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Type:Individual Project
Unit:Industries Within Health Care
Due Date:Wed 3/22/17
Grading Type:Numeric
Points Possible:250
Points Earned:0
Deliverable Length:6-7 pages
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Consider the following major sectors within health care:
Based on insights that you have gained throughout the course and this weeks lesson write a paper of 67 pages that discusses the following:
Ensure that you integrate economic terms frameworks and models throughout the review.
Finally recommend policy updates changes and revisions to each sector that will address the opportunities and challenges within the industry.
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PR Newswire. (2015 January 22).Global long-term care software (nursing homes home health agencies assisted living facilities) market – forecast to 2019. Retrieved July 30 2015 from the Biography in Context database in the CEC Library.
PR Newswire. (2014 March 23).Profiles of 11 top-tier home health care companies in new in-depth market research report. Retrieved July 30 2015 from the Biography in Context database in the CEC Library.Reference
Thestate of the pharmaceutical industry[image]. (2012). Retrieved from the Visual.ly Web site: http://visual.ly/state-pharmaceutical-industry
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MarketLine. (2014).Global health care equipment & supplies 130. Retrieved July 30 2015 from the Business Source Complete database in the CEC Library.
MarketLine. (2014).Health care equipment & supplies in the United States 134. Retrieved July 30 2015 from the Business Source Complete database in the CEC Library.References
Devereaux P. Heels-Ansdell D. Lacchetti C. Haines T. Burns K. E. A. Cook D. J. et al. (2004). Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: A systemic review and meta-analysis.Canadian Medical Association Journal170(12)18171824.
For-profit hospitals are costlier than non-profits.(2004 June 7). Retrieved from the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) Web site: http://www.pnhp.org/news/2004/june/forprofit_hospitals.php
For-profit hospitals deliver inferior care at inflated prices and cost Medicare an extra $5.2 billion annually.(1999 August). Retrieved from the Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care Web site: http://cthealth.server101.com/pnhp_nejm_for_profit_hospitals.htm
Shahpoori K. P. & Smith J. (2005 June 29). Wages in profit and nonprofit hospitals and universities.Compensation and Working Conditions Online.Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20050624ar01p1.htm
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Boughton B. (2009 April 15). New growth and new challenges in palliative care: An expert interview with Porter Storey MD.Medscape Medical News. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/591101
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