Assignment:
Professional Development Assignments: (60 points)
1. Managed care
organizations emphasize physicians’ responsibilities to control patient access
to expensive hospitalization and specialty care, a principle dubbed
“gatekeeping.” Some argue that “gatekeeping” is unethical
because it introduces financial factors into treatment decisions. Others say it
improves quality by promoting the use of the most appropriate levels of care.
Take a position on this issue and explain your view.
2. If we accept the
premises that resources available to meet the costs of health care are finite,
and that continuing to increase dollars allocated for health care expenses
carries “opportunity costs” for the nation and society, discuss your
position on the following: As a national policy should we allocate a set level
of resources and apply them to achieving “the greatest good for the
greatest number” (necessarily leaving some out) OR should we adopt the
individualist approach of “those who can pay get, those who can’t,
don’t”?
3. Medicaid is
shouldering an ever-increasing burden of cost for long-term care for the
elderly, with enormous impacts on state budgets throughout the nation. Discuss
alternatives to ease this drain on Medicaid resources.
Each response should be 500-1000 words
APA formatting required
Although each response is a separate essay of 500-1000words,
all responses should be combined into a single document for submission
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