Level 4 HND Diploma In Health and Social Care Social Policy Submitted to Christine Pratt Submitted by Submission Date Table of content Introduction 03 Task 1 - historical and contemporary landmarks in social welfare provision 04 1.1 historical and contemporary landmarks in social policy 04 1.2 factors influencing the development of policy & legislations 07 Task 2 - origins of social policies 08 2.1 Process in key Health and Social Policy legalization
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the health care insurance industry. A group of 20 doctors are considering forming a new medical group and have asked you to prepare a report on whether they should build a facility in an area within 30 miles of the downtown center of your 500‚000 population city for $100 million dollars. Prepare a report for the management team of the doctor’s group on your proposed $100 million expenditure plan reflecting on the key course objectives including the financial‚ legal‚ alternative health care models
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resources used to deliver health care services in order to meet the health needs of a certain population. There are different types of healthcare system including:Privatizedsystem‚ socializedsystem‚ universalsystem‚ community system.The privatized way of system is based on premium insurance. This is where the profits are used to pay the staff and also buy equipment. “healthcare for which an individual chooses a private company that offers health insurance plans---which must be paid for on a monthly basis
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States health care system is financed privately and publicly. Private coverage is through employers primarily and makes up approximately 54% of total healthcare expenditure. The federal government finances the remaining 46%. ( National Center for Health Statistics‚ 2009). ( Shi and Singh‚ 2013 ). Canada has a national insurance system that provides fifty/ fifty cost of sharing for territorial or provincial medical insurance plans. The Canadian system provides free universal coverage with care at the
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P1. Describe key aspects of public health in the UK. To pass this criteria I have to describe the key aspects of public health in a borough within the UK‚ The key aspects to public health that I am going to describe are; monitoring health status of the community‚ identifying the public health needs‚ understanding the origins and development of public health systems‚ developing programs to reduce the risks to public health‚ the environmental conditions such as housing- unemployment- education- living
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What is Public Health? Heather L Tuttle Intro to Public Health Kent State University 19 Dec 2010 Pg 1 When asked what public health is‚ a majority of people will say healthcare for the poor; however‚ public health goes much deeper than that. Although the definition of public health has changed over the years the modern meaning is “the totality of all evidence-based public and private efforts that preserve and promote health and prevent disease‚ disability and death.” Public health is very
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origins of public health (P1‚P2‚M1) P1 There are different types of key aspects to public health strategies; monitoring health status‚ indentifying health needs‚ developing programs‚ controlling communicable disease and promoting health of the population. Monitoring health status involves monitoring any health changes in the population and letting people know of any problems that can arise. There are a lot of different people involved in health work‚ these people help with monitoring health status;
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American vs. Canada‚ Who Has the Better Health Care System? Canada In the 1960’s‚ Canada reformed its system providing a universal single payer health care system which covers all services provided by physicians and hospitals it is mostly free at point of use and has most services provided by private entities. Single payer health care is the financing of costs of delivering universal health care for an entire population through a single insurance pool. The government took over full funding
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on health care than any other county‚ and yet the American Journal of Public Health estimates that nearly 45‚000 Americas die each year due to lack of adequate healthcare. In fact‚ our healthcare system ranks 37th out of the 191 countries graded by the World Health Organization. Given these grim facts‚ I certainly agree that America needs to reform its healthcare system. However‚ I do not believe that the current healthcare reform enacted by the Obama administration is what this country needs right
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program‚ was adopted in 1965 to provide health coverage and services to the elderly seniors (over 65) and disabled citizens without regard to income or medical history. Its funds come directly from federal governments and beneficiaries. Medicare revenues come from interest‚ taxation of social security benefits‚ state payments‚ payroll taxes‚ beneficiary premiums and general revenue. The government uses money generated from taxes to reimburse providers who take care of patients enrolled in these programs
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