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Health Care Costs Children Of Alcoholics
1,750 wordsLiving with a non-recovering alcoholic in the family can contribute to stress for all members of the family. Each member may be affected differently and react to this stress in the same or different way. The level of dysfunction or resiliency of the non-alcoholic spouse is usually a key factor in the effects of problems and levels of stress impacting the children. Children raised in alcoholic families have different life experiences than children raised in non-alcoholic families. Children in alc...
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Health Care Costs Teenage Smoking
1,605 wordsThis is a story about Stephanie. When she was 16 she had her first cigarette, in the back of her friends car. Her friend lit up a cigarette for herself and then offered Stephanie one. Stephanie knew that smoking was bad for you, but everyone else she knew had tried it. She wanted to feel like she fit in. She smoked the cigarette and thought to herself, "Hey, this is pretty cool. I feel so relaxed. Two years later, Stephanie was a senior and smoking a pack a day. She found it hard to make it thro...
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American Health Care Long Term Care
1,945 words... through their jobs. Employers used to buy the insurance from a third party, typically the local Blue Cross/Blue Shield not-for-profit plan. Recently the Blues have lost ground to more aggressive for-profit insurers. But their strongest competitor is now employers themselves, stung by rising health-care costs and the state authorities' burdensome regulation of the insurance industry. Federal law allows employers who "self-insure" (usually through an arm's-length intermediary) to escape state ...
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Management Seminar On Managed Health Care And Technology
1,194 wordsOf the approximately 260 million people currently living in the United States of America, every one of them has a need for effective, affordable and accessible health care coverage and services. Within the past thirty to forty years, the scope and cost of health care coverage and services has drastically changed, Altering the manner in which health care was previously managed. There are several factors that have affected the cost of healthcare coverage over the past two to three decades. One of ...
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Management Seminar On Managed Health Care And Technology
1,200 words... ies that include chemotherapy have also contributed to rising health care costs. One field of medical practice which has become notorious for being costs-increasing is the study and treatment of heart attacks. In the treatment of heart attacks the prime cost-increasing technologies like the introduction of intra coronary infusions and coronary bypass surgery. A study using Medicare claims from 1994 to 1999, report a four percent annual increase in the average reimbursement for treating elder...
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Health Care Costs Joint Ventures
1,494 wordsIntroduction Headquartered in Peoria, Ill. Caterpillar Inc. is the worlds largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. It is a fortune 100 company, ranked number 1 in its industry, with more than $ 26 billion in assets. It is a U. S. based competitor, recording half to its sales to overseas customers; Caterpillar has maintained its position as a leading U. S. exports in excess of $ 5. 2 billion in 1999. The company directl...
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Socialized Medicine In Canada Healthcare System
1,997 wordsCanadas healthcare system has been the envy of many western industrialized countries for years. England's Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspired it in 1948 when he said: The discoveries of healing science must be the inheritance of all [] Disease must be attacked whether it occurs in the poorest or the richest man or woman, simply on the ground that it is the enemy [] Our policy is to create a national health service in order to secure that everybody in the country, irrespective of means, age...
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Middle Class Families Health Care Costs
534 wordsRunning Head: Contributors to High Cost of Health Care Contributors to High Cost of Health Care (Authors Name) (Institution Name) Contributors to High Cost of Health Care Technology & Direct Factors The direct rising costs for health care is because of the increased pharmaceutical expenses; high costing new technologies, the aging of population, the increase in consumer demands, service provider consolidation, health care labor pressures etc. While health insurance premiums and medical expenses ...
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Job Related Stress Health Care Costs
2,148 wordsRunning head: EXPLORING WORKPLACE STRESS: THE FINANCIAL IMPACT BETWEEN JOB-RELATED STRESS AND HEALTH CARE COSTS Exploring Workplace Stress: The Financial Impact between Job-Related Stress and Health Care Costs March 11, 2009 SUMMARY This research was conducted to assess the costs of workplace stress from an organizational viewpoint, answering the question whether employer-controlled factors, such as workplace stress make any different in health care costs. The objectives of this research are to:...
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Job Related Stress Health Care Costs
2,089 words... et al. (2000) that interviewed six large United States corporations and embraced 46, 026 respondents, stress and stress factors make up the highest percentage of health insurance expenditures, namely, $ 6. 2 billion accounting for 7. 9 percent of all health costs. Moreover, despite the fact that employees absenteeism at the workplace due to stress and mental health problems is mostly addressed in group wage-loss indemnity plans (Paoli, 1997), the economic influence of stress-related problems...
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Health Care Reform Health Care Providers
1,908 words... elderly and disabled Americans enter nursing homes and other institutions when they would prefer to remain at home. Families exhaust their savings trying to provide for disabled relatives. Many Americans in inner cities and rural areas do not have access to quality care, due to poor distribution of doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics and support services. Public health services are not well integrated and coordinated with the personal care delivery system. Many serious health problems - such...
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Managed Care Organizations Wall Street Journal
2,148 wordsConsumers and Insurance Benefits Issues Paper The U. S. health care system continues to have serious problems, particularly in the area of coverage. Insurance benefits available for the health care consumers are certainly not enough to satisfy the growing needs for the qualified health care. Within the scope of this report, we will first analyze the current situation with US health care, to be followed by the discussion of the feasibility and relevance of the universal coverage option. First, 40...
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U S Department Health Care Costs
2,865 wordsThe Decriminalization of Steroids Everyone has a view on steroids whether or not it is shaped by mass media, schools, or peers. Not many people have a realistic idea of what steroids really are and what they do. I spent a few hours in various diet and fitness related chat rooms on the net while doing this paper and found out that the common stereotype is that all steroids are harmful and produce breasts. Some people believe supplements such as creatine and weight gain powder are steroids, which ...
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Health Care Reform Health Care Providers
2,270 wordsThe American Health Care system has prided itself on providing high quality services tothe citizens who normally cannot afford them. This system has been in place for years and until now it did a fairly decent job. The problem today is money; the cost of hospital services and doctor fees are rising faster than ever before. The government has been trying to come up with anew plan these past few years even though there has been strong opposition against a new HealthCare system. There are many reas...
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Health Care Costs Lack Of Money
2,027 wordsCanada s healthcare system has been the envy of many western industrialized countries for years. England s Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspired it in 1948 when he said: The discoveries of healing science must be the inheritance of all [ ] Disease must be attacked whether it occurs in the poorest or the richest man or woman, simply on the ground that it is the enemy [ ] Our policy is to create a national health service in order to secure that everybody in the country, irrespective of means, ...
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Health Care Costs Substance Abuse
801 wordsSubstance Abuse In the Workplace Substance abuse can lead to serious long-term consequences at every workplace. No single solution will work for every place of business; each workplace must identify which combination of policies, practices, benefits and support systems can best meet its needs. Understanding which solutions work for each employer will result in more precise, responsible decisions for their businesses, and more importantly, their employees. Substance abuse is taken the wrong way b...
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