HLTHAGE 2BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Disease Mongering, Unintended Consequences, Antipsychotic
16 Mar 2017
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Medical industrial complex - all the components involved in medical care systems: based not only on federal funding but some corporate components, encompasses medical suppliers, pharmaceutical industries, home care, ltc etc. Political economists would be interested in knowing how these industries impact aging people and construct what aging is. Uncovering inequalities and inequities involved - how gender, race ethnicity etc actually play into how these industries are shaped and what they do. Political economy comes out of the conflict perspective: how industries are built and politicized, how industries serve the older population. Population aging and healthcare costs: aging is not the primary source of healthcare costs, pharmaceuticals and technology are both driving the cost of healthcare up. Regionalization: rationalization of health care services: considered to be more cost efficient to allow regions to decide the types of care needed, unintended consequences.
