|HCS/490 Version 2 | | |Health Care Consumer: Trends and Marketing | Copyright © 2010, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description In this course, students will have the opportunity to examine the traits, trends, and needs of today's health care consumer. Students will examine current consumer information
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Demographic Paper Axia College of University of Phoenix Health Care Consumer - Trends and Marketing HCS/490 Russell Wettstein August 14, 2011 Demographic Paper The targeted population that will be explored in this paper is childhood obesity in the United States focusing on children aged between two through17. The surgeon general has labeled child obesity in America as an epidemic supported by statistics that in the last 30 years childhood obesity has tripled. The two
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Demographic Paper Melissa Kirk HCS/490 Health Care Consumer – Trends and Marketing 9/16/2013 Professor Jennifer Johnson Demographic Paper Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the final stage for the HIV disease. AIDS is one of the leading causes of death among people in the United States as well as the rest of the world. African Americans are the ethnic group that has been most affected by HIV. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “African Americans have
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Communication Paper May 20, 2014 HCS/490 Health Care Consumer: Trends and Marketing Communication is define as the act of using words, signs, sounds and writing to relate a message from person to person. In healthcare communication is a cornerstone where everything else develops from whether it be from patient provider relationship to an emergency treatment to a patient. With advances in technology the way we communicate has change to a more technological aspect in this date in
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Aging Demographics in Health Care Cynthia Mays HCS/490 University of Phoenix January 19, 2012 Aging Demographics in Health Care The expected growth of the older population in the United States over the next fifty years will have an exceptional impact on the U.S. health care system. Population aging is a complex issue that concerns not only the well-being of today’s older American’s but also comprehensive areas and sectors affecting the total
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Demographic Paper University of Phoenix Valerye Rogers HCS/490- Health care Consumer- Trends and Marketing Thomas Kehoe, Instructor July 12, 2010 Demographic Paper In the following, the author was designated by the senior management team at a community hospital to write a summary on the effects of changes in population demographics on the needs and services for a selected population. The author must identify the population on which the case study will focus on the aging population, patients
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Demographics – Impact of the Aging Population Your Name Here University of Phoenix HCS/490 Health Care Consumer – Trends and Marketing Demographics Demographics is the study of the population as it pertains to particular geographic areas concerning age, sex, race, income, disability, and a host of other determining factors. Demographics of a population can be obtained through various means, the of the most reliable is that obtained through the government census. As instructed
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Long-Term Care Phyllis E, Adams HCS 490/Health Care Consumer: Trends and Marketing March 31, 2014 Dr. Eboni Green Long-Term Care As the “baby boomers” reach retirement age there will be many questions raised concerning how our society will sustain certain systems that support the current and future retired population. With newer health initiatives people are living longer and in better health than in the past. The irony is that this is one of the dynamics that will put a strain on our economic
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea in adults Demographic Paper Walter Pacheco HCS 490 Health Care Consumer trends and Marketing Tuesday 13, 2012 Melinda O'Brien Obstructive Sleep Apnea in adults Demographic Paper This paper is about the demographics on obstructive sleep apnea on adults comparing between Hispanic (Baldwin, Rernaga-Ornelas, Caudillo-Cisneros, Márquez-Gamiño, & Quan, 2012), African American, and Caucasian populations (Ram, Seirawan, Kumar, & Clark, 2009). Data shows how each
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CONTROLLING HEALTH CARE COSTS WHILE PROMOTING THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH OUTCOMES American College of Physicians A White Paper 2009 Controlling Health Care Costs While Promoting the Best Possible Health Outcomes Summary of Position Paper Approved by the ACP Board of Regents, September 2009 What are the Major Drivers of Health Care Costs? Major drivers of health care costs include: inappropriate utilization especially of advanced medical technology, lack of patient involvement in decision-making
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