Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Carolyn Dallas HCA/240 Sunday, June 2, 2013 Michelle A. Rose, PhD, MHA, MPH, CPH Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services Vincent (2010),”Between 2010 and 2050, the United States is projected to experience rapid growth in its older population. In 2050, the number of Americans aged 65 and older is projected to be 88.5 million. The Baby Boomers are largely responsible for this increase in the older population, as
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Abstract The health care system is a complex part of the economy that emphasizes cost efficient methods of addressing the dynamic health needs of today’s population. The baby boomer generation is aging, and the cost of health care is at the forefront in the news. Case managers facilitate the process of navigating through the health care system to attain the proper treatment necessary for the patient, thus integrating a complex multidisciplinary health care system. Preparing new nurse case managers
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healthcare delivery systems biggest issues are the aging and obesity. We need to understand how these can impact our lives and what we can do to address them now before they become a bigger issue in the future. Many of the Americans from the baby boomer era are becoming retired and will add to the future endeavors of the working class with many of our government programs being affected. The second contributor is obesity. Since this can go in hand with the aging these are the main reasons we need to look
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2013 Eric Oestmann, PhD, PT Health Care Spending In 2010, health care spending, or health expenditures in the United States neared $2.6 trillion. That is more than ten times the $256 billion that was spent in 1980. In recent years, the growth rate of spending on health care has decreased in relation to the growth rate during the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, it is still predicted to increase more rapidly than the national income over the foreseeable future. Addressing this pressing
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such a large challenge within the population and from a health perspective. This essay will explore the social, cultural and psychological health related issues linked with growth in the aging population and will focus on the baby boomer generation and the co-morbidities that are notably prevalent in the elderly. This essay will also consider the future role of the nurse and how their profession will be impacted in response to these trends. WHY DO WE FACE AN AGING CRISIS? As fertility rates
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physician shortage rather than a surplus in the United States. The amount of medical schools has been steady and graduates have been limited by admission capacity The Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HHS) through a continuously approved legislation ask that “the Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998 which gave the authority for the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee to study the personnel issues in medicine.” (Cooper, 2003) In a report
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FUTURE OF NURSING ROLES EXAMINED Christian A. Bagley Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V 05/06/2013 Future of Nursing Roles Examined Healthcare, specifically nursing, has come to the forefront of discussion recently in regards to dramatic changes in roles, education, and leadership. The changes are necessary to move forward in the volatile socio-economic times that the industry is currently facing. The move toward a deeper education development for all nursing roles, the strong push toward
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Vision for the future of nursing Currently, health care in the US has been made accessible and affordable to everyone, as evidenced by the increase in the number of patients in the health care system. The nursing profession is already facing numerous challenges to deliver good quality and safe patient care. Therefore, there is a need for growth in remodeling the nursing profession to meet the high demand of an aging population with more complex needs. The nurses have to quickly adapt to a new
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Justina Van Dyne Grand canyon University NRS430V 11/30/2014 The current health care system in the United States is undergoing many and various changes, and since nursing represents the largest healthcare profession, with more than 2.8 million registered nurses (HRSA, 2013), it has become accepted that this sector will face significant transformation as well. Some of the current trends that are driving these changes in our healthcare system consist of the aging of the population, particularly
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life. Having to choose between doctor visits or putting food on the table. The purpose of this paper is to provide the current level of national health care expenditures, explain whether or not the spending is too much or not enough, and explain where the nation should add or cut and why and how the public’s health care needs are paid for in the future. Whether or not the spending is too much or not enough The United States is currently undergoing major and tragic budget cuts due to the nation’s
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