Chapter 12 Flashcards
There are 6 factors contributing to the INCREASED supply of he’s.th care professionals
- technological growth
- Specialization
- health insurance
- aging population
- emergence of ambulatory clinics
- array of post-hospitalization venues
Factors influencing supply of physicisians
- movement away for managed care
- increase in number of female phy
- lifestyle preferences
- population growth
- increase n average lifespan
IMGs deff
International medical graduates
3 factors contributing to supply of IMGs
- Specialties, geographic locations, employment settings avoided by US med graduates.
- surplus of residency positions in teaching hospitals
- Increased market penetration of managed care plans in urban areas.
Efforts to improve the unequal distribution of phys
Loan forgiveness and extensive support for the development of family practice training programs.
Public health professionals
Administration of health agencies
Planning and evaluating prevention, screening, evaluating prevention.
Surveillance and control of environmental hazards n pollutants.
Incidence And prevalence of disease in population
New public roles
Role in managed care
- monitor disease incidence
- prevalence and outcome
- develop, implement, and monitor program prevention.
Biometrics and prevention
5 factors contributing to nursing shortage
- decline in nursing school enrollments
- aging of the RN workforce
- nurses not employed in nursing
- decline in relative earnings
- emergence of alternative job opportunities
There are 7 core competencies name them
- direct clinical practice
- expert guidance and coaching of patients, families, and other care providers.
- consultation
- research skills
- clinical and professional leadership
- collaboration
- ethical decision-making skills