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Describe the different types of hospitals and who they provide services to. Discuss the contributing factors that led to the downsizing of hospitals
- Describe the different types of hospitals and who they provide services to.
- Discuss the contributing factors that led to the downsizing of hospitals from 1980-2000?
- Define the purpose of the Health Maintenance Organization Act? When was it approved by Congress?
- Discuss managed care in terms of organization (MCOs, HMOs, PPOs, IPAs) and reimbursement (capitation, discounted fee-for-service).
- Describe the main characteristics of a health maintenance organization. Give examples of the 4 HMO models.
- Discuss the utilization control methods of gatekeeping and the three types of utilization review in terms of how they try to contain costs.
- Describe the different types of long-term care services that are available.
- What are activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)? What purpose do these activities serve in a long-term care setting?
- Describe the senior lunch program, "Meals-on-Wheels, focusing on who is eligible for this type of program and how it is funded.
- Discuss the role of case management in healthcare and its importance in long-term care delivery.
- Describe the impact of being an ethnic/racial minority in the United States and what impact that has on those individuals when compared with White Americans.
- Describe key health differences between men and women in terms of illness and mortality.
- Identify and briefly discuss the major health concerns of children and what makes them so vulnerable as opposed to other populations.
- Identify and briefly discuss the characteristics and health concerns of the homeless population in the United States.
- Discuss the major factors that contribute to the escalating costs of health services. How does this impact access to care?
- Explain how regulatory and allocative policies shape healthcare in America.
- Describe how an increasing elderly population is driving up healthcare costs.
- Explain how interest groups affect healthcare policy making in the U.S.
- What are the reasons that Americans in the past 100 years have rejected a national health care program?
- The Affordable Care Act is the expansion of socialized medicine beyond traditional Medicare and Medicaid. Do you believe the United States should adopt a universal health care policy like that of other industrialized nations?
