reliable information on disease conditions and interventions‚ there is an increased need to determine what is appropriate health management to ensure quality and responsible healthcare. Advances in technology have increased the number and types of surgical/medical interventions available to health clients. Are inappropriate interventions offered on a regular
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Statement: Chronic diseases – such as heart disease‚ stroke‚ diabetes‚ and obesity – are the most common and leading causes of death in America. Impact of Affordable Care Act of 2010 The Affordable Care Act is a health care reform law‚ which was made to make healthcare affordable and available to more people. “An estimated 30 million Americans were expected to gain health insurance through the Affordable Care Act” (HERITAGE) causing many people who suffer from chronic diseases to now have coverage
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implement as an administrator of a health care organization(s) for both public health and health services. Discuss any differences in your policy and rationale. As an administrator‚ I would seek to enact policy that focused on equal treatment‚ equal distribution‚ and respect. Regardless of financial ability all patients would have the same access to care and level of treatment. The current physician shortage underscores issues with uneven distribution of care; rural areas and inner cities face
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one of the most consequential barriers. But that is only one barrier to the problem‚ some more key barriers include lack of reassurance‚ poor access to services and nonfinancial barriers. “Some difficulties that involved the cost of healthcare access is that some Americans did not get needed medical care or delayed medical care because they were worried about the cost or worried their health insurance would not cover their healthcare needs‚ and this was due to their financial status. Some more barriers
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