Essays and Research Papers on Health Care

A 5 page paper comparing healthcare in these two nations. The quality of healthcare varies widely between the United States and China, but in both countries, the effect of government involvement is that individuals largely have to make their own healthcare decisions regarding access to care. In both countries, direct and indirect government ...

This 8 page paper argues that the government is best equipped to handle health care for its population. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page essay responds to two very divergent questions - Should churches be taxed like businesses. Should the government fund more medical research? Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing the sociological influences inhibiting efforts to find a workable solution to the Medicare crisis. Government involvement in health care has the effect of controlling the entire industry in terms of cost, because private insurers base their assessments of “normal and customary” charges on those used by Medicare. Ultimately, ...

A 6 page paper discussing the health insurance debate within healthcare reform discussions, featuring president Obama's speech to a joint session of congress. Though certainly changes need to be made, only what's broken needs to be fixed. Certainly we do not also need to be scrapping the high quality care available to most ...

A 6 page paper assessing the economic effects of government payment for all or a portion of seniors' prescription drug needs. The desire to provide seniors with greater assurances that they will be able to afford health care in their latter years is an admirable one, but any route of direct government payment for prescription drugs can be ...

A 3 page paper discussing health care pricing constraints, the effect of competition and the influence of government. In the current environment, any health care provider is constrained in pricing by government regulation that discourages competition and the lower prices it can bring. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12-page paper provides an example of how a call track system can assist a university medical center in better allocation of professional resources to the community. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the U.S. health care system, why it needs reform and what those reforms might be. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing Australia's efforts to both increase and decrease government involvement in control of the pharmaceutical industry. The nation also faces the same kinds of public health issues common to all developed nations. The government has difficulty reconciling its desire to control with its desire to reform itself; in the public health sector, the ...

A 10 page paper discussing options for saving Medicare. It has been known both in and outside the government for some time now that Medicare and Medicaid are facing times that will call for hard decisions in whether and how to continue them. Medicaid is not in as serious state as is Medicare, ...

A 10 page paper answering 5 questions about Medicare Part D from an economics perspective. Questions address price schedules and examples; supply and demand issues; welfare loss to the individual; likely effects of lower premiums; and speculation of how government requirement that employers supply a similar program to employees. Bibliography lists 8 sources. ...

10 pages in length. A contemplative look at the plight of urban poor and their lack of quality health care. In this paper, the writer addresses various aspects that define the problem: inadequate government aid; the trap of low-paying, unskilled, dead end jobs; and how preventive, primary health care is the goal of ...

This 6 page paper compares different aspects of the health care system in these two countries. As such, it comments on a variety of issues and provides a great deal of statistical data. Examples include: infant mortality rates, life expectancy, expenditures per capita, availability of medical technology, percentage each government spends, impact of an aging ...

A 5 page overview of the budgetary concerns which are resulting in inadequate staffing in many of Canada’s health care environments. Emphasizes the rising cost of health care noting that even though funding has increased substantially it has not kept up with increased cost. Comments on the use of unregulated health care workers, ...

This 8 page paper discusses some of the concepts of managed care and the issues facing behavioral health management. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

6 pages in length. This paper discusses the right of the patient to direct his or her medical care and health outcome, known as patient autonomy, and the right of society to control and allocate "limited resources", known as distributive justice, will certainly collide. In an ideal world, or in an egalitarian society, all individuals would have access to ...

This 3-page paper focuses on questions concerning healthcare, finance and accounting. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. Health care in the United States has long suffered the indignities of contempt from the very people it is designed to protect. However, these recipients claim that the health care system has not lived up to the promises of adequate protection based upon the significantly inequitable manner by which the ...

A 14 page essay on the health reforms of the Clinton Administration and the controversy which has surrounded them. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 3 page research paper that examines health care systems in the countries of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. These publicly owned systems are evaluated as to their strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper that discusses the applications and trends for e-health/tele-health in Canada, something that is strongly supported by the government. Specific examples are provided. The essay concludes with an overview of the network that is being attempted in the United States. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper reviewing economic influences on home health, including increasing fuel costs and the ongoing nursing shortage. The healthcare industry is hampered by its history of trying to operate separate from economic realities and laws, creating several hurdles that it will need to negotiate simultaneously. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page paper that begins with data regarding the incidence of infections in American hospitals each year. The essay reviews four articles on this topic, reporting the strategies to prevent infections. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper that discusses specific policy issues. The first focuses on the role of special interest groups in policy making with comments about the ADA, Balanced Budget and Self-Determination Acts; the second comments on democrats vs. republicans on the health care reform policy and the last identifies health policy issues in Texas. Bibliography ...