Essays and Research Papers on Medical Issues

A 6 page paper discussing quality assessment and performance improvement in the home health care setting. The paper discusses the need for enhanced quality in home health care and the usefulness of a corporate compliance plan in ensuring that all members of the organization are uniform in their approaches to care and recordkeeping. It summarizes an interview ...

A 4 page overview of Canada’s health care system, conducted for the purpose of assessing its appropriateness for consideration by the United States. The Canadian system looks much more attractive for US consideration now than in the past, as increasing numbers of US citizens are left without access to care. The health care ...

This 5-page paper examines the belief of some of the Asian population as it pertains to health care delivery. Issues discussed include cultural mores pertaining to health care. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper begins by explaining why new leadership styles are needed and what is driving these needs. The writer comments on the poor organization within the system as it is, the new needs of consumers, including the increasingly growing senior population, technology and other advances. The writer then explains transformation leadership and ...

This 5 page paper discusses special interest groups which are influential in shaping current health care policy. This paper examines also the importance that policy and economic implications have to the advanced practical nurse. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 15 page paper discussing health care costs in terms of Medicare’s influence on the rates that private insurers are willing to pay for services. The paper discusses the history, economic effect, regulations and future of Medicare, and how each has affected or is affecting efforts to reduce cost increases. If Medicare reform ...

5 pages in length. The primary objective of a health care delivery system is "to enable all citizens to access health care services that are cost-effective and that meet certain preestablished standards of quality" (Shi et al, 1998, p. 6); however, this is hardly the case in California where health insurance benefits the rich ...

An 8 page overview of the problems confronting Canadian Healthcare. The author contends that many of these problems are attributable to pharmaceutical company insistence that medicine focus almost exclusively on the use of drugs rather than the various alternative approaches which exist. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

4 pages in length. The promise of patient empowerment, lowered costs and improved public health services heralds the notion of e-health as an option whose time has certainly arrived. The extent to which the extensive components of e-health serve to upgrade a health system in dire need of improvement is both grand and ...

A 5 page paper discussing the growth in demand for home health care services and the effects of the continuing labor shortage for such service. The paper reports on an interview with a local marketer of home health services and a visit to a facility within the community where information on home health service is available. The ...

A 5 page paper discussing how Medicare adversely affects the cost of health care in the US. The paper discusses price and cost structures; the economic effects of those structures; and the influence of supply and demand. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 10 page paper discussing the systemic change already occurring in health care and its implications for future leadership. Spiraling costs to insurers nearly a generation ago gave rise to the HMO that radically changed the business of health care, a trend that has only continued. Globalization and consolidation are business trends that can be expected to ...

This 8 page paper discusses three major pieces of health care legislation that were enacted at the federal level: Medicare, Medicaid and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 9 page paper. Interdisciplinary health care teams have been around in one form or another since at least the early 20th century but they have become more popular and more formalized in recent years. This essay defines an interdisciplinary team and discusses the benefits of this model for the patient as well as for ...

This 9 page paper examines the fact that all people, regardless of socio-economic status have an equal right to quality health care. Bibliography lists seven sources.

A 4 page paper comparing the social aspects of health care in two countries with very different economic situations. Honoring local culture is desirable as a social goal, but improving the quality of care that individuals receive is as well. It is said that the US has the finest health care in the ...

This 8 page paper begins with the definition of fitness, what does it mean to be fit, what is really required to achieve health-related fitness and what are the components of fitness? The rest of the paper explains and discusses the correlations between fitness, physical activity and chronic illness and other conditions. Research has revealed ...

A 7 page paper that discusses different issues concerning universal health care. Topics include evaluating the policy in terms of expected results, how the policy would affect the military, discuss negative and positive aspects that would affect utilization of universal health care, and discuss trade-offs of competing interests and balancing those. Bibliography lists 6 ...

This 9-page paper argues that universal health coverage is a bad idea. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing several issues of health care, including costs, managed care, the rise of professionalism and the marginalization of public health. We are still debating whether access to health care is a right or a privilege. The existence of public health facilities and services indicates that it will continue to ...

A 10 page paper discussing economic factors affecting the home health care industry. The bottom line for home health is that it is likely to be increasingly attractive to third-party payers because of its much lower cost relative to hospital or nursing facility care. Forecasts are only guesses, but they are not blind ...

A 3 page paper providing a situation analysis to be used in assessing the feasibility of adding a bariatric surgery center to an existing teaching hospital. Increasing numbers of hospitals have found that offering bariatric surgery benefits both the local area and the hospital. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 9 page paper discussing an approach to planning a primary care center at a fictional teaching hospital associated with a fictional medical school. The paper recommends establishing the equivalent of a permanent health fair to serve several purposes: serving the local community; providing access to care to uninsured people; and bringing back ...

A 3 page paper comparing current forms of reimbursement. Several types of reimbursement systems have come into being as healthcare continues to evolve. Three are the Prospective Payment System, Fee for Service and Capitation. Every payment system carries some form of risk. It is left to the provider to determine which ...

A 3 page research paper that addresses several specific issues in healthcare, such as the cost of US healthcare, the effect of the current reform measures and the risks associated with CAM therapy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.