PHS 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Universal Design, Health Equity, Prescription Drug
14 May 2019
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Who is a part of the healthcare system: patient, affordable, accessible: you can get treatment when you need it i. Religion: best outcomes, care, environment, payers insurers , treatments covered/exclusions, profits - cost - premiums, care - support service to encourage lifestyle i. Questions: how is system organized, what contributes to cost, what determines access, what is relationship between cost and access, how does the u. s. compare to other high . U. s. healthcare system: rising costs: advanced medical technology, aging population, treatment of chronic diseases. Increasing prevalence a: administrative costs, effect of litigation: defensive medicine, use of technologies > increase cost, demands by patients, profitable for providers. U. s. healthcare system: most expensive in the world (fig. 27. 2: quality, u. s. ranks 26-27/34 in life expectancy, 27/30 infant mortality, does not provide universal access to care, 44-98,000 fatal medical errors (i. o. m, high admin costs, decentralization, multiple payers, racial and ethnic disparities.
