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HCMG Final Exam
What is a Health Care System - ANS>>An organization of people, institutions and
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resources that deliver healthcare services to meet the health needs of target
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populations.
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Biomedical Model - ANS>>Presupposes the existence of illness/disease thereby
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emphasizing clinical diagnosis and medical intervention in the treatment of disease.
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Health Interventions - ANS>>Strategies to improve Health
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-School nutrition programs bb bb



-patient safety protocols bb bb



-community-based partnerships bb



-care coordination
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Fundamental Theories for health care distribution - ANS>>Market- individual
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responsibility for health
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Social- shared responsibility for health
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Preindustrial Era - ANS>>-few medical school & hospitals bb bb bb bb bb bb bb



-Apprenticeships
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-no tools or antisepsis
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-medical care mainly in households bb bb bb bb




PostIndustrial Era - ANS>>-XRAYs discovered 1895 bb bb bb bb bb



-cities more centralized
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-lay people could no longer deliver medical care
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-fewer house calls bb bb



-PROFESSIONALIZATION of healthcare bb bb




Flexner Report - ANS>>Examination of medical schools. Closure of a lot of schools
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came about.
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Medicare - ANS>>One of the largest sources of public health insurance. Serves
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people over 65, disabled and people with End stage Renal disease.
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Medicare Part A - ANS>>Social Security funds to finance hospital care
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Medicare Part B - ANS>>covers physician services
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Medicaid - ANS>>The third largest source of health insurance in the US. provides
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coverage for low-income adults, children and elderly and individuals with disabilities.
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Blue Cross - ANS>>hospital insurance
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Blue Shield - ANS>>physican fees (both merges in the 1970's)
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Corporate Era - ANS>>-1970's to present bb bb bb bb bb



-Managed care- control physician and hospital fees bb bb bb bb bb bb



-Integrated delivery system bb bb



-Information revolutions(telemedicine, e-health) bb bb



-Globilization-crossborder activities bb




3 Cornerstones of Healthcare delivery - ANS>>-High in COST
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-Unequal in ACCESS bb bb



-Average in QUALITY bb bb




3 Reasons for High Health Care Costs - ANS>>1- Growth of technology- inexpensive
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technology makes people live longer.
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2- Increased Elderly Population- Elderly consume more health care costs than the
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general population
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3- Multipayer system & Administrative Costs- its takes a lot of time and effort to keep
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up with all payers, single payer would cut administrative costs.
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Ways to contain costs - ANS>>-EHRs should make it easier to share information
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between physicians
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-A new focus on prevention and chronic disease management should keep costs from
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rising
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-ACA

Moral Hazard - ANS>>consumer behavior that leads to higher utilization of health
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care services when services are covered by insurance.
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Single payer system - ANS>>_____________ systems are usually financed more
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progressively, and rely on existing taxation systems; they effectively distribute risks
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throughout one large risk pool; and they offer governments a high degree of control
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over the total expenditure on health.
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Multi payer system - ANS>>In this system two or more providers administer the UHC
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and usually do so in competition with each other. The government, or its nominee,
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may or may not be an active participant, but usually is expected to set the rules of
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the competition and monitor the system to ensure fair and equitable service.
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Patients without insurance - ANS>>-Less likely to have a source of ongoing care
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-less likely to have preventative care like flu-shots and cancer screening
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-more likely to utilize expensive emergency care
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Health Care Quality - ANS>>the degree to which health services for individuals and
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populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes
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DONABEDIAN FRAMEWORK - ANS>>Structure-available resources, infrastructure bb bb bb bb bb



(technology,personnel), financing
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-Accreditation

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