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E-book Health Care in America : Trends in Utilization

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People use health care services for many reasons: to cure illnesses and health conditions, to mend breaks and tears, to prevent or delay future health care problems, to reduce pain and increase quality of life, and sometimes merely to obtain information about their health status and prognosis. Health care utilization can be appropriate or inappropriate, of high or low quality, expensive or inexpensive. The study of trends in health care utilization provides important information on these phenomena and may spotlight areas that may warrant future indepth studies because of potential disparities in access to, or quality of, care. Trends in utilization may also be used as the basis for
projecting future health care needs, to forecast future health care expenditures, or as the basis for projecting increased personnel training or supply initiatives. The health care delivery system of today has undergone tremendous change, even over the relatively short period of the past decade. New and emerging technologies, including drugs, devices, procedures, tests, and imaging machinery, have changed patterns of care and sites where care is provided (1,2). The growth in ambulatory surgery has been influenced by improvements in anesthesia and analgesia and by the development of noninvasive or minimally invasive techniques. Procedures that formerly required a few weeks of convalescence now require only a few days. New drugs can
cure or lengthen the course of disease, although often at increased cost or increased utilization of
medical practitioners needed to prescribe and monitor the effects of the medications.
Over the past decade, both public and private organizations have made great strides in identifying
causes of disease and disability, discovering treatments and cures, and working with practitioners to
educate the public about how to reduce the incidence and prevalence of major diseases and the
functional limitations and discomfort they may cause. Clinical practice guidelines have been created
and disseminated to influence providers to follow recommended practices. Public education campaigns urge consumers to comply with behavioral recommendations (e.g., exercise and lose weight)
and treatment regimens (e.g., take your medications) that may help to prevent or control diseases
and their consequences.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

362.1068 CDC h

Penerbit

USA : CDC.,

Deskripsi Fisik

135 hlm

Bahasa

English

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Klasifikasi

362.1068

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

Medical Service Management

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