Healthcare Cost, quality, and access

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Health Care Cost Katelynn Sheline College of Science in Healthcare Administration HLT-205: Health Care Systems Joseph Anderson October 16, 2023 1
Health Care Cost The current cost of health care within the United States is at an all-time high with no decrease in cost to be seen in the near future. Healthcare costs per person per year reached roughly 12,914 dollars in 2021 (Historical | CMS, n.d.). One of the largest contributors to the rising cost of health care is private healthcare. Unlike public health care systems, private health care has few regulations or policies they have to stay within regulation of. Meaning, healthcare providers can charge for medical care how they see fit even if it is unjust and or unaffordable by most. Healthcare is a highly profitable filed and even unethical at times when it comes to making a profit. Hospice for example, they spend less on nursing per patient, resulting in worse quality of care and more patients dropping out compared to their non- profit counterparts (Geyman, J. (2018). Meaning while they are charging patients more, they are in return giving a lesser quality of care to these patients in return. One of the biggest issues with accessing healthcare in today’s world is contributed to private healthcare. Unlike public health care, private healthcare is not required to follow as many laws and regulations therefore making polices unaffordable for most individuals not allowing them the opportunity to have healthcare coverage. One the other hand, if patients are unable to afford private healthcare, they are often assisted by the government with public health care. While yes, they induvial now have health coverage, often many providers do not accept these health care policies leaving these induvial without health care treatment once again. Lastly a large contribution can be attributed to the fact of America is a very large population and ever growing. While we are constantly growing, the number of facilities providing health services is not (Te, Bu, 2021). Therefore, causing an overflow of patients with no way to receive medical care in a timely manner and of goof quality. 2
Delivering a great quality of care can be a stressful and very difficult thing for healthcare providers to provide. With an overflow of patients that require medical help, providers are unable to spend the time needed with each patient in order to ensure they are thoroughly taken care of medically. When patients are not treated properly, they can continue to undergo complications with their health. For example, insufficient evidence or help for patients with medical conditions such as epilepsy may result in poor quality of care Physician factors contributed to unmet needs, including insufficient knowledge about conditions such as epilepsy (Mahendran, M, 2017). Specific diagnosis can require a lot of testing and time with providers to truly get to solving the problem. On the other hand, they issue can also be correlated to the lack of providers. If there are not enough facilities for providers to operate out of, patients are also not receiving the care they need. Like most things in our ever-evolving world today, medical technology is always advancing. There are many positive factors to this, along with some negative consequences. While medical technology can make healthcare much more advanced and adaptable, it does not lower the cost of receiving this care. The implementation of new equipment and technology often makes medical treatment a higher cost out of pocket for patients. However, most often these newly developed technology forms are more beneficial than past tools used and often provide patients with more advanced care. While progress and advancement in care are not always the outcome of medical technology, more times than not it is successful (National Academies Press (US), 1991).   With the continuation of advances in medical technology, I believe that while we may be capable of providing excellent care to patients, it may become unaffordable,   and patients may begin to struggle to receive the medical help they need.   However, these technological advancements can also make processes simpler for patients. Such as attending appointments 3
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