Essays and Research Papers on Health Care

A 5 page paper presenting the contention that older people use health services to a proportionately greater extent than any other population group and that because of this disproportionate use it is a matter of urgency that we seek ways of preventing illness and promoting healthy lifestyles among our older community members. Provides statistics ...

A 9 page paper assessing current health care policy, forces that maintain the status quo and suggestions for improving policy. The bottom line is that ultimately, Medicare controls the course of most of health care in the US, including precipitating much of the cost increase against which all parties appear to be powerless. ...

This 3 page paper discusses the lack of health care in the Mississippi Delta, the problems residents face, and what can be done about it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

7 pages in length. The writer discusses various issues in the American health care system via two dozen briefly answered questions. Bibliography lists 1 source.

In the United States, the healthcare system has developed in such a manner that it has become necessary to either have health insurance or rely on government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid to meet essential needs. The economic recession of the last decade brought to the foreground of political debate the increasing numbers ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the status of the American healthcare system, and specifically considers issues like the level of care, costs and access in comparisons with other countries. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 4 page paper covers the issue of supplier induced demand in health care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses what it is like to work in a health-care setting that does not seek to place blame for errors, but instead looks at the entire process as responsible when an error occurs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper emphasizes the importance of adhering to established protocol and abolishing such error producing practices as using abbreviations. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper presenting a strategic plan for a private hospital. The proposed strategy for St. Vincent Health Care is to concentrate on health promotion, disease prevention, community-based health education, increased internal efficiency and continued attention to quality. Patient care remains the leading priority for St. Vincent, but training attention on these ...

This 3 page paper discusses five health care professions and the way they are regulated in Bay City, Rhode Island. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page paper critiquing the report of a study conducted to determine the degree to which current retirees have access to employer-paid healthcare benefits. One of the most persistent and troublesome issue facing policymakers and legislators today is that of managing Medicare and ensuring that the nation’s elderly population has sufficient access to ...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of issues related to rural populations that have a need for mental health services that are not always met. Outpatient mental health facilities are not always prevalent in rural communities and much of mental health care is provided through physicians’ offices in conjunction with general health care. ...

A 9 page paper discussing the changing nature of the health care industry and the attributes needed in health care leadership. The paper discusses issues of third-party payers, whether health care is a right or responsibility and policy considerations. A hospital administrator in the past generally needed concern himself only with costs, income and quality. Current ...

A 5 page paper that begins with specific information about the members of a family with three children. The writer uses eHealthInsurance to research, review, and select two possible plans that may be affordable. The write calculate the estimated take-home pay based on mandatory fees and taxes. The details of two policies have been ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing benefits, costs and possible modernization of the public health care system in Canada. Canadians currently appreciate the public healthcare system in their country mainly because the Canada Health Act guarantees free health care to anyone in the country. Despite this advantage over other countries in which patients have ...

An insightful 7 page discussion of how and why U.S. consumers started to become more conscious health care shoppers beginning with the grassroots movements of the 1960's and leading up to more recent times. The writer feels that the modern consumer is still not well-educated enough on the subject and is not getting the most ...

A 9 page paper offering a conceptual model, theoretical model, hypothesis, statement of the problem and theoretical framework in the quest to define health care and whether equal access is a right or a privilege. The hypothesis is that preventive care can be cost effective if approached in a systematic manner such as altering ...

A 9 page paper discussing the economic effects of policy makers’ decisions, both on healthcare and on the larger economy. The presence of the third-party payer masks the effect of elasticity of demand for health care, as it does its microeconomic effects. It does not mask the results, however. As politicians continue ...

A 5 page paper discussing the changes occurring in the health care industry over the past generation and how those changes have affected health care policy. Specific example is that of a minor's election to abortion without parents' knowledge or consent, which has brought us a situation in which insurers are able to know more about minors' activities ...

This 3-page paper focuses on differences between health care delivery in the U.S. and Canada. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper describes a health insurance policy for a 25-year-old male, full-time college student in the state of Florida. The plan is Aetna's POS Open Access 2500. The essay reports the co-payments, deductibles, benefits, and limitations of the policy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 11 page paper. Health costs have risen dramatically over the years to the point that employers as well as consumers have become continually more disillusioned. A group of employers in Minnesota did something about it. They established a coalition called the Buyers Health Care Action Group. This paper explores how this coalition works, ...

A 5 page paper that compares the primarily privately owned and funded healthcare delivery system that currently operates in the United States with that of the national healthcare delivery system presently practiced in the country of Norway. Discussed are the differences between the two types of systems with the focus on funding, access, administration, ...

An 11 page paper which identifies and evaluates the candidates’ ideas on healthcare for Americans. Specifically considered are the individual platforms of the candidates, the strengths and weaknesses of each, and finally concludes with a determination of which platform is most effective. Bibliography lists 5 sources.