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This 3 page paper begins by identifying one hopes the main functions of the health system is and how that system is failing in the United States. Experts say the system is broken. Limited statistical data are reported in terms of medical errors and the uninsured. The writer also reports and discusses the mission statement from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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treatment interventions and prevention interventions. However, the fact is that the U.S. Health System is not a system at all. Doctors Cortese and Smoldt (2005) from the Mayo Clinic say:
"The current health care system in the United States is broken." Evidence: half of the practices used by physicians are not based on best practice - about 100,000 people
die every year as a result of medical errors (Cortese and Smoldt, 2005). Morath (2003) reported that four out of five people in this country had either had a personal
experience of medical error or they knew someone who had that experience. In 2004, more than 46 million Americans were either uninsured or underinsured, which means they would not receive
proper and appropriate medical treatment (Cortese and Smoldt, 2005; Sridhar, 2005). The U.S. average infant mortality rate is 6.8, i.e., 6.8 deaths out of 1,000 live births (Sridhar, 2005). That
figure ranges from 10.7 infant deaths in Delaware to 3.8 in New Hampshire (Sridhar, 2005). Morath (2003) also commented that "the nations healthcare delivery system has fallen short
in its effort to translate new scientific knowledge into practice and apply that knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the
U.S. healthcare system is dangerous and lethal. That is a fact already confirmed by the data cited from Cortese and Smoldt (2005). There have been significant and even spectacular gains
made in knowledge and scientific breakthroughs but they are not being used to improve the health care system in this country (Morath, 2003; Cortese and Smoldt, 2005; Sridhar, 2005).
Experts agree - the system must be changed (Morath, 2003; Cortese and Smoldt, 2005; Sridhar, 2005). But, we must also remember that term is a misnomer - there is no
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