Different Types of Medical Care in High Income Nations

Related BrainMass Solutions

• article that implies an assumption about price elasticity of demand or supply

  Getzen found that income level and GDP are also correlated with healthcare spending and most of the efforts to reduce different types of medical spending fail due to increases in other types of health care spending.

• International Sociology Questions

  Make an argument for and against the symbolic-interaction approach in schooling. 4. Examine the different types of medical care in high-income nations around the world.

• Comparison of US Healthcare and Other Nations

  Another factor contributing to the high quality of care is choice. In the U.S., patients who seek care are viewed increasingly as consumers, with the ability to make decisions about the types of care, levels of care, and providers selected.

• Health insurance and demand for health care

  Cross-national income elasticity for health care is therefore high because of this relationship between low health care consumption and low income and vice-versa.

• American healthcare system

  Because of the high costs associated with attaining a medical degree in the U.S. physicians expect a higher level of reimbursement or compensation, which contributes to higher costs.

• The strengths and weaknesses of healthcare delivery in the U.S.

  While these improvements are remarkable the cost of healthcare is very high.

• Ethical issues in the medical field

  Financing the response to AIDS in low and middle income nations where specialized treatment is often unavailable or limited.

• Using Both Qualitative And Quantitative Research Methods

  Both types of research are necessary to get the entire picture of a potential health care issue.

• Medical Tourism, Market Entry Strategy

  Those in developed nations who do not wish to pay the high costs, seek health care services in less developed countries. The tourism aspect of the industry comes from the luxury treatment and services that often accompany such services.