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Impact of Health Policy

Health Policies, Behavior,

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Impact of Health Policy

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    1. Impact of Health Policy Health Policy Objectives Quality of life Access to health care Advancing technology, educational opportunities Improving physical environment, safety Improving nutrition Modifying unsafe behaviors

    2. Health Policies, Behavior, & Genetics Leading causes of death reflect behavioral choices Health policies can increase research funding that sheds light and creates positive influences on behaviors through educational information.

    3. Impact of Health Policy Health Policies & the Environment Physical environment Behavior & biology Sociocultural and socioeconomic Living conditions Availability and Access to health services Language barriers Lack of providers

    4. Health Policies and Health Services Access Health services: preventive, acute, chronic, restorative or palliative. Money, people and technology

    5. Continued Money: technology, high prices,specialized practices, high wages People: highly trained workforce Technology: the application of science to pursue health How do health policies impact these resources?

    6. Individuals, Orgs, Int. Groups Individuals and organizations become involved with interest groups as a way to address their interests. All policies affect individuals Mission, objectives, structures, resources, and quality of leadership influence organizational accomplishments

    7. Health Care System U.S. health care system shaped by decisions & actions in free marketplace. Market forces and public policies shaped our complex healthcare system.

    8. Health Care System Pub. Policy has facilitated and supported the health care system Fee-for-service Managed care Horizontal integration Vertical integration

    9. Common Policy Interests Access to service Cost and revenues of services Structure of the h.c. sys. Needs of special populations Service quality

    10. Types of Health-Related Orgs. Secondary: - produces resources for primary providers - facilitates work of primary providers - educational institutions - pharm. & med. supply co. - ins. co. and health plans

    11. Types of Health-Related Orgs. Primary: - provide services directly to consumers - autonomous and independent - often vertically integrate into organized del. system to reshape the system - provides continuum of health services

    12. Interest Groups Significant features of int. grps. relating to policymaking process: -exists b/o collective interest - seek to influence policymaking process -analysis of process -solidarity groups -primary and secondary provider groups -represent selected populations

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