Budget Reconstruction Located in the rural mountains of Western North Carolina, Hot Springs health Program started as a need for the community. The locals found it impossible to keep a local physician in the area to treat the community so in 1970 a rural community based health clinic was started which was based on using mid-level medical providers which eliminated the need for a full time physician. The clinic continues to be the first line of medical care for the residents of the region, just as
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Self-Awareness Vulnerable populations are groups that are not well integrated into the health care system because of ethnic, cultural, economic, geographic, or health characteristics. This isolation puts members of these groups at risk for not obtaining necessary medical care, and thus constitutes a potential threat to their health. Commonly cited examples of vulnerable populations include racial and ethnic minorities, the rural and urban poor, undocumented immigrants, and people with disabilities or multiple
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is a disease that is creating a heavy burden on society. Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing. It is medically considered a disease, specifically a neurological disorder, and in medicine several other terms are used, specifically "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" which have more specific
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Health Insurance Needs, Awareness and Assessment in the Bahraich District, Uttar Pradesh JANUARY 2008 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Constella Futures, New Delhi ITAP is a three-year project funded by United States Agency for International Development under Contract No. GPO-1-01-0400015-00 beginning April 1, 2005_ The project is being implemented by Constella Futures in partnership with Bearing Point
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NAME: RAGINI BHAIA ROLL: 19 SEMESTER: 6 COURSE: BACHELOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TOPIC: PRIVATISATION IN THE INDIAN HEALTHCARE SECTOR CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1
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distribution of those resources is inherently unequal. Societies can be stratified on any number of dimensions. In the United States, the most widely recognized stratification systems are based on race, social class, and gender. Social Stratification on Health Jamaica Throughout history and even today Race and Class has placed a major impact on the identity of Jamaicans. “Race has been used to render ethnicity” (Austin-Bross, D.2006 Pg 213). Class, however is a social construct that is used to group people
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State of Advance Practice Paper There are many definitions of advanced practice nursing. Nursing’s Scope and Standards of Practice (ANA, 2014) defines APNs as having advanced specialized clinical knowledge and skills through master’s or doctoral education that prepares them for specialization, expansion, and advancement of practice. Specialization is concentrating or limiting one’s focus to part of the whole field of nursing. Expansion refers to the acquisition of new practice knowledge and skills
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The Health Status of the American Indian Bonnie Watkins Grand Canyon University The Health Status of the American Indian The American Indian has long been without adequate healthcare. It was without choice that they were forced trade their land and resources for care and protection offered by the Anglo-Americans ("Barriers," 2016). In 1955 the Indian Health Service was created to provide healthcare to the American Indians. Although the intent was good, this service has lacked the necessary
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that are available today when compared to 10 years ago has made medical care accessible to a lot more people. With this increase in number of people with easy access to medical care, pharmaceutical companies have a huge market for development and sales of medicines and hence contributing to the growth of the Pharmaceutical industry in the country. This huge cash flow in the form of increase in Income has made medical care affordable to people who previously couldn’t. Now more people have access
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Abstract The forces, which have affected the development of the health care system in the United States, are economics, technology and legal. The functioning of the health care system in economic development has become an influential issue. Health care is a predominant industry in the United States and is expected to develop further. Health care performance influences the economic growth in several rural communities. The health care system could be an influential organization and supplier of economic
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