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Empleos Relacionados con Salud/educación , Prácticas Clínicas/economía , Medicare/legislación & jurisprudencia , Apoyo a la Formación Profesional/legislación & jurisprudencia , Anciano , Empleos Relacionados con Salud/economía , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. , Humanos , Medicare Payment Advisory Commission , Sistema de Pago Prospectivo , Estados UnidosAsunto(s)
Ejercicio Físico , Estilo de Vida , Obesidad/epidemiología , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Causas de Muerte , Niño , Preescolar , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Educación en Salud , Política de Salud , Humanos , Incidencia , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Obesidad/prevención & control , Estados UnidosAsunto(s)
Prescripciones de Medicamentos/economía , Servicios de Salud para Ancianos/economía , Seguro de Servicios Farmacéuticos/estadística & datos numéricos , Medicare/estadística & datos numéricos , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Enfermedad Crónica/economía , Seguro de Costos Compartidos , Costos de los Medicamentos , Humanos , Seguro de Servicios Farmacéuticos/legislación & jurisprudencia , Esperanza de Vida , Medicare/economía , Medicare/tendencias , Política , Dinámica Poblacional , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
In 1997, the Veterans Health Administration constituted the Associated Health Professions Education Review Committee to provide recommendations for its associated health training programs. The Committee recommended that support for the 54,000 trainees in over 45 non-physician disciplines that train every year in VA facilities be allocated based on patient-focused criteria that emphasize the VA's healthcare priorities. Such priorities include accessible primary care, geriatrics, treatment of substance abuse, chronic care, and rehabilitation. The Committee also placed a high priority on disciplines that demonstrate inter-professional strategies for healthcare delivery and training. Educational institutions and disciplines that address these needs in innovative ways will find opportunities for clinical training in VA settings.
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Guías como Asunto , Empleos en Salud/educación , Prioridades en Salud , Necesidades y Demandas de Servicios de Salud , United States Department of Veterans Affairs , Curriculum , Prestación Integrada de Atención de Salud , Reforma de la Atención de Salud , Humanos , Atención Dirigida al Paciente , Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud , Estados UnidosAsunto(s)
Reforma de la Atención de Salud/legislación & jurisprudencia , Política , Presupuestos/legislación & jurisprudencia , Humanos , Seguro de Salud/economía , Seguro de Salud/legislación & jurisprudencia , Práctica Profesional/legislación & jurisprudencia , Valores de Referencia , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
ASAHP recommends that the federal government should, as the largest consumer of health care, play a central role in partnership with state governments and private institutions in reducing shortages of allied health personnel. Furthermore, ASAHP believes that this role should encompass attracting students (particularly from minority and underserved portions of the population) both to academic allied health programs through the provision of entry-level traineeships and advanced programs which prepare allied health professionals for careers as educators and researchers. No federal programs were authorized specifically to support allied health education during the period from 1981 to 1989. PL 100-607, the Health Professions Reauthorization Act of 1988, authorized $6 million ($2 million in each of three categories), but only $737,000 was appropriated in FY 1990 for Allied Health Grants and Contracts. The Bureau of Health Professions subsequently received 122 proposals in February 1990, representing more than $10,000,000 in requests for this limited amount. Since then, the Bureau has received an average of 100 proposals for each annual funding cycle. In addition to providing continuation grants for existing projects, the Bureau is currently able to award an average of 10 new grants each year. The $3,935,000 appropriated for FY 1995 will be used to fund perhaps another 12 to 15 initiatives. ASAHP believes that substantially more financial assistance is required than what is currently being appropriated. Furthermore, the most suitable venue for the federal government to affect reductions in the shortage of allied health professionals is through the advanced training portion of the Section 766 Program, which remains unfunded.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Técnicos Medios en Salud/educación , Educación/economía , Apoyo a la Formación Profesional/tendencias , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Técnicos Medios en Salud/provisión & distribución , Servicios de Salud para Ancianos/tendencias , Humanos , Salud Rural , Apoyo a la Formación Profesional/legislación & jurisprudencia , Estados UnidosAsunto(s)
Reforma de la Atención de Salud/tendencias , Técnicos Medios en Salud , Presupuestos , Control de Costos , Reforma de la Atención de Salud/economía , Reforma de la Atención de Salud/legislación & jurisprudencia , Gastos en Salud/legislación & jurisprudencia , Gastos en Salud/tendencias , Programas Controlados de Atención en Salud/economía , Programas Controlados de Atención en Salud/legislación & jurisprudencia , Programas Controlados de Atención en Salud/tendencias , Política , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
The provision of access to quality health care services and the restraint of rapidly escalating health care costs are dominant policy issues. This article traces governmental and private efforts to develop a health insurance program and enact various reforms from the beginning of the 20th century to 1980. Problems and challenges that influence the current debate will be shown to have existed over the past several decades.