PBHL 2214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heart Failure, Medical Tourism, Shared Decision-Making In Medicine

• School: Temple University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PBHL 2214
• Professor: Dr.Rexing

Document Summary

The us health system lacks the capacity to integrate its work over time and across sites of care. There is not a lot of follow-up prevention that would cut the rate of readmission for congestive heart failure. Around 40% of patients return to the hospital. The us spends a lot of healthcare, almost double of the next most costly nation while ranking 31st among nations on life expectancy. We pay more but don"t receive better healthcare. Our nation is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee universal health insurance to its citizens. The us will not have great healthcare unless a broader system of linked goals is pursued. Triple aim will improve the individuals experience of care, improve the health of populations, and reduce the per capita cost of care for populations. Goals from triple aim are dependent on each other, pursing 1 goal can either positively or negatively affect the other two.