Doing the Right Thing ... for Safety Net Health Services
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Release : 1996
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Subcommittee on Public Health
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
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Author : Philip W. Brickner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Health services accessibility
ISBN : 9780393028850
A major study drawing on the work of nineteen programs across the nation devoted to the care of the homeless. Describes the dimensions of the problem and discusses remedies and strategies for its solution.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 39,5 MB
Release : 2000-09-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 030906497X
America's Health Care Safety Net explains how competition and cost issues in today's health care marketplace are posing major challenges to continued access to care for America's poor and uninsured. At a time when policymakers and providers are urgently seeking guidance, the committee recommends concrete strategies for maintaining the viability of the safety netâ€"with innovative approaches to building public attention, developing better tools for tracking the problem, and designing effective interventions. This book examines the health care safety net from the perspectives of key providers and the populations they serve, including: Components of the safety netâ€"public hospitals, community clinics, local health departments, and federal and state programs. Mounting pressures on the systemâ€"rising numbers of uninsured patients, decline in Medicaid eligibility due to welfare reform, increasing health care access barriers for minority and immigrant populations, and more. Specific consequences for providers and their patients from the competitive, managed care environmentâ€"detailing the evolution and impact of Medicaid managed care. Key issues highlighted in four populationsâ€"children with special needs, people with serious mental illness, people with HIV/AIDS, and the homeless.
Author : Sheldon Friedman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 36,44 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780913447819
Topics covered include public pensions in the OECD, social security, the state of private pensions, prospects for National Health Insurance in the United States, medicare, contingent workers : health and pension security, benefits for same-sex partners.
Author : Bill Frist
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2001-11
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Author : Bill Runciman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 17,23 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1317060016
As more and more people survive into old age, the burden of caring for them becomes greater and greater. Although it is now possible to alleviate many of the afflictions that beset mankind, no society can afford to pay for all the healthcare that is now available or technically possible. People working in healthcare increasingly have to do more with less. Rationing takes many forms, mostly covert, and the less privileged in most societies end up struggling to get their proper share of the available healthcare resources. All too often, those in the front-line have to deal with the consequences of this 'rationing by default': healthcare professionals find themselves rushed off their feet simply doing the basic tasks and completing all the paperwork; placing frail, sick people in ever lengthening queues, sometimes asking them to wait for hours in the middle of the night under uncomfortable and even unsafe conditions; and, worst of all, working under conditions they would rather avoid in which the safety margin for those they are caring for has been greatly diminished. We are all aware that under these conditions the chance of making a mistake which can seriously harm or even lead to the death of a patient is greatly increased. But what can be done about this? How can you be sure that you are doing the right thing when faced with having to practise an uncertain science on vulnerable patients in a complex system under ever-changing conditions? At what point could you cross the invisible line from reasonable to irresponsible or unethical behaviour by tolerating conditions or tacitly accepting practices which may be regarded as unacceptable, even though you may have little immediate control over them? This book is a guide to getting it right for healthcare professionals. It is about doing the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, for the right people. These are the dimensions of quality in healthcare, and although some are in conflict (equitable access and efficiency, for example), adherence to ethical practice and professional behaviour will help lead healthcare practitioners through the minefield of responsibilities and priorities. Real-life situations are integral to the book, with over 500 clinical examples referred to within the text.
Author : Mike Huckabee
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781595230546
Part campaign memoir, part manifesto, this work from the former governor of Arkansas and a rising star of the Republican party lays out his optimistic vision for America's future. 8-page b&w photo insert.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health
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Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,94 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
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Page : 92 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 2000
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