What exactly is the standard of care in healthcare?
...Take two aspirin and call me in the morning...
What the most helpful thing a healthcare provider can say to an addict?
Motivational interviewing techniques have been proven to be very helpful when a provider is working to help a client change their behavior. This is especially useful when the current behavior is harmful and the client needs to change for health, legal, or other reasons.First, the provider needs to approach the addict without judgment. Few people abuse drugs for their health, so chances are the addict alredy realizes that his/her drug abuse is harmful. The key is to let the patient know that you don't judge. Next, find out from the addict what is causing him/her to continue to abuse drugs, and what is preventing him/her from quitting. Also find out what might need to change for him/her to quit, or what resources she/he might need in order to make quitting more likely.I would encourage you to familiarize yourself with motivational interviewing. There's a good basic introduction at Motivational Interviewing.Another helpful resource is understanding the stages of change. Does this patient recognize that he/she has a problem with drug abuse or is she/he still in denial? Does she/he recognize the problem and want to change but does not know how or where to start? Or is she/he already committed to quitting and only needs support with maintaining abstinence? Ultimately, how your approach this patient's drug abuse will depend on what stage of change s/he is at. You can find more information about the stages of change here (Stages of Change | Psych Central) and here (The Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change).At the end of the day there is nothing anyone can say or do to make an addict stop abusing drugs. All we can do is help them weigh the costs of drug abuse against the benefits; provide education and information that increases the likelihood of quitting; support them as they prepare to quit; and help them maintain their recovery.
Medicine and Healthcare: What is the difference between Medicaid and Obamacare?
Medicaid:Medicaid is a social welfare program designed to provide healthcare coverage for the poor in the United States. Certain people with disabilities can also qualify. Funded both by the federal government and individual state governments, the healthcare program was created to help provide health insurance to people lacking the money or resources to afford coverage. Each state has its own eligibility requirements and policies. The key thing here is: it’s a health insurance program that’s provided and run by the government.Obamacare:Health plans under Obamacare are not provided or run by the government; the government merely helps you find affordable, health coverage through its health insurance exchange (Health Insurance Marketplace ’s “Marketplace”). In some cases, though, you may qualify for an Obamacare subsidy (a sum money from the government to offset some costs) to help you pay part of your monthly health insurance premiums.“Obamacare” doesn’t actually refer to a specific health insurance plan or program. When people say “I have Obamacare,” what they actually mean is “I’m covered by a health plan made available through Obamacare.” The Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) made it so that private health insurers could provide consumers with more affordable healthcare options.Important to note: plans offered by private insurers through the Marketplace (“on-exchange”) differ from healthcare plans that those same private insurers offer outside the Marketplace (“off-exchange”). You can read more about those differences and why they’re different here.
What is inpatient mental health care like?
I had a 9 day stay as an inpatient at a psychiatric hospital. Needless to say, I didn't like it. For one, I was forbidden access to the internet or any electronic devices. Our "entertainment" was coloring books and TV. We couldn't wear shoelaces. Staff checked on us every 15 minutes 24/7. Couldn't shave without supervision. Nail clippers had to be ordered by the doctor. Nurses ask you questions everyday to check on your recovery. You're at the mercy of the institution basically. You have no way of getting out on your own means, it's all under the doctor's control. That really bugged me, because I felt like I didn't need to stay there for the whole 9 days. The psychiatrist prescribed me around 4 different medications for stabilizing my mood. The caseworker got in contact with my family and health care providers. There was no individual therapy, only group therapy sessions - and they don't help that much.I think the mental health care industry could be greatly improved. I can kind of see why things are the way they are, but I have never been so irritated, frustrated, and uncomfortable in my life as when I stayed there.
Why do so many Americans support giving free healthcare to people who don't deserve it? Like they couldn't have afforded it so they shouldn't get it.
Ah, yes, the whole, “poor people deserve to get sick and die” gambit.It’s honestly difficult to argue with this, because it’s morally abhorrent and completely ignorant of the realities of poverty.We are the richest nation on the planet. Everybody should be afforded a basic level of healthcare. Besides, what do you actually think happens when people get sick?They go to the emergency room. And when they can’t pay because they don’t have health insurance?The tab gets picked up by the taxpayer anyway. And it often ends up being more expensive than preemptive care.So not only is it morally abhorrent, it’s stupid to begin with.Additionally, guess what? Several years of my life I was a freelancer. Completely gainfully employed. But as a freelancer, you don’t get healthcare as part of your benefits package because there are no benefits. And paying for private health insurance is ridiculously expensive if you want anything that actually covers you if you get sick. When I was living in Seattle, the cheapest private insurance I could find was for roughly $100 a month, and that was literally catastrophic. So, basically, the only thing it would do for me would be prevent me from having to pay more than $10k in medical costs if I got hit by a bus. No well-woman visits, no Rx, nothing of the sort.It was worthless, so I didn’t buy it.And I was a small business owner, so had I gotten hit by a bus with no recourse, or had I gotten ill, all of my employees would have suffered from my inability to bring business in.So it’s not just the poor who can’t access healthcare easily. It’s also those in non-traditional jobs.And I thought the small business owner was the backbone of the American economy? That’s what all the politicians keep saying.
P-value Question. Please help.?
I am trying to finish up my homework and I am stuck on this problem. I have no idea where to begin. I believe I have my hypothesis right. Could someone please explain to me how to work this problem? Thanks. 1) An extensive study of the cost of health care in the United States presented data showing that the mean spending per Medicare enrollee in 2003 was $6883 (Money, Fall 2003). To investigate differences across the country, a researcher took a sample of 40 Medicare enrollees in Indianapolis. For the Indianapolis sample, the mean 2003 Medicare spending was $5980 and the standard deviation was $2518. A) State the hypotheses that should be used if we would like to determine whether the mean annual Medicare spending in Indianapolis is lower than the national mean. B) Use the preceding sample results to compute test statistics and the p-value. C) Use alpha = 0.05. What is your conclusion? D) Repeat the hypothesis test using the critical value approach.
How did political parties respond to the kansas-nebraska act?
The Democratic Party was largely permissive - much to its detriment. It cost President Franklin Pierce and later President James Buchanan a lot of respect. To this day, they're considered two of the worst presidents the US ever had. It helped kill the Whig Party and create the Republican Party led by future President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, a fervent abolitionist, was driven largely by the Act.