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,The Importance of good health - altruistic oriented set of providers and
care in America: activities + huge industry + profitability
- 20% of our GDP is devoted to medical care
and health promotion (value)
- 11% of all US jobs are in the health sector
- sizable share of our income is spent on the
health care we need
Characteristics of US health - not ordered or organized as a single
system enterprise
- actors and organizations often work
independently
- little coordination between players
- system continues to evolve haphazardly
,health maintenance - clear difference between health
"maintenance" and "restoring" health
- medical care systems care for people even
if restoring health is impossible
fee for service a system under which doctors and hospitals
receive a payment for each service they
provide
, health care delivery 1. the importance of organizations in
delivering care
2. the role of professionals in running our
system
3. the emergence of new medical technology,
smartphones, big data, new pharma.
4. tension between free market and
government control
5. a dysfunctional payment system
customer friendly the health system could do much more to
improve the experience of patients receiving
care
1. improving quality