Paper Assignment: The Health Care Market
Overview
Use the Internet or Strayer online databases to research the current health care delivery structures-both private and public-within your state.
Task
Write a 6 to 8 pages paper in which you:
i. Analyze the current health care delivery structure in your state. Compare and contrast the major determinants of health care market power.
ii. Analyze the main competitive forces in the your health care delivery system in your state, and compare the major factors that influence the fundamental manner in which these competitive forces determine prices, supply and demand, quality of care, consumerism, and providers' compensation.
iii. Evaluate the positive benefits and negative aspects, respectively, of HMO managed care from the provider's point of view-i.e., a physician and a health care facility-and from a patient's point of view. Provide a rationale for your response.
iv. Assess the efficiency of the types of economic incentives available to providers in the delivery of health care services in your own state.
v. Propose who bears the financial risk of a capitation payment system: the provider, the patient, or the consumer-driven health plan itself.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.