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National Health Plan, 2002.
Discusses the need for a national health plan in the United States.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze how and why a national health plan should be introduced in the United States. Health care in the United States is a big business. As such, a national health plan threatens the bottom lines of gigantic health maintenance organizations who have fought national health care consistently. They fight a plan that could cause their demise, but ensure the increased health and well being of millions of Americans. The paper argues that it is time we stopped letting big business set the agenda for the health of the American people.
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"However, there were many proponents to the plan. Some experts felt the plan was not comprehensive enough, and did not cover enough basic, preventative health care. For example, the plan did not cover some areas of mental health treatment, such as alcoholism. Others felt it should not be affiliated at all with health insurance plans. Then there were the social implications of including such treatments as abortion, physician assisted suicide, and euthanasia in the areas of treatment. All of these concerns were eventually answered, but they raised questions in the minds of the public that were never quite eliminated."
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National Health Care, 2002.
A discussion of the need for a national health care policy in the U.S..
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 106.95
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This twelve-page undergraduate paper examines and analyzes whether the United States should adopt a national health care policy. Upon an evaluation of the issue the paper concludes that a national health care policy is required in order to honor our nation's long commitment to equality and justice for all Americans, not just those with money or political influence.
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National Health Service, 2004.
This paper examines the National Health Service in the United Kingdom.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper explores the National Health Service (N.H.S.) in the United Kingdom. In this study, the writer claims that the N.H.S. is in crisis. The writer explains that this crisis results from extensive progress in the field of medicine, together with high expectations of the N.H.S. to offer top health care, at no cost to the individual patient. In addition, this paper explores the quality of management within the N.H.S.
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"The N.H.S. has been in existence for many years. Each successive government has tried to reform the system in order to make it more efficient and effective. The N.H.S. is in crisis and the crisis results from the extraordinary advances in medical science, combined with expectations that the NHS will provide the finest health care anywhere at no cost to the patient. This paper explores how rationing reduces the quality of health care and the alternatives to rationing."
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National Health Insurance, 1999.
Examines the background, pros & cons, funding proposals and politics of national health insurance.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 16 sources, $ 47.95
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"NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES
Summary of Recent History of the Issue
Health care costs in the United States, as a proportion of gross national product, increased from 1981?8.1 percent to 1990?12.2 percent. Health care spending as a proportion of gross domestic product is higher in the United States than in any other country (Heidenheimer, Heclo, & Adams, 1995). Such spending is three-times higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom. Such a differential might be justified if health outcomes in the United States were clearly superior to this in Britain. Health outcomes in the United States, however, are often inferior to those in the United Kingdom (Appleby, 1992). Infant mortality is 10 percent more prevalent in the United States than in Britain. Male life expectancy in Britain is four.."
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UK Nationalized Health Care System, 2004.
This paper discusses the survivability of the UK nationalized health care system by reviewing its history, organization, and programs, and by comparing it to three other nationalized health services.
13,850 words (approx. 55.4 pages), 31 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper explains that the NHS was established on the principle of the collective responsibility of the state to implement a comprehensive health care system designed to meet the health care needs of the total population, in which all UK citizens would have equal access to health care services at no charge. The author points out that it was assumed, as health care improved, demand would decrease; but, within a very short period, the government found itself faced with too little funding to meet the persistent demand. The paper contends that Japan, Sweden, and Canada appear to have incorporated better provisions to insure that equal access is guaranteed to constituents as compared to the UK?s NHS. Table.
Table of Contents
Historical Perspective
Organization of the Study
Summary of 2000 NHS Plan
Current and Future Health Status and Healthcare Needs in the UK
Alternative Health Care Systems
Review of Healthcare Systems in OECD Countries
Japan
Sweden
Canada
Comparison of NHS with the Healthcare Systems of Japan, Sweden and Canada
World Health Organization and Health Care Funding
Current Trends in Healthcare Privatization
Conclusions
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"The Plan, as reported by the Department of Health (2000), is also designed to insure that the needs of the elderly are better met. The Plan includes the incorporation of national standards for caring for older people to ensure that ageism is not tolerated and personal care plans for the elderly and their caregivers will be provided, with nursing home services made free by 2004. There also will be an additional ?900 million package of new intermediate care services to allow older people to live more independent lives. The NHS Plan also includes further efforts to insure that inequalities amongst patients are targeted, with a focus on increasing and improving primary care in deprived areas; the introduction of screening programs for women and children; the provision of step up smoking cessation services; and the provision of free fruit in schools for 4-6 year olds."
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Nationalized Health Care, 2006.
This paper discusses potential problems of nationalized health care.
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This paper explains that the primary reason for the increased concern about nationalized health care is the growing demographic in the U.S. of the 60-80 year old age group and their required medical care and maintenance. The author points out that two solutions considered are a national health care system and a 'play or pay' system, each of which has its drawbacks and benefits; however, many critics feel that neither system would be advantageous for the U.S. The paper stresses that a national health care system, which forces employers to purchase health insurance could be devastating to employees because employers, who might have difficulties paying the additional costs, might have to hire fewer employees or even let some employees go.
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"Recently the state of Massachusetts has touted the fact that it is considering creating a law that forces its citizens to have health insurance. On the face of it, health insurers would probably be happy about that, after all more individuals purchasing their product would make any company happy, right? Not necessarily. Having to cover every individual, even unhealthy or at-risk individuals, could cost the firms more revenue than what they could generate with the additional customers."
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National Institutes of Health, 2002.
An examination of the role of this institution and the way it is connected to the medical practice.
1,420 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This research examines the National Institutes of Health and the connection that this health-related government entity has with the profession of physician's assistant. The research sets forth the context in which the NIH may be useful to the physician's assistant profession in general, and in particular, to the day-to-day performance of assistant duties on behalf of physicians, patients, or both.
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"The best way of getting at the way the NIH can be of use to physicians' assistants is to understand how the NIH, which a health agency under the authority of the U.S. Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services, is organized and the principal bureaucratic role it serves in the federal system. As the core document of the NIH explains, the mission of the agency "is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone" (http://www.nih.gov). What that comes down to is that the NIH is meant to function as an authoritative information resource, or, in more up-to-date parlance, as an authoritative data base, upon which practitioners, institutions, and recipients of medical care may draw, with a view toward accomplishing the physical and mental well-being of the body politic, individually and as a mass. The practical form that this mission has taken in recent years has been the emergence of Internet-based health-information resources sponsored and produced by the NIH, either directly, in documents, programs, and policies of its own, or indirectly, by functioning as a conduit to non-NIH resources of which NIH may be aware."
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National Health Care, 2000.
An examination of the problems with the health care system and the need for a national plan, includes Medicare, insurance, economics, HMOs, access to and quality of care, politics and recommendations.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 11 sources, $ 119.95
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"Background of the Problem (Introduction)
Within the pluralistic structure of the U.S. health system, most Americans under the age of 65 are covered by either the employment, or by that of their spouses. About 65 percent of Americans are also covered by private insurance, both group and individual. The remainder of the people either receives health care through Medicaid or does not have health care at all (Gold, 1999, p. 5). One of the problems that has emerged is that increasing numbers of people are uninsured and have no access to health care. A large share of these people includes increasing numbers of children from impoverished families who are either unaware of the programs or are ineligible for some reasons (Gold, 1999, p. 5). Even for the people who are covered by insurance, the quality of health care needs to be greatly..."
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Nationalized Health Care, 2002.
This paper reviews the Navarro report on the Spanish National Health Service and applies it to the United States.
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 16 sources, $ 45.95
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This paper states that it would be beneficial for the U.S. to implement a nationalized health care program. The paper reports that Navarro examines how the elimination of the cost barrier provides encouragement for individuals to seek health services. The author believes that the many factions which make-up the operation of the US health care service, such as doctors, insurance companies, hospitals and various population segments would work against the policies aimed at creating a nationalized health care program.
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"In the first paragraph, Navarro makes the assertion that the ?Commission of Social Inequalities in Health? found that ? social inequalities in the use of the Spanish National Health Service have disappeared?. In other words, the variables such as: cost, access, and quality of care no longer inhibit certain sectors of the population from utilizing health care services. It is clear that within the United States certain persons are more likely to use health care services due to the ability to pay and access those resources. It is important that the U.S. looks to Spain?s model as a way to decrease medical inequalities."
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National Health Insurance Plans, 2007.
A discussion on American health care services and their affordability.
2,419 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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The paper discusses the vast differences between the cost of health services in the United States and the delivery of health services in the United States. The paper examines how measuring the success of medical care is one of the greatest challenges that regulators and providers face in assessing the current level of care and the success of new plans that are designed to alleviate the stresses being placed on the current system. The paper analyzes the groups attempting to find an accurate measurement tool for assessing the quality of care for managed care plans.
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Part 1: Expectations of Quality
Current State of Quality Measurement
Stakeholder Expectations
Part II: A Case Study
Part III: Source Evaluation
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"Currently most performance measures are developed internally by the organization (Isham). This creates a situation on a national level where research and development capabilities cannot be used on a national level. Private standardization is better than no standardization, but this is not likely to lead to the changes needed on a national level to help control the crisis."
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The British National Health Service (NHS), 2007.
An examination of the British healthcare system, from it's inception to its current challenges.
1,570 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper discusses the NHS, and describes how, in spite of inadequate budgets, both infant mortality and life expectancy rates are comparable to other modern Western countries. The paper explores how, at the same time that costs are soaring, the number of people needing services is rising, but those contributing to the social security funds are shrinking. The paper concludes that, while the NHS solved a medical emergency in 1948 when it was founded, it will have to continue to grow and evolve, and continue to find creative solutions to the problems it will face in the future, if it is to remain a viable health care solution for Great Britain.
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"Great Britain also struggles with emergency care. In a hospital study conducted in 2003, NHS evaluators evaluated a hospital in the town of Hackney to see whether it met the government's target of a maximum of a four-hour wait for emergency care before either being admitted or released. The hospital performed quite well. However, the hospital knew the evaluation was coming. It pulled medical staff from other departments. The director of the hospital acknowledged that the hospital could not sustain that pace over time and that they had taken extraordinary lengths to keep the emergency room better staffed than it was typically."
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National Health Care, 1993.
A look at the cost containment, insurers, Clinton's plan, the role of the government, the single-payer model, funding and politics.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 21 sources, $ 47.95
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"There is virtually no segment of the American economy-- government, business, industry, or the general public--which does not acknowledge that health care in the U.S. has reached the "crisis" point. With nearly 15 percent of the American population not covered by private medical insurance or government-funded benefits (estimates range between 35 million and 37 million, of which 70-80 percent are employed) (Thomas 32; Bell 44; Shapiro 33; Miller 21; and others), and a health care system which consumed over $800 billion in 1992--more than 14 percent of Gross National Product (GNP)--and, if left unchecked at its present rate of growth, will consume nearly one-third of GNP by the year 2030, and add $1 trillion to the national debt by the end of this decade (Fuchs 631; Bell 44; Dentzer (1992) 26; and others), major health care reform initiated at the federal..."
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Revitalization Act of 1993, 1999.
Policy analysis of Title XVIII, dealing with conduct of AIDS research.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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"TITLE XVIII, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1993: A POLICY ANALYSIS
Introduction
This research develops a policy analysis of Title XVIII of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, hereinafter referred to as the Act. The National Institutes of Health is a confederacy of 24 organizational units, or agencies, that ?seek to expand fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and to apply that knowledge to improve the health of human beings? (Varmus, 1996, p. 1). The elements of this analysis are issues addressed, regulatory implementation, how the legislation will be evaluated, and factors related to agency creation and responsible agency.
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Nationalized Health Insurance, 2006.
An analysis of the problems facing the nationalize health insurance in America and possible solutions to this dilemma.
2,042 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper analyzes the state of the nationalize health insurance in the U.S. It describes the main factors contributing to the inability of the working poor and the lower-middle class to find medical insurance and discusses their increasing health care costs. The paper then discusses various possible solutions to the growing health insurance dilemma.
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"Those who do not believe that Taiwan is sufficiently similar to the United States may feel like the success of a national insurance program in Taiwan does not indicate that an American system would find similar success. Of course, the logical response to these objections is to point out that America and Canada are tremendously similar countries, but that Canada has had a nationalized health insurance program since the 1960s. (Krauss). In addition, many European countries, which share the same capitalist economic system as the United States, have extremely successful nationalized health insurance programs."
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The Education System in Britain, 2004.
An analysis of Britain's educational system with a focus on class differences.
1,245 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines whether the United Kingdom's education system is a 'ladder of opportunity' or whether it simply reflects, reinforces and reproduces existing class differences. The paper discusses research that supports the supposition that education within Britain is not a ladder of opportunity but rather a hierarchical establishment. The paper contends that much reform is needed from the world of academia and the government before true change can be realized.
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Introduction
Analysis
Conclusion & Recommendation
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"The education system in Britain currently exists as a hierarchical system enabling class differences to continue to persist despite some policy changes that would help facilitate a more equitable program for all involved. Is the educational system a ladder of opportunity? A ladder of opportunity should be considered something that facilitates achievement for all individuals irrespective of their race, national origin or social class. Many consider the educational system a "ladder of opportunity" because education can facilitate achievement and professional growth and wealth for those that pursue it to its highest levels. However, within the UK the education system is not equitably accessible to all levels of the population, and because of this the system actually reinforces and perpetuates existing class differences that already exist within the country. "
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