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NR552 Economics of Healthcare Policy
Week 2 Assignment

Environment and Social Impact

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) perform a literature review of an environmental issue affecting health outcomes, b) investigate an environmental issue and detail the effect on public health, c) examine the health, social, and economicimpacts of the environmental issue, c) identify suggested adaptations or interventions to resolve the environmental issue and enhance health, d) present ideas in a clear, succinct and scholarly manner.

REQUIREMENTS

Assignment Criteria for the Paper:

1. Review literature on an environmental issue that is affecting public health.

2. Provide a brief introduction to the environmental issue.

3. Detail the effect on public health.

4. Discuss health, social, and economic impacts of this environmental issue.

5. Explain causes of the environmental issue.

6. Discuss proposed adaptive measures or interventions and the expected impact to public health and healthcare costs.

7. The body of the scholarly paper is to be 3-5 pages in length excluding title and reference pages.

8. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition

9. Include a minimum of four scholarly resources published within the past 5 years not including your textbook. References may include scholarly websites of organizations or government agencies and must be presented using APA format for electronic media

NR552 Economics of Healthcare Policy

Week 4 Assignment

Healthcare Insurance Comparison

PaperGuidelines

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) compare and contrast two insurance plans payment models at a specified level of healthcare service (one governmental plan and one private plan), b) examine the patient population served by each insurance plan, c) investigate the impact of each payment plan on access to care, access to services or procedures, and patient outcomes, d) evaluate both insurance payment plans for economic, social, or ethical issues,e) present ideas in a clear, succinct and scholarly manner.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Choose a level of care (primary, secondary, tertiary) to investigate payment models.

2. Choose a government provided insurance plan to investigate (Medicare, Medicaid).

3. Choose any private insurance plan to investigate.

4. Discuss the patient population each insurance plan represents.

5. Define the payment models of the two insurance plans (government and private) when paying for services at the level of care you have chosen to review.

6. Discuss the possible impact of each insurance payment model on access to care or choice of provider or facility.

7. Discuss the possible impact of each insurance payment model on access to healthcareservices or procedures.

8. Discuss the possible impact of each insurance payment model on patient outcomes.

9. Describe any economic, social or ethical issues that arise from having one insurance plan over another.

10. The body of the scholarly paper is to be 3-5 pages in length excluding title and reference pages.

11. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition

12. Include a minimum of three scholarly resources published within the past 5 years not including your textbook. References may include scholarly websites of organizations or government agencies and must be presented using APA format for electronic media

NR552 Economics of Healthcare Policy

Week 6 Assignment

Healthcare Topic

Debate PowerPoint Guidelines

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) investigate healthcare economic policy currently affecting nursing, b) describe the social, political, and economic forces influencing policy, c) support the enactment of policy based on impact to nursing practice, patient outcomes, and finances/cost, d) present ideas in a clear, succinct and scholarly manner.

REQUIREMENTS

This assignment will be a PowerPoint presentation to debate healthcare policy related to topics affecting nursing. All debate topics and sides of the policy must be represented. It is important for nurses to have knowledge of all sides of issues affecting nursing and patient outcomes so it is not important which side you receive. During Week 7, you will be able to review both sides and make a decision on where you actually stand on the issue.

1. Negotiate debate topic with faculty based on the assigned reading articles listed below. Negotiate with faculty which side of the debate you will present.

Buerhaus, P. I. (2010). Is U. S. health care evolving toward a single-payer system? An

interview with health care economist Paul Feldstein, PhD. Nursing Economics,

28(3), 198-201.

Debate Topic #1: (side A) free market healthcare system versus (side B) government regulated single payer system

Elgie, R. (2007). Politics, economics, and nursing shortages: a critical look at United

States government policies. Nursing Economics, 25(5), 285-292.

Debate Topic #2: (side A) free market without government interventions versus (side B) government intervention and subsidies

Hendrich, A., Chow, M. P., & Goshert, W. S. (2009). A proclamation for change

transforming the hospital patient care environment. The Journal of Nursing

Administration (JONA), 39(6), 266-275.

Debate Topic #3: (side A) increased registered nurse staffing versus (side B) maintain current staffing and utilize methods to increase efficiency

2. Investigate the policy related to the debate topic.

3. Provide an overview of the topic and policy related to the topic.

4. Describe the social, political, and economic forces influencing the policy.

5. Support the enactment of this policy based on impact to nursing practice.

6. Support the enactment of this policy based on impact to patient outcomes.

7. Support the enactment of this policy based on impact to finances/costs.

8. The presentation is to be 5-7 slides in length excluding title and reference slides.

9. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition

10. Include a minimum of three scholarly resources published within the past 5 years not including your textbook and assigned reading articles. References may include scholarly websites of organizations or government agencies and must be presented using APA format for electronic media.