Health Care System
The major impact on shaping today’s United States health care system
Maria Bennett
Saint Joseph’s University
Health Administration
HAD 553 – Health Care Organization
Department of Health Service
Abstract
The American health care system today is not what it used to be in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was primarily a local operated health care system which saw people undertaking natural training to be able to provide health care to its initial practicable population. The American health system is financed privately and publicly and is not centrally controlled; it is rather financed through employers and the government. Most other developed countries around the world have a more controlled universal health care system that ratified …show more content…
Promotion of health was slow to develop until the 1980s where it has moved to the forefront within the community health sector and has become an active force in health care. The main targets of action were to accomplish the plans of nutritional education, safe diets, and healthy choices for living. In the 1980s health promotion was develop, and since then more and more people are recognizing the advantages and disadvantages of staying healthy and avoiding illness. Kozier and Erbs, (2008). The World Health Organization (WHO) developed a project called Healthy …show more content…
The United States leads the world in the most modern and best in medical technology, medical training, and research. It offers some of the most advanced institutions, products, and processes of healthcare delivery. These achievements are certainly admirable, but a lot more remains unaccomplished. The U.S. Health Care System is yet, still to deliver evenhanded services to every American.
References
Shi, L., & Singh, D. A. (2015). Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Kozier B. and Erb’s G. (2008). Fundamentals of nursing concepts, process and practice, (8th ed.).
Upper Saddle NJ: Pearson, prentice hall.
Medical-Surgical Nursing (2004). Critical Thinking in Client Care, (4th ed.).
Upper Saddle NJ: Pearson, Prentice Hall.
Mosby's Long-Term Care Assistants (4th ed.).
Mosby an Affiliate of
Maria Bennett
Saint Joseph’s University
Health Administration
HAD 553 – Health Care Organization
Department of Health Service
Abstract
The American health care system today is not what it used to be in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was primarily a local operated health care system which saw people undertaking natural training to be able to provide health care to its initial practicable population. The American health system is financed privately and publicly and is not centrally controlled; it is rather financed through employers and the government. Most other developed countries around the world have a more controlled universal health care system that ratified …show more content…
Promotion of health was slow to develop until the 1980s where it has moved to the forefront within the community health sector and has become an active force in health care. The main targets of action were to accomplish the plans of nutritional education, safe diets, and healthy choices for living. In the 1980s health promotion was develop, and since then more and more people are recognizing the advantages and disadvantages of staying healthy and avoiding illness. Kozier and Erbs, (2008). The World Health Organization (WHO) developed a project called Healthy …show more content…
The United States leads the world in the most modern and best in medical technology, medical training, and research. It offers some of the most advanced institutions, products, and processes of healthcare delivery. These achievements are certainly admirable, but a lot more remains unaccomplished. The U.S. Health Care System is yet, still to deliver evenhanded services to every American.
References
Shi, L., & Singh, D. A. (2015). Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Kozier B. and Erb’s G. (2008). Fundamentals of nursing concepts, process and practice, (8th ed.).
Upper Saddle NJ: Pearson, prentice hall.
Medical-Surgical Nursing (2004). Critical Thinking in Client Care, (4th ed.).
Upper Saddle NJ: Pearson, Prentice Hall.
Mosby's Long-Term Care Assistants (4th ed.).
Mosby an Affiliate of