The FDA also, amongst others, has recommended that clinical trials used to support advertising claims be approved by the FDA and to institute stiff fines against those found gaily of deceptive tactics. (Turning Medicine Into Snake Oil...) There is l Continue Reading...
It is however important to note that the effectiveness of such a prevention plan is largely dependent on how well it is implemented. In my view, the successful implementation of the plan could see the country freed from the menace of prescription dr Continue Reading...
1). Taking drugs for longer than medically necessary, asking multiple physicians for drugs, or simply accepting medications for which they are over-prescribed by irresponsible physicians can all shape the pattern of elderly person's prescription drug Continue Reading...
The Act creates a positive balance between government interests to save money and the interests of Medicare recipients to receive a wide range of drugs for their specific needs. The current ban on government negotiations with pharmaceutical companie Continue Reading...
(Raeburn, 2002, p. 127) Clearly, college life presents it sown situations that are conducive to the creation, or exaggeration, of psychological disorders in individuals. College is a time of change, and change can produce stress; however, as it is Continue Reading...
Usually, both physical and psychological components need to be addressed. Byrd (2001) explains, the function of brain cells (neurons) is affected when a drug is used repeatedly over a long period of time. Each neuron produces and releases chemicals Continue Reading...
Prescriptions are everywhere, and even adult prescriptions are easily accessed by youth abusing the wide variety of drugs. The 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found four percent of America's youth "ages 12 to 17 reported nonmedic Continue Reading...
Prescription Drug Comparison The rate at which Americans consume prescription or over-the-counter pharmaceuticals has increased significantly during the last two decades, and today "the number of prescriptions filled each year increased by 39% betwe Continue Reading...
(2003) that examined the access that black and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries have to prescribe drugs for chronic conditions. Not much has changed in the times since then and taking the findings of the study it can be established that the Black and Continue Reading...
Prescription Drug Use Research Pradel, V., Delga, C., Rouby, F., Micallef, J. And Lapeyre-Mestre, M. (2010). Assessment of Abuse Potential of Benzodiazepines from a Prescription Database Using 'Doctor Shopping' as an Indicator. CNS Drugs, 24(7), 61 Continue Reading...
Health INS Healthcare Econ During the ten-year period ending with 2009, the administrative costs and the profits of health insurance companies rose slower than other healthcare costs and came to represent an ever-shrinking proportion of healthcare Continue Reading...
Executive summary Introduction The ever-increasing cost of medication is a central concern in many forums. The media and the politicians have not failed to notice it either. Over 25 bills and numerous committees were set up to investigate the matter Continue Reading...
Drug PricesIn the New Directions in Health Care podcast entitled Why are U.S. Prescription Drug Prices So High? by the Commonwealth Fund (2017), hosted by Sandy Hausman, and available at The Commonwealth Funds website: http://www.commonwealthfund.org Continue Reading...
Health care [...] prescription compliance among the homeless. Health care for the homeless is perhaps one of the biggest challenges for the healthcare professional. The homeless in America face many problems, and healthcare is only one of them. It i Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership Health Policy Health Policy Change The health policy change encompasses Medicare Part D. Medicare D. is also referred to as the Medicare prescription drug benefit. It is part of the Medicare program that is purposed to bankroll t Continue Reading...
Sociology The United Nations predicts that by 2050, the world's population will exceed 9 billion people. Discuss the consequences of population growth on the world's resources (include environmental and health factors such as food, water, air, acces Continue Reading...
Drug Abuse Economically Alcohol consumption causes injuries, deaths and other problems in the society. In order to reduce the problem economists must understand it, and know the economic burden or effects it causes. Economists approach the problem Continue Reading...
OTC and Prescription Drugs Curbing the Power of Drugs Everyone knows about the enslaving effects of substance abuse and addiction. By now, everyone knows that addiction is a compulsive physical or psychological to take in more and more of a particu Continue Reading...
Health Disparities of Uninsured Statistics show that approximately 47 million of America's population lacks medical coverage, and another 38 million has inadequate health insurance. What these statistics imply is that one-third of Americans are inse Continue Reading...
Recommended Pricing Strategies: As a pharmaceutical benefit manager, I have several primary stakeholders to whom I am responsible. These include: my organization, the employer as my client, the employees of the client as plan participants, the pha Continue Reading...
Q1. Which factors have contributed most to the increase in drug expenditure? One notable healthcare trend in recent years has been the steady climb in drug expenditures. Improvements in technology and the aging of the population are two commonly-cite Continue Reading...
Pharmacy Ethics The author of this report has been asked to review the legal and ethical considerations in play given the test case scenario surrounding Pharmacare and Compcare. As is quickly apparent while reading the case study, the company engage Continue Reading...
According to a Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) report, about 75% of prescription-drug abusers also use illicit drugs with their prescription drug of choice (Banta 2005, p.1). Some teens steal the drugs Continue Reading...
Direct to Consumer Advertising According to a report by the United States General Accounting Office, "spending on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs has tripled in recent years," (Collins et al. p. 4). Consequently, spending on pre Continue Reading...
Limiting DTC drug ads The moratorium on direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug ads protected patients because it enabled health care practitioners and other professionals to make educated, informed decisions about potentially harmful substances Continue Reading...
Drug Profile Drug addiction is a human issue that cultivates biological, psychological, and social consequences, among others. The manifestation of addiction itself is characterized by physical dependence, and is defined by the uncontrollable, compu Continue Reading...
Health Science in Regards to Drugs and Alcohol Legalization of drugs When Colorado and Washington legalized the use of marijuana for recreational purposes, issues related to legalization of all drugs became subject of public debate. Those who voted Continue Reading...
Drug Abuse Individuals who use drugs have difficulties defeating their addiction and often are pulled back into a reoccurring cycle. The euphoria a person experiences through the use of certain drugs causes the individual to continue their use in or Continue Reading...
Healthcare Economics Overall Healthcare And Economics Healthcare economics: Current challenges from a nursing perspective Although the subject of healthcare economics has been hotly-debated, on one issue there is widespread agreement: the aging of Continue Reading...
Health Care Information System The study looks into the importance of health care information system and its latest innovation system. In this paper, I also analyze various innovated health care system which improves the delivery of services to pati Continue Reading...
In fact Congress should pass a bill that gives that prescription drug benefit to Medicare patients. QUESTION NINE: In the United States, healthcare is so expensive that over 45 million people are without health insurance. It is a broken system, lea Continue Reading...
Healthcare Management Health Care Management On March 2010, the U.S. president, Barrack Obama, signed the Affordable Care Act. This act highlights detailed health insurance reforms expected to roll out from 2011 and beyond (Vlvar, 2011). The provis Continue Reading...
Healthcare Spending The United States Health Care System is probably the worst organized system. It expends double than other developed countries on health care system but face worse outcomes. The Government is running healthcare programs but still Continue Reading...
Health Care in the U.S. And Spain What Can the U.S. Learn About Health Care from Spain? In 2009, Spain's single-payer health care system was ranked the seventh best in the world by the World Health Organization (Socolovsky, 2009). By comparison, th Continue Reading...
Healthcare Policy Systems: Hong Kong, Australia VOUCHERS FOR THE ELDERLY Healthcare Policy Systems in Hong Kong and Australia Primary Health Care for the Elderly in Hong Kong Primary care is the starting point in the healthcare process (PCO, 2011 Continue Reading...
Health Care Systems Over the last several years, America's health care system has been undergoing a tremendous amount of changes. At the heart of these transformations is the role of the federal government in regulating the delivery of various servi Continue Reading...
It is significantly affecting and endangering the future of millions of young people in the nation. Additionally, there are several challenges on the issue of the overall drug use in the United States. To understand the issue of drug and substance a Continue Reading...
This situation was also due to slower growth in prescription drugs. Other categories that reported slower growth include: physician and clinical services, home health care, and other professional services. Regarding prescription drug spending, the Continue Reading...
While it is definitely true that these companies spend a great deal of money on research and development, for which they certainly deserve and in fact need to be compensated (not to mention their right to make a profit, and the fact that profit pote Continue Reading...
