HLTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Managed Care, Wield, High Standard Manufacturing Company
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Convergence hypothesis: the thesis that health care systems become increasingly similar over time because of similar scientific technological economic and epidemio logical pressures. Mechanic and rochefort argue that doctors always seek the most current medical knowledge and technology, to increase their standards, prestige and incomes. I(cid:374) (cid:396)e(cid:272)e(cid:374)t de(cid:272)ades" glo(cid:271)alizatio(cid:374) has e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)ded a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to su(cid:272)h k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge as do(cid:272)to(cid:396)s a(cid:396)e increasingly use medical journals and internet resources from the world and medical and pharmaceutical corporations market new technologies internationally. Economic pressures can push health care systems inadvertently toward convergence. The privatization of health care: encouraging the private purchase of health care, the private practice of medicine for profit and encouraging the operation of market forces in health care. Demographic changes also promote convergence- as population aged around the world. , health care systems had a shift towards chromic degenerative diseases rather than acute diseases. Therefore, the globalization of knowledge increased peoples expectattions because they start comparing themselves with their neighbours.
