The Low Cost of Universal Access to Healthcare in Canada

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morris L. Barer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Productive Activity ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Cost

The significant difference between Canada and the United States in respective share of productive activity consumed by healthcare has emerged only since 1971, This difference, currently about 2.5 percent of GNP, is concentrated in three components — medical care, hospital care and administration. Highlighted are the Canada-U.S. dissimilarities, both in overall healthcare cost and experiences since 1971. The reasons are tracked to greater U.S. hospital daily servicing intensity, higher U.S. physician fees, and the cost of the fragmented public-private U.S. system of administration and regulation.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Agriculture

1966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken R. Tefertiller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cost Of Living ◽  
Average Consumer ◽  
Low Costs ◽  
The Cost

Agriculture is one of the Nation’s most efficient industries. The cost of living for the average consumer would be considerably higher today without the low cost of food supplied by United States agriculture. This is particularly significant at a time when we hear so much about poverty in the United States and in other countries. Had it not been for the extremely low costs of food, there would be many more poverty stricken families today. Paper published with permission.

scholarly journals Costs of medical care for mesothelioma

Rare Tumors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 203636131986349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Borrelli ◽  
Zachary Babcock ◽  
Stephen Kogut
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Medical Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthcare Research ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Discharge Data ◽  
System A ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Mean Cost

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare and devastating form of cancer with an increasing economic burden. We sought to describe the direct cost burden of mesothelioma to the US health system. A systematic literature review was performed to locate published estimates of the medical cost of mesothelioma. In addition, we performed an analysis of hospital discharge data from the National Inpatient Sample, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. We also reviewed publicly available legal settlements. We found that published estimates of the cost of medical care for mesothelioma are sparse, and differ with respect to nation, timeframe, and types of cost included. For the year 2014 in the United States, we estimated a mean cost per mesothelioma hospitalization of US$24,124 (95% confidence interval: US$20,819–US$28,983) and a total cost for hospital care of US$44,214,835. In conclusion, we found that reports describing the direct medical cost of care for mesothelioma in the United States are lacking, yet the per-patient cost of care is substantial, as evidenced by analyses of inpatient care and legal settlements.

scholarly journals Evolution of Physician-Centric Business Models Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Nix ◽  
Lynn Szostek
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
The United States ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
The Cost

For decades, the cost of medical care in the United States has increased exponentially. United States citizens spend twice as much as their European counterparts on medical care. Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to ensure affordable healthcare to the citizens of the United States. PPACA legislation is creating a new paradigm in healthcare delivery and provider business models. The purpose of this case study was to explore physicians’ perspectives regarding physician-centric business models evolving under the requirements of the PPACA legislation. Data were gathered through semistructured interviews and questionnaires with a purposive sample of 75 participants across 20 medical specialties within the United States. Three universal themes emerged including (a) use of midlevel practitioners, (b) changes to provider practices, and (c) enhanced business education. Healthcare leaders may use the findings to advance the evolution of physician business models that meet the needs of healthcare stakeholders.

scholarly journals Global Perspective for Protecting Intellectual Property – Patenting in USA and Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-111
Author(s):  
Michalene Eva Grebski ◽  
Radosław Wolniak
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Patent Application ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Modern Knowledge ◽  
Protecting Intellectual Property ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Paper addresses the different methods for protecting intellectual property in modern knowledge-based economies. The focus of the paper is a comparison between the procedures for applying for patents in Poland and the United States. The comparison has been made from the perspective of the cost of obtaining and maintaining a patent in Poland, the United States and some other countries. The comparison has also been made from the perspective of the procedures for applying for a patent in different countries based on the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The paper also includes a comparison of the time needed for processing the patent application. Low cost provisional twelve-month patent pending protection available in the United States is also being discussed. The paper also provides some guidance and recommendations for conducting a patent search in order to validate the originality of the invention.

Strategies for Seeking Healthcare in Mexico

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Matthew Dalstrom
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Rio Grande Valley ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Lower Rio Grande Valley ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
The Cost

Accessing affordable healthcare is one of the central issues of our time. As the United States continues to debate the best strategy to address the problem, the cost of healthcare continues to rise, and an increasing number of people are becoming uninsured. In response, a number of patients are looking to Mexico for pharmaceuticals, dental care, primary care, and even surgery. Attracted by the possibility of saving up to 70 percent on medical care that is advertised as "the same as the United States," some United States residents are starting to see Mexico as the only option to meet their health care needs. It has been estimated that in 2007, 29.4 percent of people living along the Texas/Mexico border traveled to Mexico for pharmaceuticals, and 19.9 percent sought medical care there (Warner and Jahnke 2010). In addition, the Winter Texan Market Survey found that 51 percent of winter Texans (retirees who spend the winter in Texas) living in the Lower Rio Grande Valley bought pharmaceuticals in Mexico, and 36 percent visited a dentist in 2008 (Ghaddar and Simpson 2008).

The Special Perils of Being Old and Sick in Prison

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 276-284
Author(s):  
William J. Jefferson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Constitution ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Access To Medical Care

The United States Supreme Court declared in 1976 that deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain…proscribed by the Eighth Amendment. It matters not whether the indifference is manifested by prison doctors in their response to the prisoner’s needs or by prison guards intentionally denying or delaying access to medical care or intentionally interfering with treatment once prescribed—adequate prisoner medical care is required by the United States Constitution. My incarceration for four years at the Oakdale Satellite Prison Camp, a chronic health care level camp, gives me the perspective to challenge the generally promoted claim of the Bureau of Federal Prisons that it provides decent medical care by competent and caring medical practitioners to chronically unhealthy elderly prisoners. The same observation, to a slightly lesser extent, could be made with respect to deficiencies in the delivery of health care to prisoners of all ages, as it is all significantly deficient in access, competencies, courtesies and treatments extended by prison health care providers at every level of care, without regard to age. However, the frailer the prisoner, the more dangerous these health care deficiencies are to his health and, therefore, I believe, warrant separate attention. This paper uses first-hand experiences of elderly prisoners to dismantle the tale that prisoner healthcare meets constitutional standards.

scholarly journals Protective Effectiveness of Long-Lasting Permethrin Impregnated Clothing Against Tick Bites in an Endemic Lyme Disease Setting: A Randomized Control Trial Among Outdoor Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 1532-1538
Author(s):  
Cedar Mitchell ◽  
Megan Dyer ◽  
Feng-Chang Lin ◽  
Natalie Bowman ◽  
Thomas Mather ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
The United States ◽  
Amblyomma Americanum ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Tick Bites ◽  
Outdoor Workers ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Protective Effectiveness

Abstract Tick-borne diseases are a growing threat to public health in the United States, especially among outdoor workers who experience high occupational exposure to ticks. Long-lasting permethrin-impregnated clothing has demonstrated high initial protection against bites from blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae), in laboratory settings, and sustained protection against bites from the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae), in field tests. However, long-lasting permethrin impregnation of clothing has not been field tested among outdoor workers who are frequently exposed to blacklegged ticks. We conducted a 2-yr randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial among 82 outdoor workers in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Participants in the treatment arm wore factory-impregnated permethrin clothing, and the control group wore sham-treated clothing. Outdoor working hours, tick encounters, and bites were recorded weekly to assess protective effectiveness of long-lasting permethrin-impregnated garments. Factory-impregnated clothing significantly reduced tick bites by 65% in the first study year and by 50% in the second year for a 2-yr protective effect of 58%. No significant difference in other tick bite prevention method utilization occurred between treatment and control groups, and no treatment-related adverse outcomes were reported. Factory permethrin impregnation of clothing is safe and effective for the prevention of tick bites among outdoor workers whose primary exposure is to blacklegged ticks in the northeastern United States.

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