Health Care And Demographic Trends

In order to understand current health delivery services changes and formulate predictions, one must thoroughly comprehend the three developmental eras of the health care system. The evolution of our current health care system began in 1850, and has metamorphosed in three time periods, 1850 to 1900, 1900 to World War II (WW II), and WW II to 2009. Significant distinct and overlapping trends in disease prevalence, availability of health care resources, social organizations, and the public's knowledge and perception of health and illness and technology.

The paper will discuss the evolution of health care in America and how it has affected the health care system today. It will discuss the advancements made in technology and medical services that have evolved over two centuries. It will review how health care delivery has evolved and impacted today’s health system. The delivery of medical services has changed over many decades. The culture, social economics, and political views, have influenced society on how the medical services and advancements in medical technology have evolved. The three phases of health care structural change is preindustrial era, postindustrial era, corporate era (Shi & Singh, 2013).

Baby boomer aging is one of the large causative factors of this increase in demand (Glicken & Miller, 2013, p.1883-1889). According to Glicken & Miller (2013), the elderly population will nearly double in the next fifteen years putting a strain on the healthcare workforce. Also, more than half of physicians have intentions on limiting care access with regards to Medicare patients. Many medical doctors are refusing to care for Medicaid patients. This is a result of the growing number of individuals now with the means to afford healthcare due to the

The age of population is one of the challenges the United States faces. The shift of demographics may have an effect on the needs and services of this particular population. In this paper it will be discussed how the demographics may have an impact on the health care market, how changes will affect health care such as increase in health care cost and increase in prescription drug cost.

Every individual in the world deserves to enjoy health and wellness. Maintaining or achieving proper health needs enables individuals to be productive at work and leisure. Traditionally, many people have had barriers obtaining adequate healthcare due to economic constraints or personal inconveniences. Despite impressive technological advances in medicine, the challenge of delivering quality healthcare to the Americans continues to be debated amongst the nation’s political and healthcare leaders. The aging baby-boomers and the increased number of uninsured people add to the equation of population growth which results in limited access to primary healthcare for the entire public. On the

The period of time from 1850-1900 the focus was on epidemics resulting from conditions of food, water, housing and conditions of life (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The next major changes to healthcare in America was from 1900 to World War II the focus was on acute events, infections that affected the individual and not the group, as well as, the beginning of organized trauma care. Chronic diseases were the primary focus from World War II to 1980 focusing on diseases such as heart disease, cancer and stroke. 1980 to the present chronic diseases are still a focus with the addition of Behavioral disorders, as well as, prevention. Attention is paid to environmental hazards and working conditions. There are other factors not mention here, such as, patient education and response to terrorist

The modern day health care system is currently faced with a wide array of challenges, such as the aging of the population and the intensified need for medical care, the rapidly evolving technologies and the increasing costs of the medical act.

As times were changing, the technological, economic, and social landscapes were shifting in a dramatic way. The beginning of the postindustrial era brought about changes that were instrumental in providing the framework of today’s healthcare system. As figure 3.3 states “Urbanization, scientific discoveries and their application in medicine, and the creation of Medicare and Medicaid” (Shi & Singh, 2008 p.60), are all examples of aspects that were introduced towards the conclusion of the 19th century that have become pillars within todays healthcare system.

In light of these new traits of the society, the health care sector must develop itself and address the new needs of the society. Furthermore, these new needs are not only shaped by the changes in the life style of the population, but other traits as well. For instance, at a demographic level, it is noted that the population ages at a rapid rate and requires more health care. Then, at an economic level, it is noted how the internationalized economic crisis poses new threats and limits the population's access to health care.

The United States has yet to come up with universal healthcare, so there are implications in healthcare that makes it impossible for citizen's to get healthcare. "The rationale for a geographic focus on health care reform is strong: the factors that determine population health are largely local, rooted in the environmental, social, economic, and behavioral determinants of health" (Fisher & Skinner, 2013).Some believe that using geographic focus towards healthcare will help the community out largely."Hospital planners are often interested in evaluating service areas and geographic sources of admission for patients"(Using Geographic...,n.d.). The geographic approach is an analysis in investigating the health related issues. "Many of the factors that influence health care quality and costs are also local, including local supply, pricing behavior, and the relative emphasis of providers on profit"(Fisher & Skinner, 2013). The demographic implications for healthcare represents the age, gender, or even race. "Adjusting for population density is particularly important in conducting these types of cartographic analysis" (Using Geographic..., n.d.).The demographic's seems to be the biggest trend for the healthcare system. Your demographic's decides for you if you get healthcare or not. The psychographic trend in healthcare is about attitude, personalty, and preferences in your lifestyle. "Going forward, new technologies will more quickly empower patients and providers to enhance practices for managing and coordinating healthcare" (Santilli & Vogenberg, 2015). This trend is starting to take over the healthcare industry. The healthcare system is wanting to know more and more about the patient. All these trends are different, but they all have major impacts in the healthcare

The impacts of healthcare delivery systems biggest issues are the aging and obesity. We need to understand how these can impact our lives and what we can do to address them now before they become a bigger issue in the future. Many of the Americans from the baby boomer era are becoming retired and will add to the future endeavors of the working class with many of our government programs being affected. The second contributor is obesity. Since this can go in hand with the aging these are the main reasons we need to look at our delivery systems.

Healthcare in the United States during the early 1900s through the World Wars would be described as “evolved”. The healthcare system has evolved from what healthcare used to be during the 1700s – 1800s; during this period, the healthcare system faced many challenges: lack of basic care available, high rate of mortality, disease epidemics and unhealthy living and working conditions. As we bypass this era, we’ve come to find that during the 1900s through the World Wars led to a more organized approach with technology and healthcare.

Healthcare in the US relies heavily on different population trends that help form and structure our tailor made health care services. Multiple population trends are imperative to the planning, financing and delivery of healthcare. Analyzing the size and age framework of a population has a great impact on the planning of healthcare (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The aging and longevity of the average Americans are of vital concern to future financial stability of the Social Security and Medicare programs. Access trends is also important due to they convey whether care is actually being delivered to the right consumers in response to

There are many diseases that Americans has been diagnosed with that leads to health care of the patient (Willams & Torrens, 2008). Over the past decades, the number of individuals has grown tremendously, in fact, it has doubled since the 1950s. It is over 7 billion people across the nation and throughout the world. Although the world has a lot of individuals that are a part of the country there is more individual that has passed away. Resources have developed over time and are available for one to have a connection with meeting the needs (Scherbov ,Sanderson & Lutz, 2004).

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