being treated at a health center at Gila River Native Reservation in Sacaton, Arizona, which services seven Districts in Pinal County, Arizona. The facility services Native clients from all tribes and of all ages. The center provides services at the hospital where clients are seen in the emergency room or admitted to the hospital. There is a Diabetes Center where clients receive treatment for diabetes (Brief Solution Focused, Case Management, Narrative Therapy, One-on-One and Family Counseling, Weight, A1C monitoring, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Group Counseling and Family Therapy). There is also a Podiatry Center within the hospital and a pharmacy. In addition, the hospital has its own transportation department that…
whom needed urgent care for a similar health problem. While they were traveling in England, the wife fell ill, and as a result she went to an English hospital. Her total healthcare bill was $37; all she had to pay for was the prescription medication, despite the many diagnostic tests performed. England is on a national healthcare program that provides care for all people in the country, which to the woman’s surprise included her as a visitor. Shortly after the couple’s return…
For decades, a solution has been searched for to solve the problems of health care in the United States. The most major issue being the constant imbalance of cost, access, and quality. Many countries around the world have been utilizing the system of socialized health care for years, including Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. These three international health systems will be analyzed in terms of organization, finances, outcomes in relation to cost, access, and quality, as well as the…
“Affordable universal health care for every single American must not be a question of whether, it must be a question of how” (Obama 1). In a country that spends the most in the world on health care, one would expect world class health care available to everybody, but that is not the case in the U.S. The need for reform has been recognized throughout the history of U.S. health care, but no major reform has ever fixed the problems, only delayed the consequences that the U.S. health care system has…
Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society (Heiman, Smith, McKool, Mitchell & Roth Bayer, 2016). It provides the context in and framework in which health care and public health systems operate. Most of the design and operation of the nation’s health care system is intertwined with the national economic and political environment (Williams & Torrens, 2008). An explicit health policy can achieve…
When thinking of healthcare system in America you do not think of friendly, free, or universal. In America the healthcare is in favor of the wealthy and the individuals who have good insurance. They will give little to no proper care to the individuals that do not have health care insurance. Luckily we now have Obama Care, yet we still do not have free universal health care like Canada, England, France and even Cuba. We are ranked number 37 according to World Health Organization’s Ranking of the…
Switzerland, and South Africa? Does their healthcare differ from the United States healthcare system? There are so many things I have discovered about each country. Healthcare systems are designed to restore and/or maintain health. Cuba and Switzerland have universal healthcare systems. Depending on which country you live in will determine whether healthcare is free or not. As I research these three countries, I have discovered that the lack of technology, the cost of healthcare coverage, and…
US Health System is one the most expensive in the world. The US population pays a large sum of money to get what? Poor Quality, little to no insurance coverage and poor access to care. The US population needs health care coverage and insurance plans to stay healthy, to work and to be a productive member in society. The healthcare system as a whole is lacking the watchfulness that it needs to care for the people that live here. We need to make a change in how we provide care for those who cannot…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is part of the executive branch and presides over much of the health care within the country by implementing health policy. Through policy, some of the most significant advances in the 20th century have occurred. The health of the population has been greatly improved by the government’s management of immunizations, motor-vehicle safety, workplace safety, safe and healthy food handling, family planning, fluoridation of drinking water, control…
Healthcare Systems A healthcare system can be defined as a series of interactions between an individual and a professional care-giver under circumstances involving health (Gilles, 2003). The healthcare system is then often divided into three sectors; primary, secondary, and tertiary care (Bodenheimer and Grumbach, 2009). Primary healthcare involves the treatment and prevention of common health problems in a community based setting. Secondary care focuses on the healthcare problems requiring…