Question 4 Changing demographics and its impact on the health care markets. A.Ageing As per statistic NZ has an aging population. In line with this, it can be noted that old people are more susceptible and prone to acquire chronic diseases. NZ health care system are normally funded by the government and having this trend, the working population decreases so the taxes that is normally use to fund the health care sector is also affected. Also, because of the government aggressiveness to promote healthy lifestyle, Kiwi 's life expectancy lengthen too ("Life Expectancy"). This only means that most of the old people live longer and the government are know obliged to support them. All in all, aging population will have a huge impact to the …show more content…
Say for example, tea drinking, tepid sponge bath and the like. To sum up, population in urban seeks more medical services than those in the rural. C. Gender Gender, in general can have a great impact to the overall health care sector. Several health issues can be noticeable into a specific sex. Male on the one hand, are known for having a lot bad habits to name a few, smoking, excessive drinking and the rest. All these can result to multiple diseases like cancer both liver and lung, cerebral vascular accident (stroke) that may lead to paralysis and many more. As a result, more male gender needed an appropriate health intervention. On the other hand, female though they acquired diseases too like what men have but the rate is much lower to them. Most of the lady seek medical attention only during their child bearing years. Let 's say prenatal examination as the most common example. A pregnant mother wanted to make sure that her baby is healthy and at the same time she herself too. This progresses after the child birth wherein their are into post postpartum consultation and neonatal or pediatric care. To conclude, both sexes really differ in many aspects of seeking help especially when it comes to health care sector. Question 5 A. Privacy, Confidentiality and Security 1.Privacy
Not only are women deliberately kept out of joining medical schools and medical practices in general, their bodies are also not typically studied in medical science and research, because instead, male bodies are more often used. This makes the male body seem dominantly normative and generalizes an idea that women’s bodies must be similar to men’s, and dangerously disregards women’s particular differences. This causes medical professionals to make decisions based on this research that may not be particularly appropriate for women, such as the fact that aspirin reduces the rate of heart attacks for men but not for women, much to many doctors’ surprise. Gender stereotypes also exist within the medical field that may prevent women from receiving the care and attention they need, as many doctors often assume women are emotional, and thus, exaggerating their symptoms, versus men who are believed to be more rational. This also affects the amount of care they receive, which sometimes is too much or too little because some procedures like cesarean sections and hysterectomies are performed too often when other options would be just as adequate, but unfortunately, women’s reproductive systems are more emphasized than other just as important aspects of their health. In other instances, they do not receive as much diagnosis or are not taken as seriously as men are, by their doctors. According to our earlier readings, men are more often to interrupt women, so men physicians can often
Health System Reform in the United States: Impact of Rising Premiums and Opportunities for System Improvements to Enhance Access to Healthcare Services
Gender also determines how the individuals treatment is seen and how their illness is advanced, this means that most of the time men’s treatment is more intense because they leave the issue to progress compared to women. Another thing is that women tend to live longer than men and this is proven by statistical graphs, these show that women live a longer life then men.
Health care is continuously changing. In the past several years there has been a large shift in the focus in hospitals. The focus has changed from the staff to patients, patient satisfaction, and cutting costs in order to budget more tightly (Tarrant & Sabo, 2010). Because of this, along with the extreme increase in a number of patients seen and the acuity of the patients, nurses are being overworked. As a result, role conflict and ambiguity is becoming an issue. The purpose of this paper is to discuss role conflict and ambiguity, its significance, and its application to nursing.
Decrease in funding is another economic challenge in health care. The amount of finances coming from various sources not just the
Health care spending grew 3.7 percent in 2012 and the traditional way medicine was practiced had to change (Edlin, Goldman & Leive, 2014). The Affordable Care Act and Population Health was designed based on the concept of “The Triple Aim” to foster change in patient care by providing better care for individuals, better health for populations and decrease the cost of health through improved care (Perez, 2014). As a result, population management has moved to the front by linking services, reducing hospital admission, risk stratification, pursing preventive medicine, ensuring medication review and lowering health care cost. Several organizations have follow in the pursuit of population management by forming Accountable Care Organizations
Affordable Care Act (ACA) shift American health care system.The Institue of Medicine (IOM) report recommends the future of nursing are one of the important workforces leading the change. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) sponsored the Initiative on the Future of Nursing (IFN) research in America (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of... n.d.). In this essay, the student will discuss the IOM report on the IFN leading healthcare system reform. And Acknowledge the significance of nursing workforce development related to the nursing shortage, nursing education, leadership and nursing practice. Also, interduce the goals of State of Arizona action coalitions on future of nursing campaigns and how to overcome the
Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the aging of the population are the three major factors driving healthcare costs at this time (CMS, 2014). The nursing profession has the ability to contribute to refining the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of care through the delivery of evidenced-based treatment strategies to known populations with communal needs, and by advocating for polices that address the fundamental aspects that influence health and healthcare (Curley & Vitale, 2016, p. 5). The NE must be well-informed of laws entrenched in policy, as well as those central to both healthcare delivery systems and payment structures. Having knowledge of policy and law will enable the nurse leader to provide financial stability and sustain quality
In 2014, the US entered into the force sensational health care reform of the protection of patients in the United States, which is called The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Under this reform, all the citizens and residents of the country are required to have health insurance. It has also caused many discussions and opinions among people. Supporters of it say that this is a significant step forward, since there is no company that can refuse a person in the insurance policy. However, opponents believe that this reform will only worsen the condition of the Americans. The current health care reform has its drawbacks, such as increased fees for insurance, and the impossibility of choice, therefore, it is necessary for change.
People living in rural areas are experiencing highly limited excess to health care facilities either because they are not aware of the disease symptoms as a
As the shift for HCOs is made to a PCMH model, the financial aspect also has to make a transition to accommodate to the changes. In recent years, there have been implementations of different payment and reimbursement options, health insurance programs, and the establishment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Between May 2009 and April 2012, one of the initial PCMH pilot programs was conducted in Colorado, appropriately named The Colorado Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Pilot. More than 100,000 patients within sixteen internal medicine practices participated in the experimental PCMH model, using six different health plans (Harbrecht & Latts, 2012).
The rural population is at great risk for poor physical, mental, and social health illness. Compared to the urban communities, there is a lack of equality in health care allocation due to a lack of resources, finances, and focus in the rural population. They are “more likely to report poor or fair health, having diabetes, having chronic disease, being obese, not engaging in health protective behaviors, and experiencing cost as a barrier to initiating or maintaining health care” (Teufel, Goffinet, Land, &
Gender and the ways gender is portrayed in society varies from culture to culture. Gender roles have changed drastically, especially during the 20th century and continue to evolve to this day. For years now there have been preconceived notions about genders and the roles each one should play in society, home, workplace, etc. Most times gender roles are associated with stereotypes and previous gender roles. Gender role plays different parts in religion, culture, society, time periods, countries, etc. Women rights and power varies in time and location and it is very interesting to look at the events, cultures, and customs that were taking place in that particular time period to get a better idea of the gender role concept.
Women are more likely to receive help than men. This can be seen through an evolutionary perspective where men feel that in order to pass down their genetics they must take care of a women to ensure fertilization of their offspring, or a social standard, that men are obligated to financially and physically take care of a women, women get more attention paid to them. People of Western culture, from a young age, are primed to believe a
The Women’s Health Issues course this semester have been interesting and informative. I gained great perspective on health topics affecting women’s health status and ways biological and social factors put women at a higher stake for health issues. One of the most important thing I am taking away from this class is the importances of understanding women’s health, as a Public Health student women’s health has been a topic of interest for a long time. Coming from a developing country where many women grapple with health issues from discrimination and prescribed roles, it has been important for me to take this class and to have better understanding on health disparities that exist globally between women and men. In the following paragraphs I