HLTH_SCI 4300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tort Reform, Defensive Medicine, Health Promotion
12 Mar 2017
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Netherlands, new zealand, and the uk: private health care spending accounts for a large portion of the difference between spending in the us and in other industrialized countries. Hospital business structures: public: operated either by the federal, state, or local government, federal: 3 federal government agencies operate hospitals the department of. Defense for active military members, the indian health service for native. Medicare and medicaid are in some sense funded by the government: not-for-profit: hospital mainstays that historically stem from charity institutions for the poor; typically maintain a commitment to charity care, though this is often not their primary focus. Profit is reinvested in the hospital or community, rather than given to shareholders. Economics terms and concepts: normal good: any goods for which demand increases when income increases (i. e. , you consume more of a good because your income has increased, such as switching from an off-brand to a name brand shoe)
