Healthcare Questions Part Two

2. Should government pay family caregivers who care for family members who have long term disability in lieu of institutionalization? Why or why not?

3. What incentives are necessary so that providers would voluntarily fulfill the role desired by their patients and deliver care that is in the patients’ best interest? If these incentives are generally financial in nature, how will these incentives be funded?

4. What are some of the reasons why life expectancy and good health continue to increase in some parts of the world and fail to improve in others? What best practices can be applied to those areas of the world failing to gain improvements in life expectancy and good health?

5. How can public sector leadership and the private sector collaborate to contribute to global health equity?

6. Discuss the vulnerability of older people in times of social and economic crisis. Are they really any more vulnerable than other sectors of the population during a crisis?