Hcs440 week 3 benchmark assignment—the demand of health care services

Business and Finance

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you present the content you would like to discuss in the workshop to help increase overall consumer awareness regarding health care services.

Include the following in your paper:

Analyze the demand for health care services.
- How does the demand for health care services differ from other consumer purchases?
- What are the relationships between:
  - Changes in the cost of treatment or medicines and the demand for health care services?
  - Consumer/patient need and the demand for health care services?
- How do changes in the behaviors of the consumers increase and/or decrease the demand for health care services?
- Why is it important for consumers to understand the demand for health services?
Analyze the cost structure for the delivery of health care services.
- How do different markets (large city vs. rural area) affect the cost of health care services?
- What impact do specialized services (e.g., cancer or orthopedic centers) have on health care costs?
- How do specialized service centers differ from traditional hospitals?
- How are the objectives different for a for-profit vs. a non-profit health care organization?
- Why is it important for consumers to understand the cost structure for the delivery of health care services?
Analyze the major sources of health care spending.
- How has the trend of health care costs regarding the overall economy changed over the past several decades?
- What impact does technology have on health care costs?
- Why is it important for consumers to know the major sources of health care spending?
Analyze the various payment sources and mechanisms in the health care industry.
- What sources are used to pay the costs of health care services other than self-pay and private health insurance?
- What impact does the government have on payment sources for health care services?
- Why is it important for consumers to know the payment sources for health care services?

Cite four textbook, peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support the assignment.

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