IHP 620 10-2 Reflection Journal

What is the relationships between economics, legislative changes, and policies and how these relationships are important to the overall delivery of healthcare systems?

What impact does AI have in healthcare and how does it play a factor in the economy? Please provide the explanation in detail and source of information.

Select and analyze 1 determinant of health within the concept of its impact to the U.S. healthcare system. Describe the healthcare demand and supply as it relates to your chosen determinant. What will be your recommendation on how to reduce or eliminate this determinant? Ensure that you integrate economic terms, frameworks, and models throughout your review..

Evaluate the economic imperative of innovation in healthcare examining the costs of innovation and the economics of it's investment.

Answer the following questions: a. Some health analysts believe that physicians try to increase their income by inducing demand for their services. For example, physicians may order unnecessary tests and treatments. Why would patients willingly accept these additional tests and treatments? b. How does the Internet, which makes freely available all sorts of information about diseases and their treatments, affect the physician–patient relationship?

How does Health Policy affect the delivery of healthcare? Please use specific policy.  How does Politics and Economy drive such policies and its influence on the healthcare delivery system?

ECON201 Macroeconomics - Associate Professor Jamie J. Muter 5) Chapter 6 Problem 4.14 Some firms offer their employees' health care plans with high deductibles, sometimes as much as $4,500 per year. What effect do high-deductible plans have on how often employees visit doctors or otherwise use health care services? If the federal government were to require that employer health care plans have deductibles that were no greater than $200 per year, would the employees in these plans be better off? Would the employers offering these plans be worse off? Briefly explain. I

explain why health economics is an important tool when it comes to managing health care resources, comparing cost with effect

Discuss the probable consequences of government regulation and market competition on the operation and performance of the health care industry. Question - Which of the following is not a basic question that must be answered as a result of scarcity? a. Who should decide the amount of money spent on medical goods and services?* b. Who should receive the medical goods and services that are produced? c. What mix of nonmedical and medical goods and services should be produced in the macroeconomy? d. What specific health care resources should be used to produce the chosen medical goods and services? e. What mix of medical goods and services should be produced in the health economy?

Please no written by hand Regarding the paper: How and why US health care differs from that in other OECD countries by Victor R. Fuchs In 6-12 paragraphs, explain three (or more) reasons the paper is or may be correct and three (or more) reasons the paper may be wrong. For each reason pro and con, give a counter argument. For one pro counterargument and one con counter argument, give a counter-counter argument. That is, you should have three pros, three counters to pros, and one counter-counter to one of the counter arguments to the pros. Same with cons: three cons, three counters, and one counter-counter.You answers should be based in economic reasoning and refer to the concepts of class such as utility, theory of insurance, cost-effectiveness, adverse selection, moral hazard, stake-holders and social movements, etc. Your answers should give details for each pro, con, and counter such that the reader will understand what each point means and why it is important.

4 discuss the importance of comparing the best alternatives in economics for health care managers

What are factors accelerating modern hospitals to become important in providing health care?

Identify/name at least three (3) e-health programs in the Philippine government that uses health information system. How they used these e-health programs?

: What economic theories are most useful when applied to the healthcare industry and why?

Discuss the dominant components of healthcare.

QUESTION 3 The biggest difference between the United States and Beveridge OR Bismarck counties’ health systems is:   a. The US has longer life expectancy for higher income people   b. The US permits/tolerates tens of millions of its citizens to be uninsured   c. The US does more health technology assessment before utilization than other countries   d. The US enjoys spending a higher percentage of its GDP on health care, it is a voluntary choice that reflects preferences for health care over other goods and services

The Subject: Microeconomic Chapter Seven What are the asymmetric information problems in the market for health insurance?

The impact of changing economic realities in the healthcare setting. Consider the customer perspective, organizational perspective, and provider perspective.

1. Using three (3) illustrations, explain the concepts of disparities in health determinants and health outcomes.  2. In economics, efficiency is a critical concept in assessing the most effective utilization of resources. Discuss three types of economic efficiencies. Can efficiency reduce disparities in health determinants and health outcomes? If so, how?  3. Beyond efficiency, discuss four (4) ways the concepts of ethics and equity are applied to address health disparities.

(b) How is the horizontal form of communication more prominent in Intermountain Healthcare?