8NR 222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Final NR 222 2018

Models of Health: Clinical:  Defined by the absence of illness, signs, and symptoms of disease.  May not seek preventative care or services.  People who use this model may not seek preventive health services or they may wait until they are very ill to seek care.  You go to the hospital if you need immediate help (such as a broken something not a cold you caught). Role Performance945, with perfReasons why the Eudemonistic model is a better, more cost effective model to use today?  This was adopted by the healthcare system because it pays the hospitals, doctors, etc more money because people only come when they are in dire need of medical care thus needing more tests, medicine, procedures done to them and since every little thing costs money the hospital or facility gets paid either from the patient or insurance company. It is more expensive for the patient. Also it was adopted because people think they are healthy or they do not have enough moWhy the Affordable Care Act can move America towards a Eudemonistic model?  This model is better because you are focusing on your health as a whole and emphasizes the interactions within social, spiritual, physical, and psychological aspects of life. You seek out alternative therapies such as ministers, rabbis, etc. It is a more holistic approach to medicine and therefore costs less since you are using different types of holistic treatments instead of the big medications from the big pharmaceutical companies. They don't let their illness slow them down.8NR 222 Health and Wellness Study Guide Final NR 222 2018