The Population Health Model (Organization
The Population Health Model (Organization
The Population Health Model (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), (2013) suggests one might be able to extrapolate a similar model when considering how our government and the resulting bipartisanship limits, if not completely paralyses, the effective provision and advancement of health care to our Nation’s citizens.
In summary, it isn’t only the health-related behaviors of individuals; it is the inaccessibility to resources that limits effective change because of the political agendas and the subsequent inertia. The resulting bureaucracy continues to facilitate the rising cost of healthcare while simultaneously precipitating the decrease in the American life-expectancy. As practitioners, are we simply willing to accept the fact that our government is spending more money to live less years? Healthcare is a right and as such access to care is also right, so why are more people dying sooner? The current provision of healthcare is seriously flawed. If our Nation continues to remain stagnant (bipartisan) rather than humanitarian on these issues we will continue to experience a rise in health care that is directly proportional to an unhealthier population and decreased life expectancy. The ineffective and unequal provision of health care in this country remains a conundrum for which we seem incapable of finding a solution.
References:
World Health Organization. (1948). Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June, 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/print.html
Knickman, J.R, & Kovner, A.R. (Eds). (2015). Health care delivery in the United States (4th ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
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American Nurses Association. Health System Reform. Retrieved March 22, 2012, from NURS://www.nursingworld.org/Main/Menu?Catagories/Policy-Advocacy/Health System Reform.
