What I feel like individuals who consume health care should be called is patients. The reasons that I feel we should be called patients is because while being called that you have the feeling of your nurse or doctor creating a bond with you and getting to know you on a personal level. While being called a consumer, I feel as if the doctor does not know you and does not want to get to know you they just want to have that fast appointment and to move along to the next consumer without getting to know them of a deeper level and finding out what is wrong rather than just getting paid for the persons visit. The definition of a "patient" is "a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment." If I go to the doctor I would personally like to be called a patient and not a consumer. …show more content…
Being called a consumer has some of the same qualities as does being called a patient. Both are paying for healthcare not matter what name you are being called. While being called a consumer, what comes to mind is purchasing a car, a house or anything besides medical care. It is okay to be called a consumer when we are purchasing medication over the counter, but no one wants to be called a consumer when at the hospital. Like they stated in the article "as consumers, we are interested in the price of everything and we want to control how much we spend." With that being said we want the best quality for the amount of money that we are spending. But don't patients want the same
The process of choosing a health insurance provider should have been more consumer friendly. People
"In the past two decades or so, health care has been commercialized as never before, and professionalism in medicine seems to be giving way to entrepreneurialism," commented Arnold S. Relman, professor of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School (Wekesser 66). This statement may have a great deal of bearing on reality. The tangled knot of insurers, physicians, drug companies, and hospitals that we call our health system is not as unselfish and focused on the patients' needs as people would like to think. Pharmaceutical companies are particularly ruthless, many of them spending millions of dollars per year to convince doctors to prescribe their drugs and to convince consumers that their specific brand of drug is needed in order to cure their ailments. For instance, they may present symptoms that are perfectly harmless, and lead potential citizens to believe that, because of these symptoms, they are "sick" and in need of medication.
For years, the price of drugs have been held in congress because the cost of pharmaceutical drugs is the most controversial aspect of this industry. Stuart Schweitzer, a professor of health policy and management at the University of California Los Angeles, author of Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, comments on this topic. According to Schweitzer, consumers are more sensitive to drug prices more than the price other health services. Schweitzer states, “Consumers are more likely to complain about a $50 bottle of tablets than a $500 radiology procedure, or a $5000 hospital stay”. This may be due the fact that these procedure and hospital stays are less frequent than taking prescription medication that is needed continuous. Most patients are seeing multiple doctors and nurses, that is accounting for the cost. Whereas at a pharmacy, they only see the pharmacist for a consultation and then the patient goes home to take their medication. Consumers may expect this to be cheaper because they are not receiving extensive care. To bring a new drug onto the market in the 1990s, it costed $359 million compared to $1.7 billion in 2003. Pricing of most products is usually based on marginal cost, which is the change in the total cost that comes from producing one extra item. However, this is not the case with the pharmaceutical industry because if prices were based on marginal cost, drugs would be a lot more
In America, it has become a battle to earn a high paying job to cope with the expenses of a typical American. It has become even more of a battle for some people to afford medical prescriptions to keep healthy. Health becomes a crucial issue when discussed among people. No matter what, at one point or another, everyone is going to stand as a victim of the pharmaceutical industry. The bottom line is Americans are paying excessive amounts of money for medical prescriptions. Health-Care spending in the U.S. rose a stunning 9.3% in 2002, which is the greatest increase for the past eleven years. (Steele 46) Many pharmaceutical companies are robbing their clients by charging extreme rates for their products.
This is Brent Klemm. I am one of your students in your Basic Medical Terminology class.
The current unprecedented skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs is a historic event in healthcare. The privatization of healthcare has arguably moved the health care system from patient-centric to money-centric. The recent unsettling examples of price hikes for drugs that combat AIDs as well as EpiPen brand epinephrine have left many consumers wondering why these prices are so arbitrary. The conversation between Government and big pharmaceuticals is not promising when looking for reprieve in the cost of life saving drugs. Free market capitalism dictates that the government should play a small role in the privatized health care system; however, the government is also a purchaser of pharmaceutical goods due to entitlement programs. It is not unimaginable for the government to place restrictions on these corporations that are exploiting the ill for more profit.
Communicating with someone who has a life-altering illness is not an easy task. A person needs to have compassion, patience, and listening skills. I have seen firsthand how a caring healthcare provider and having an attitude of optimism can prolong a person’s life.
Physicians hold responsibilities to their personal patients, but also responsibilities to the patient populations for whom they are held accountable (Rhodes, Francis & Silvers, 2007). Additionally, they are expected to advance and support the growth of medical science. Nevertheless, the most recent criticism has been accorded to the allocation of resources. As much as physicians are appropriate or designated communal resource custodians, they need to be conscious of the quality or cost of medical care. The American healthcare system is badly broken, we are in the grip of a very bid industry that will never stop making money. The healthcare aspect of today economy depends on the financial aspect. You cannot get or receive medical care without insurance. Some people are offered free healthcare which tax payers pay for. This help people who or poor, low income or middle class however. I will write about why the healthcare industry is such a financial burden to poor, middle class and pre-condition people. How the medical industry charge $1,500 for 5 minutes for someone to put a needle in you but $15 for 45 minutes for someone to exam
Society believes that it is the same thing as not owning a car or a computer. Asymmetric information also gives health care a boost in prices. People who buy health care have no information on what procedures and diagnostics are involved, but on the other hand, sellers do. This creates an unusual situation in which the doctor (seller) tells the patient(buyer) what services he or she should consume. It seems like the patient has to buy what the doctor tells him.
Healthcare is a complicated thing, but there are lots of things that need to be addressed. There is controversy about whether healthcare is a right, responsibility, or a privilege. This essay is going to explain examples of each. The word right can be defined simply as “something to which one has a just claim” (merriam-webster.com). According to the online legal dictionary, the word privilege is defined as “a special benefit, exemption from a duty, or immunity from penalty, given to a particular person, a group or a class of people”. Google dictionary describes responsibility as “The state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something”, or “The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something.”
In this study, the patients’ intent was found to be the major determinant on their choice to demand healthcare (Guimaraes Jr, Soares, Ferraz Junior, & Medeiros, 2015). For instance, if a consumer is not aware of cost options, cost ranges, and treatment options, he or she may be subjected to simply accepting health costs without getting a chance to decide whether or not the care option is the best. The consumer in this case just agrees to all provider recommendation; although, health information is provided in most cases but as our definition of health literacy infers, there is more for the patient beyond reading, there is understanding, then acting of what has been read and understood. Sometimes, consumers are not educated in that they have not been through formal education but in other instances, they have also not taken the time to seek health information in other to be aware of several options. Zafar, Ubel, Tulsky, & Pollak (2015) discuss the need for an improvement in cost-related health literacy that would positively impact the quality of care for patients.
What does it mean to be a “patient” in future healthcare? To answer this question, the medical communities, including doctors, nurses, educators, and policymakers, all have to agree on the designation of a person/patient and what patient-centered care is. When all concede, then and only then, can patient-centered care (PCC) be mapped out for the future? Specifically, in regards to nursing and PCC, Cody and Parse believe that the Human Becoming principal is a guide to practice where nurses are “…with persons” as they enhance their own quality of life (Cody 1994 & Par...
Prices continue to increase with no end in sight. Although there are a number of reasons for this trend direct to consumer drug advertising is partially to blame. The American Medical Association has spoken out against drug advertising. Stating that the ads are driving up drug costs by convincing the consumer that the brand name drug is the one they need the most. Doctors feel pressured by patient into prescribing brand name drugs instead of their cheaper counterparts. Brand name drugs cost more than generic drugs. On average brand name drugs cost 80% more than their generic counterparts. Yet patients will often come in and request the band name drug. Insisting that the drug they saw on television is the one they need. Most doctors will give in to the patient’s requests. Patients are needlessly increasing their own medical costs because they incorrectly believe that the drug they saw on TV is safer and more effective. This is not the case. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require all generic drugs to prove they are identical to their brand name counterparts, even going as far as to have both generic and brand name drugs have the same active ingredients, strength, dosage form, and route of administration. Generic drugs are just as safe and effective as brand name drugs and cost considerably less. Yet patients continue to request overpriced brand name
The practice of medicine in the 1960s saw a change in the doctor-patient relationship that ultimately cultivated the patients’ rights movement. Individuals sought to become proactive in the healthcare and the healing process of their bodies. Because the medical practice was evolving rapidly in technology and specialized care, patients’ healthcare and rights became a major concern that needed to be addressed. In 1973 the American Hospital Association published a patients’ bill of rights that provided the patient with most advantageous healthcare available. This bill of rights required all accredited hospitals to accept this standard moving forward (Patients' Rights, 2004).
Lately, I have lack of interest in the new releases or ongoing TV series. Not just Western TV series, even I have not able to find any Asian TV Series that really grab my attention. In result, I ended up re-watch one of my all-time favorite series – Sherlock. Last week, I found one British mini-series out of random on Netflix, it called The Bletchley Circle. These TV series pop up as a recommendation since I have watched Sherlock.