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Health Care Cost Containment, 2004.
A look at the rapidly increasing cost of providing health care services, one of the most critical issues facing health care facilities and organizations.
3,242 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 136.95
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This paper looks at the critical problem facing healthcare facilities and organizations of providing quality care and services while at the same time maintaining very limited budgets. The paper points out that cost control and management can only be accomplished through innovative cost containment methods and effective data analysis related to facilities expenditures, operating expenses, and overhead expenses, and then makes recommendations for achieving these ends.
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"One challenge that healthcare facilities face is the wide diversity of services provided by various facilities. No two healthcare providers is alike, and expenditures vary greatly from one facility to the next, based on the type of services offered to patients, equipment utilized and cost containment mechanisms in place within a facility. A blanket solution to cost containment is not therefore, possible within the world of healthcare because facilities vary so greatly in the services they provide. Thus each situation must be examined uniquely and separate from other competitors, in order to develop solutions that meet the need of a particular venture."
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Cost Containment Health Systems, 2004.
This paper is a dissertation proposal to investigate public opinion and to gain statistical evidence related to the impact of cost containment on the delivery of quality health care.
2,760 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 120.95
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This paper explains that medicine is thought to be a profession that has lost its way, a system in which economics is now the bottom line governing treatment decisions and not the traditional value of beneficence. The author states that the research methodology will be a self-administered questionnaire to 50 recipients of health care and 50 health care providers to gather feedback relating to the effects of cost containment and opinions regarding the current system of health care spending. The paper relates that the research also will contain a survey of the health care practices in five countries, including the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, and Britain.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Background
Defining the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis
Literature Review ? Health Care Cost Containment
Summary: Benefits of Cost Containment
Methodology and Procedure
Instrument
Data Collection
Subjects
Data Analysis
Assumptions
Limitations
Expectations
Appendix: Sample Survey Questionnaire
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"When done right, cost containment will actually improve the quality of health care. Scientific justification can be utilized to ensure that people needing treatments get them. Accessibility to quality care services for everyone will be broadened. Universal coverage will also ensure that insurance agencies don?t avoid providing insurance to individuals with higher needs or greater risks, and ensure that cost shifting and risk avoidance are minimized."
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Managed Health Care, 2007.
This paper discusses features of managed health care and looks at their probable success or failure.
1,478 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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In this article, the writer presents a discussion of various aspects of managed health care and evaluates their validity and success rate. The writer explores cost containment, health prevention, health population focus and other elements of managed health care to determine their probable success or failure. The writer notes that whereas years ago, managed health care was a rarity in the health care and insurance industry, it is now moving toward becoming the most commonly system used for health care delivery. The writer concludes that the world of managed health care is expanding and with that expansion comes improvements.
Outline:
Introduction
Health Prevention Methods
Cost Containment Strategies
Quality Improvement
Population Health Focus
Conclusion
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"As America's health care costs continue to skyrocket and the public demands changes managed health care has continued to expand its services nationwide. Whereas years ago managed health care was a rarity in the health care and insurance industry, it is now moving toward becoming the most commonly system used for health care delivery. Several decades ago, managed health care was the brunt of many problems. Those who were using it through their insurance plan believed that they were getting substandard care and there were many complaints lodged about having to wait months for appointments and once the patient was at the doctor he or she failed to order appropriate tests to determine the cause of the patient's symptoms.
As time moved forward however, insurance companies began to depend more on managed care providers and with those changes came improvements in the system. Currently managed health care offers a wide variety of health care needs and provides tests, diagnostic and curative measures to their patients, but one of the most significant things that managed health care offers is preventative maintenance. The field of managed health care is a numbers game. The system is counting on more people paying premiums and not needing to be treated for anything than patients who have medical issues to be dealt with. One of the things that managed care organizations do to prevent the rising cost of medical care is provide solid and consistent preventative care options to encourage patients to get check ups and work to treat any problems that arise while they are still at their beginning stages. "
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Financing Health Care in the 21st Century, 2004.
A look at the current status and future of U.S. health care.
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 43.95
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This paper examines how, unlike virtually every other industrialized country in the world, the United States provides medical care to its citizens through the private workplace and finances it primarily through private insurance. It looks at how expenditures on such public programs as Medicare and Medicaid have increased the government's portion of the nation's health care burden since World War II. It explores how the majority of health care funding still comes from the private sector and how this has left millions of people uninsured because they are considered too ?wealthy? or too young to qualify for public assistance, but are not employed at places where they receive health benefits.
Outline
Cost Containment by the Commercial Insurance Industry
Cost Containment by Health Care Providers
Looking into the Future of Health Care
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"Although the United States spends far more on health care in actual dollars and as a percentage of the GDP than any other country of the world, the U.S. ranks low among industrialized countries in overall life expectancy and infant mortality. Recently, President Bush proposed a tax credit of $2000 for the purchase of health insurance for the millions of uninsured Americans. But this would not address another serious problem of uninsured and underinsured Americans, namely that employees who have medical problems cannot get health insurance at all. Not only are they unable to obtain insurance, their condition often prevents them from obtaining employment from employers who offer medical insurance because they are bad risks."
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U.S. Health Care, 2003.
An analysis of the shortcomings of the current health care system in the U.S. and its primary causes.
1,952 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 91.95
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This paper examines how the current U.S. health care system could be run a lot more efficiently. It looks at how better planning, coordinating, controlling and evaluating the use and allocation of health care resources could assist in improving its current state even though the goals of the system are quality improvement, cost containment, greater effectiveness and increased efficiency. It shows how issues such as prescription drugs, medicare reform, import of drugs, exhorbitant costs and and other causes that have left the U.S. Health care system in the trouble it is in today.
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"The cost of drugs is a big issue and simultaneously the cuts in prices, would in their estimate lead to reductions in research budgets that would ultimately be counter-productive. Companies would not be able to avoid the long and expensive process of testing and developing new drugs if they could not gain an adequate return from their sale. But momentum for a prescription benefit is growing, with the backing of the powerful American Association of Retired People, (AARP), which represents the grey lobby. And even Republicans in Congress are beginning to concede that something needs to be done about the cost of prescription drugs, even if they favour an extension of the private insurance system."
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Reforming US Health Care, 2007.
This paper discusses the crisis facing the United States health care system.
2,560 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 113.95
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The paper reveals that the US health care system is currently in crisis mode because of rising costs, problems related to cost containment, inefficiency and the numbers of uninsured and under-insured patients increasing each year. The paper maintains that the only viable solution to this crisis is to provide all US citizens with some form of health insurance and to work towards a transformation of the system.
Outline:
Introduction
Health Care in Crisis Mode
Inefficiency and Injustice
High Costs
Managed Care
Innovative Approaches
Insurance Crisis
Quality of Care
Proposed Solutions
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"Currently, concerns about the escalating costs of health care and the lack of accessibility are being voiced by health care consumers, employers and other stakeholders. "According to the Institute of Medicine, over 44 million Americans are without some form of health insurance" (Odom R1). These escalating costs, as well as the dire problem of the uninsured, indicates that the health care industry in at the brink of a national healthcare crisis. Healthcare costs and financial problems can cause health organizations' legitimacy to be questioned. In a number of cases, the organization survived only because it was recognized that "the governance of community health organizations is critical to their survival, especially during times of crisis" (Savage 384)."
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Leadership and Management in Health Care, 2005.
An examination of the importance of correct leadership and management for a successful health care system.
2,687 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 117.95
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This paper discusses how the most salient features of the current and future health care/aged care scenario are the increasing elderly population and the shift from private to government forms of payment; long-term care insurance is affordable to relatively few. It also discusses how, at the same time, with fewer people contributing to paying the bills, cost containment will be a factor. On the other hand, so will providing excellent care because the industry will be increasingly monitored. The paper stresses that the roles and responsibilities of the manager therefore must encompass financial management, customer service, and regulatory compliance. Moreover, attracting and keeping high-caliber staff, especially in traditionally low-paid areas, will also be necessary. The writer concludes that it will be essential for health care managers to achieve the highest level of professional competencies in half a dozen areas ranging from line supervision to global vision.
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"President Clinton?s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, used to tell a story about her mother, who was 86 at the time but still a full-time attorney representing several clients who lived in nursing homes. She would tell Shalala, ?Donna, I don?t care whether they are good nursing homes or bad nursing homes, you have to watch them like a hawk? (Cited in White House, 1998, quoted by Hovey 2000, 43). Clinton?s presidency was very aware of health care issues, even if it was unable to solve them. Shalala?s remarks were delivered at a press conference regarding nursing home regulation; arguably, under the current administration, issues of health care for the aged have gotten more problematical rather than less."
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Health Care Costs: Reaction Paper, 2004.
Personal reaction to an assessment of family health care costs.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 34.95
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This paper presents an assessment of the economics of health care costs. The paper argues that the problem is a complex maze of related issues such as funding mechanisms, delivery structures and individual responsibility. Additionally, the paper recommends a national health care system for managing family health care costs that is based on universal access to health care.
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"Health care economics is entering another state of turmoil in the United States as the moderating effects of the managed care concept on increasing health care costs appears to have run its course. The Congress and state governments believed the promises of managed care proponents that managed care would lower health care costs dramatically and are resisting rapid increases in health care costs. Managed care companies are responding by dropping governmentally-funded patient groups including Medicare and Medicaid raising charges to..."
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Reducing Health Care Costs, 2007.
This paper examines the issue of health care benefits and costs.
2,938 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 126.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that a full-scale health care benefits crisis appeared to loom as employers were reported to spend $300 billion annually on the health insurance of employees, their dependents and retirees. Further, the writer discusses that health care related costs and premiums were expected to adversely affect the U.S. economy and, therefore, these preferred strategies could not continue indefinitely without a proportionate and adverse impact on total employee compensation. The writer looks at how employers act to reduce health care costs.
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"The mass media, major consulting groups and health care experts agreed that health care costs were a critical or significant concern to the vast majority of chief operating officers, chief human resource officers and other business leaders. As against the estimated 14% increase, employers said they could accommodate only an average annual increase of 9%. This difference meant that employer costs would increase by approximately 54% in the next five years. During that period, employee contributions could increase three times until all the involved parties resorted to some proactive approach to contain the rise. HR leaders agreed that better value and lower health costs at between 83% and 96% if they worked together with employees for this purpose."
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Increasing Health Care Costs, 2002.
Looks at possible causes of increasing health care costs.
4,591 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 17 sources, APA, AU$ 174.95
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This paper explores all of the myriad and complex causes of the high cost in today?s health care environment and recommends changes that would be the most likely to positively impact change. Charts and graphs are used to help illustrate important points.
Introduction
Prescription Drugs
Medical Devices and Medical Advances
Rising Provider Expenses
General Inflation
Government Mandates and Regulations
Government Programs and Tax Laws
Increased Consumer Demand
Lack of Consumerism
Litigation and Risk Management
Fraud and Abuse
Managed Care System
Conclusion
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"Priority Health also believes that the United States government is at fault for not imposing price controls on pharmaceutical products as do most other industrialized nations, thus leading to drugs costs that are as much as one hundred percent higher in this country. Additionally, the United States government imposes regulations for drug distribution and sales that make drugs less readily available and more expensive than in other countries. Also, government granted patents protect drug for up to seventeen years, limiting competition and driving up prices."
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Health Care Costs, 2008.
A discussion of the rising costs of health care in the United States.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 53.95
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This paper takes a look at the reasons health care costs continue to rise in the United States. It points out that many factors interact to increase costs and these factors include certain elements that, ironically, are thought to reduce costs or that may have been intended to reduce costs. The paper adds that costs increase in part for natural economic reasons, such as the cost of developing new drugs, or the added costs accruing due to the creation and implementation of new medical technology. The paper maintains that one of the primary reasons fo cost increases is that the public does not pay for what it uses in medicine, meaning that people do not pay directly out of their own pockets. Instead, millions have their costs paid by insurance or a company health plan, and this increases the overall costs. To conclude, the paper calls for a better and more certain analysis of how costs could be reduced.
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"The patient may pay something on his or her bill, but it is usually only a part of the whole. Alterio (2007) notes how some of the efforts to control costs can harm patients, which in turn increases health care costs over time because patients may have to wait longer for treatment and need more medical attention when they do get it. Alterio notes that keeping down costs in HMOs often means requiring doctors to see more patients per hour and to give each patient less time, which saves money in the short-term while increasing costs in the long run."
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Rising Health Care Costs, 2004.
An overview of the reasons and possible explanations for the dramatic rise in health costs.
2,180 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 98.95
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This paper examines how, although advances in medicine have meant that people live longer, they come with a price, which the medical aid schemes are typically required to cover. It looks at how the bottom line is that working people's premiums have to subsidize pensioners, who are the ones who usually require most of the care. It discusses how, as the cost of medical treatment escalates, a fine balancing act is also required to balance the books and how major chronic illnesses, such as HIV and various forms of cancer, are impacting the people who can pay health care premiums, as well as increasing the number of those who require a high level of medical attention.
Outline
Health Care Spending
A Brief Explanation
Utilization
Competition
Past Medical History
Medical Technology
Conclusion
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"In the mid-1990s, Americans began spending more of each dollar on health care than on food or housing (Phelps, 1997). This new way of spending indicated that society can devote fewer resources to life's basics and more to resources to improving the quality of life. This was proven true when the prediction that health care spending would surge within the decade, had multiplied from one-seventh of the gross domestic product (GDP) to one-quarter of the GDP by the year 2000 (Strunk, 2003). According to Struck it continued from there because in 2001, health spending rose 8.7 percent, to $1.4 trillion, and accounted for 14.1 percent of the total economy, the largest share on record (2003)."
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Medicare Reforms and Health Care Costs, 2004.
This paper is a research proposal to examine Medicare reform and determine whether it will actually end up costing taxpayers more money than the previous system did.
5,355 words (approx. 21.4 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 193.95
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This paper relates that, with the proposed reforms of the Medicare system, most people will not be able to use it because it would actually cost them more to do so than it would to simply not have insurance at all. The author feels that one of the biggest problems is that seniors who have Medicare do not have any coverage for prescription drugs, and because of this, they have to pay a large amount of money out of pocket., The paper stresses that the study, designed to be more of a subjective rather than an objective study, is based on the review of the available literature and the opinions and beliefs of those that make up this literature group because it does not appear that statistical research would be helpful.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Overview of the Study
Significance of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Scope of the Study
Review of Related Literature
Description of Sources Used
Positive Aspects
Negative Aspects
Literature Review
Methodology
Research Design and Approach
Procedures Used and Data Analysis
Research Considerations and Limitations
Validity and Uniqueness of the Data
Summary
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"The sources used for this particular literature review did not come from the expected peer reviewed journals and magazines. This is largely because the Medicare reforms have not officially been enacted, and therefore studies into how they are impacting individuals who use the Medicare system have not been conducted. Because of this, there are few sources that can actually be found that deal with the Medicare reforms and how they are going to affect the elderly. At least, this is true of professional journals and official sources."
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The Rising Costs of Health Care, 2005.
A look at the issues concerning the rising costs of health care in the U.S.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 38.95
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This paper discusses the issue of rising health care costs in the United States, and relates the issue to the government, business, and health care industries. The paper further looks into these organization's roles in halting rising health care costs, and discusses professional opinions in relation to the matter. The addition of technology and its affects on health care are also discussed.
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"In the United States there are many poor, aging, and young who have traditionally been without health insurance due to the rising costs associated with care. When society considers those entities that should play a significant role in reducing health care costs the organizational elements of government, industry, and health care providers them selves are logical considerations. Yet, while the United States patiently waits for some type of health care cost relief there does not appear to be any notable action being taken to reduce these costs. During the December 2002 online discussion posted on NewsHour, with Jim Lehrer, the issue of health care costs was discussed in relation to insurance providers, hospitals, and health care workers. Lehrer spoke with many professionals in these organizations, and discovered that there are primary causes for the rise in health care costs in the United States. "
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Quality And Costs In Health Care Services, 2007.
An analysis of the relationship between cost and quality in health care services in the United States.
1,640 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 78.95
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This paper researches the quality of health care services in the United States and analyzes the relationship between cost and quality in health care services. The paper examines the role of four agencies in addressing quality in healthcare - the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Finally, it addresses the implications to the profession of nursing relating to cost and quality in health care and particularly relating to advanced practice nurses.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Review of Institute of Medicine Report
Role of Four Identified Agencies and Quality in Healthcare
Healthcare Cost and Quality and the Implications for Advanced Practice Nurses
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"It is extremely important in view of the limited supply of workers in today's health care workforce that the APN be highly educated, highly trained, and experienced to a great degree in health care service delivery. The APN must know the policies and regulations of agencies that regulate and monitor the health care organization. The APN must be well versed in indicators, procedure and protocol in order to avoid medical errors either in failing to test, monitor, or instruct the patient. The scope of the APN's duties require that the APN be technologically savvy, detail oriented, and conscious of all procedures and checks that will avoid useless and avoidable medical errors in the health care organization which has employed them. The APN must play an active role in development of education for nursing future APN's. The APN must furthermore, actively document the effectiveness of the APN role for the purpose of gaining the trust of the public in the quality of care received which has been provided by the Advanced Practice Nurse and in a cost-effective manner while showing that APN provided care is highly successful in avoidance of useless and avoidable errors in the health care organization."
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Child Center Care Vs. Care by Family, 2007.
This paper discusses child care options and looks at the development of children who attended child care centers compared with those in family care.
3,054 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 130.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the question over who should care for children is once again being debated throughout North America, with many advocating that very young children be raised with either their mothers or a close member of the family instead of attending child care centers. The writer discusses research indicating that the poor quality of care given in existing centers throughout the United States is the reason for problems within the classroom, as children who attend these care centers are believed to have both development and social problems. The writer concludes that the important point of the debate over child care should be how to ensure quality care for children whose parents have to work, or have chosen to work, through understanding and enabling effective and positive child development and growth within center-based childcare.
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Abstract
Introduction
An Overview of Child Care in the United States
Contemporary Childcare in the United States
Towards an Effective Child Care System
Conclusion
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"The changes in society over the past few decades have completely transformed the contemporary world, mainly through the consequences of warfare and the recent advancements in technology, which has also changed the lives of women. Accounting for almost half of the nation's workforce, a vast majority of them either are already mothers or will be, which means that something needs to be done about the childcare situation in America. Although center-based childcare is not, perhaps, the ideal situation for mothers and their children, most parents have little choice."
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