Transcript HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH SERVICES

HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH SERVICES
STAGE 1 – PESTILENCE & FAMINE
STAGE 2 – RECEDING PANDEMICS
PANDEMIC: DISEASE THAT OCCURS OVER A WIDE
GEOGRAPHIC AREA & AFFECTS A VERY HIGH PROPORTION
OF THE POPULATION. CHOLERA, SPANISH FLU
STAGE 3 DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS CANCER & CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
STAGE 4 DELAYED DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
POSSIBLE STAGE 5 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
POSSIBLE REASONS FOR STAGE 5
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EVOLUTION: NEW
STRAINS OF VIRUSES &
BACTERIA
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES LED TO
RESISTANCE TO DRUGS &
INSECTICIDES
MALARIA AS EXAMPLE
POVERTY: UNSANITARY
CONDITIONS PERSIST IN
POOR REGIONS-UNSAFE
DRINKING H2O,
SANITATION ISSUES, COST
OF TREATMENTS
INCREASED
CONNECTIONS: NEW
PANDEMICS: AIDS, H1N1,
SARS, EBOLA?????
US DEATH STATS & WORLD STATS
REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN HEALTH CARE
DIPTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS
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REGIONAL RESOURCES 1
FACTOR
IMR & LIFE EXPECTANCY
MAJOR INDICES OF REGIONAL
HEALTH
DIVISIONS BETWEEN
DEVELOPING & DEVELOPED
NATIONS
17% INFANTS IN DEVELOPING
NOT IMMUNIZED AGAINST
MEASLES – 7% IN DEVELOPED–
25+ % IN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA & SOUTH ASIA
FEDERAL/NATIONAL
ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING FOR
HEALTH CARE: SUBSIDIES,
INSURANCE, ETC.
$5,000 IN US VS. $100 IN
AFRICA
HOW MUCH OF GOVERNMENT
BUDGET SPENT ON HEALTH
CARE IS A FACTOR TOO
# & AVAILABILITY OF DR.’S,
HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS