Healthcare

In research you guided by a question which you as the author are attempting to discover and utilize facts that address a possible response to the question. Research is not a commentary or opinion-based format such as a New York Times op-ad or blogs.

While the topic is highly emotionally charged and has significant divergent opinions it is imperative as a researcher that you utilize facts, data and information to guide the reader.

Well formatted research papers contain at a minimum a background, facts/ data, analysis (discussion) and finally a summary or recommendation / conclusion that the facts led you as the author to express and guided the reader logically to your conclusion.

GUIDING INFORMATION:

To fully address this question, the analysis may consider the following guiding topics:

• _What role is played by government?

• _Consider the economic impact across the ecosystem of healthcare and the overall US economy.

• _Identify and analyze current trends in healthcare, including information technology, biotechnology, smart phones, health informatics, and other relevant technologies in the context of the overall US healthcare system.

• _Address the impact of various stakeholders and influencers.

• _How do education, workforce availability, and human capital issues affect healthcare?

• _Identify key factors driving or limiting the further growth of healthcare.

• _How do the social determinants of health impact?

• _What other external factors might influence healthcare?

• _What role does globalization play in the health care delivery model?

• _What other healthcare models are successful or unsuccessful and why?

• _Deliberate on the roles of professional obligation and ethics.

• _Consider Western culture and economic structures in relation to health care. (Capitalism, consumerism, individual freedoms, religious beliefs, mortality beliefs etc.)

In a well written and well researched paper attempt to guide the reader through a logical analysis of the research question and your point of view based on the facts. In conclusion make a recommendation based on these facts / research as a change in HEALTH POLICY which the government could enact.