NR 552 DISCUSSION QUESTION WEEK 1 TO 8

Nurses’ Supply and Demand NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Professor’s Name DATE Nurses are a limited health care resource. What is the current supply and demand for professional nurses in your local area or state? What alternatives...

Week 2 TD: Environment and Healthy Lifestyle Today, we live in an environment that is built to be a facilitator to being physically active. According to Benton, Anderson, Hunter, & French (2016), this built environment is a direct referral to physical structures in the environment that are constru...

Policies for Public Good NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Poirier DATE Week 2: Policies for Public Good What local policies (city or state) have been enacted to provide for the public good in relation to lifestyle choices such as...

Externalities of Public Services NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Investigate a publically provided healthcare service in your community. Briefly describe the service provided, including the population served and how the program...

Select Patient Paid Services NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE The cost of covering all medical services demanded by participants of healthcare insurance plans is calculated into the overall cost of premiums for all part...

Medicare/Medicaid payment NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Depending on the location primary care providers practice in, they may have a larger-than-average patient population paying with Medicare and/or Medicaid. Wha...

Paying for Hospital Services NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Compare and contrast the various methods of payment for hospital services. Which payment model do you feel best meets the criteria of cost efficiency, al...

Funding for Global Health NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy DATE In a time when the United States struggles with balancing the budget, would you advocate for spending United States dollars for global health assistance to support developi...

Medical Tourism NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy DATE After reading the assigned article by Turner (2010), define medical tourism and discuss how medical tourism has benefited or harmed access to care for the citizens of developing countries. What a...

Caring and Cost Efficient Nursing NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE After reading the article: Cara, C. M., Nyberg, J. J., & Brousseau, S. (2011). Fostering the coexistence of caring philosophy and economics in toda...

Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care: Case-mix for Emergency Care NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE The Emergency department normally experiences a surge in the number of patients. The clinical stability of patient...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis NAME Chamberlain College of Nursing NR552: Economics of Healthcare Policy Dr. Poirier DATE Access the Chamberlain on-line library (Medline/CINAHL) to locate an article analyzing a treatment option or other policy change utilizing cost-benefit or cost-effectiv...

Influencing Policy through Healthcare Economics This course has taught me a lot about developing fiscally responsible changes in the healthcare sector. I have learned that it is important for a policy to be fiscally responsible especially in a time when the cost of healthcare has developed signi...