Using A Primary Care Physician : The
rising cost of health
care ushered in the health management organization (HMO)
or 'managed care' concept of the past two decades. In
managed care the patient chooses a primary care physician
(PCP) that oversees their medical interactions, often being the
point of contact as well as providing diagnosis and referral.
Most managed care organizations use primary care physicians
(PCPs) as gatekeepers, controlling access to specialty care.
This 10 page paper argues that the disadvantages far
outweigh the advantages for consumers and providers in
using a primary care physician as an initial contact and as
'gatekeeper' to further services. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
KTpriphy.wps
Issues Affecting Healthcare For The
Elderly : An 8 page
discussion of the factors affecting health care for the elderly.
Discusses the increasing life spans, the ever-improving
medical technology, health rationing and managed care.
Bibliography lists 11 sources. Hlthed.wps
Medication & Illness / Essential
Contributors to Mental
Impairment in Elderly? : A 10 page paper discussing the
intellect and cognitive abilities in the elderly illustrating that
the main contributors to mental impairment can be directly
traced to illness and prescribed medications. Other
possibilities are also discussed within the literature review,
such as the relationship surgery has to mental impairment. A
large portion of the literature review discusses a study
performed by Starr et al., which indicates the normal decline
of mental impairment in healthy senior citizens 70 years of
age and older. This is provided to better illustrate what
normal cognitive loss may entail, thereby leaving room to
better explain what the additional mental impairment can be
attributed to. Findings illustrate that medication and illness
rarely have any significant effect on mental impairment.
Bibliography lists 12 sources. Eldermed.wps
The Application of the Theory of
Constraints in the
Medication Delivery Systems in a Hospital : This 6 page
paper provides an overview of the Theory of Constraints, a
management technique utilized to determine a cost-effective
approach which is frequently incorporated with activity-based
costing to improve short-term performance. This paper
applies the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to the management
of medication delivery systems in a hospital setting.
Bibliography lists 4 sources. MHconstr.wps
Nursing Budgeting : A 5 page paper
discussing some of the
realities that involve the nursing industry today in relationship
to budgeting a nursing unit. Nurses are gaining more
responsibility in many various areas of the health care
industry and the budgeting of nursing care is just one of the
new responsibilities being administered to nurses within their
unique units. Each nurse has the capability to understand the
needs of the unit in a very specialized way and as such they
are becoming the individuals whose ideas are essential to the
budgeting aspect of their particular brand of health care. A
definition of the various terms used in budgeting is included,
followed by a brief scenario which illustrates the budget
breakdown of a particular nursing unit. Bibliography lists 3
sources. RAnurse.wps
Cost-Benefit Analysis & Health Care :
As health care costs
soar, health care providers and governmental agencies have
struggled to determine the cost effectiveness of procedures,
clinical processes and medical settings. This 11 page paper
reflects the nature of cost benefits analysis and the
implications for the health care industry. Bibliography lists 6
sources. Costben.wps
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