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Are there differences between how stakeholders and consumers view health care? Can these viewpoints be in conflict? Can the similarities and differences be used to drive changes in health care?

Shi, L. & Singh, D. (2012). Delivering health care in America: A system approach. (5th. ed.). Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett. (Chapters, 4, 9, 10)

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http://patimes.org/stakeholder-views-healthcare-reform-public-health-oregon/

http://www.maverickhealth.com/blog/entry/consumers-are-the-ultimate-stakeholder-in-health-care-reform/

Are there differences between how stakeholders and consumers view health care? Can these viewpoints be in conflict? Can the similarities and differences be used to drive changes in health care?

Stakeholders are focused upon how healthcare costs can reduced while also ensuring that the healthcare expansion includes more people from underserved populations. As patients get older and obesity becomes more of an epidemic within America, this has become a primary interest for stakeholders' who attempt to ensure that these aging populations are treated with the appropriate care. Nurse shortages, primary care physician shortages, and other healthcare shortages have resulted in the healthcare stakeholders such as healthcare businesses, healthcare professionals, and researchers as well as state legislators suggesting that public health policies focus more on preventive healthcare that addresses ...

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