Essays and Research Papers on Health Care

This 8-page paper examines the military health care plan TRICARE, its mission and its challenges. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page paper discussing the ethics of a two-tier health system, using comparison of the Canadian and US systems and the principles of distributive justice and utilitarianism. The paper concludes that most insured Americans have no choice in their insurers; the uninsured simply have no choice. In terms of distributive justice, it ...

A 6 page paper which examines and reviews Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko. No additional sources cited.

This 3-page paper examines why cancer is an interesting disease to study. Discussions center around health, economic and societal issues. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper that explains how the CDC is organized and some of its activities. The paper also reports CDC's vision, mission, values and pledge to the public. The writer also comments on three groups of CDC stakeholders. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3-page paper examines three articles dealing with medical terminology and CPT (coding procedures) for medical procedures.

A 4 page discussion of this human parasite. This paper describes the worm’s life cycle, its impact on human beings, and efforts to eradicate it. Bibliography lists five sources.

4 pages in length. Protecting the elderly when they are under the care of nursing homes or assisted living facilities has reached the point where legislation must now exist in order to guarantee and facilitate the existence - as well as utilization of - resident rights. Just because an older individual loses a ...

This 4-page paper addresses issues in health care, as well as critiquing two health care papers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes an article that discusses the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 22 page paper containing slide contents and speaker notes for a 26-slide PowerPoint marketing plan for a diabetes educational center in Lexington, Kentucky. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

A 9 page paper that begins by discussing some of the states that have universal health care policies and what has happened to them. The paper focuses on the state of Massachusetts, reporting data from their budget and financial report. The writer explains governmental, proprietary and fiduciary funds with examples. The writer also discusses ...

This 6-page paper studies a case involving an error in prescribing medication and determines if the proper steps were taken to find out what went wrong. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the CQI concept. How it applies to nursing is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the condition of post traumatic stress disorder in the hospital setting. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 9 page paper discusses the way in which hope sustains even patients who are terminally ill. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the impact a patient's culture can have on their understanding and acceptance of health care procedures. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper summarizing the contents of a fraud and compliance training presentation. Errors can occur quite innocently, resulting in inaccurate billing that has no fraudulent intent behind it. As the presentation indicates, however, fraud, waste and abuse are the same regardless of whether they are committed intentionally. Bibliography lists 4 ...

This 13 page paper explores Dorothy Johnson’s behavioral system model of nursing, which suggests that individuals are made up of “subsystems” which must be kept in balance. Annotated bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 7-page paper examines what future trends could be in terms of telemedicine and electronic records as they pertain to health care. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4-page paper outlines recent statistics for the incidence of breast cancer among women in Detroit and Michigan, as well as nationally and internationally. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page research paper that discusses Medicare reform. The writer discusses how, in 2003, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issued a report that indicated that, since the early 1990s, the government had considerably overpaid hospitals for the care of Medicare patients. The writer then discusses arguments that hospital advocates could offer to ...

This 3-page paper examines costs increases in diabetes treatment from an HMO perspective. Discussions include causes for the increase and how it impacts the health care system. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 16 page paper discussing strategy for the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC). It is the primary site of Navy medicine and is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. NNMC will be taking on some of the functions of Walter Reed Army Hospital by 2011 and so has opportunity ...

This 10-page paper examines the potential implementation of culturally competent care at Holy Redeemer, a clinic that cares for HIV/AIDs patients from a wide variety of demographics. Bibliography lists 7 sources.