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There is a lack of empirical evidence to describe the impact of conflict of interest in the health care industry. [1] Business interests influence the direction of cancer research and the adoption of new practices in therapy. [2] University projects which receive industry funding are more likely to produce research outcomes which favor their ...
The Hispanic paradox is an epidemiological finding that Hispanic Americans tend to have health outcomes that "paradoxically" are comparable to, or in some cases better than, those of their U.S. non-Hispanic White counterparts, even though Hispanics have lower average income and education, higher rates of disability, as well as a higher incidence of various cardiovascular risk factors and ...
According to a study paid for by America's Health Insurance Plans (a Washington lobbyist for the health insurance industry) and carried out by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, increased utilization is the primary driver of rising healthcare costs in the US [143] The study cites numerous causes of increased utilization, including rising consumer demand ...
There is now a rift in the industry. Many nonprofit hospices blame the for-profits for sullying hospice’s good reputation. The for-profits respond that families of patients overwhelmingly say they were pleased with the care they received, and that the for-profit revolution has swept across all health services, not just hospice.
Rural farmland in America. Proposed solutions to US health care deserts include the enactment of a national single payer health care system; adoption of a public option under the Affordable Care Act (ACA); the approval of higher Medicare reimbursements and tax credits for struggling hospitals; the establishment of strategically placed free ...
After providing evidence against genetic causes for the disparity, the program further explores how exposure to racism might affect health. Obstetrician Michael Lu ( UCLA School of Medicine ) discusses the “ life course model ,” which posits that an individual's health is determined not only by genetics and current circumstances, but by all ...
This supply shortage is a side effect of local government efforts to ensure income segregation—local governments cap housing supplies intending to keep our “undesirables” and low-income ...
However, proponents on both sides agree that misclassification, regardless of its frequency, causes psychological distress and negatively impacts wellbeing. This is consistent with identity control theory which argues that when cues about observers perceptions of an individual contradict the individual's own identities, they experience stress ...