01:920:210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gene Therapy, Utilization Management, Health Care
8 Sep 2016
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Knowledge hypothesis: you learn things that you didn"t know before. Motivation hypothesis: you are typically more driven to get a good job. You have an opportunity to live with a high quality of life. Health behavior hypothesis: people without higher level education have a tendency for more risky behaviors. Genetic hypothesis: possibly, you got good genes from you parents. Us has the best medical knowledge in the world. All depends on the type/quality of health insurance you have. We are the only modern country in which all citizens do not have access to universal healthcare. Hard to measure the health of a population. Explore medical care myths: use infant mortality rates and average lifespan to measure health of a population. Lecture #2/3: used by people in traditional medical roles. Offset problem: 40% cases brought to doctors, doctor"s don"t even know what is wrong with patients: more medical care doesn"t always make things better, often making things worst.
