HSCI 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter private vs public: Mammography, Fallacy

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 305
• Professor: Laurie Goldsmith

Document Summary

"user fees would stop waste and ensure better use of the healthcare system" Patients (aging populations) are rampantly abusing (depleting) the resources in healthcare system because they can get them for free. User fees would stop waste and ensure better use of the healthcare system because people would be more responsible by paying a charge for every health service used. User fees lowers the patients visit times to doctors, especially for high-risk and low income patients. User fees lead patients to skip the doctors" visit and treatment and results in sicker patients and more visits to hospital emergency departments. "for-profit ownership of facilities would lead to a more efficient healthcare system" "for-profit facilities can provide medical services more efficiently and with a lower price tag" Health spending is higher and increased faster in communities served by for-profit hospitals compared to non-profit communities o o. Hospital spent more on administration for each patient day.