Explain technique to improve health services
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1 Investing in good hospital discharge planning for high-risk elderly patients would save $333 million a year and would improve health outcomes. Research shows elderly patients who receive nursing and physiotherapy assessment via an individually tailored program of exercise strategies, and are followed-up for 24 weeks after discharge made fewer emergency re-admissions and avoided many other health-care costs.
Paying less for generic drugs to lower cholesterol would have saved the Australian government $130 millionbetween May 2010 and October 2011. These large cost savings could be achieved if drug prices were negotiated to the level paid by the UK government for statins.
Stopping routine follow-up for patients with hip replacements will save resources worth $9 million each year. In most cases, the only benefit is to reassure patients. If a meaningful complication arises, patients would
Paying less for generic drugs to lower cholesterol would have saved the Australian government $130 millionbetween May 2010 and October 2011. These large cost savings could be achieved if drug prices were negotiated to the level paid by the UK government for statins.
Stopping routine follow-up for patients with hip replacements will save resources worth $9 million each year. In most cases, the only benefit is to reassure patients. If a meaningful complication arises, patients would
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Improving patient care has become a priority for all health care providers with the overall objective of achieving a high degree of patient satisfaction. Greater awareness among the public, increasing demand for better care, keener competition, more health care regulation, the rise in medical malpractice litigation, and concern about poor outcomes are factors that contribute to this change.
The quality of patient care is essentially determined by the quality of infrastructure, quality of training, competence of personnel and efficiency of operational systems. The fundamental requirement is the adoption of a system that is ‘patient orientated’. Existing problems in health care relate to both medical and non-medical factors and a comprehensive system that improves both aspects must be implemented. Health care systems in developing countries face an even greater challenge since quality and cost recovery must be balanced with equal opportunities in patient care.
The quality of patient care is essentially determined by the quality of infrastructure, quality of training, competence of personnel and efficiency of operational systems. The fundamental requirement is the adoption of a system that is ‘patient orientated’. Existing problems in health care relate to both medical and non-medical factors and a comprehensive system that improves both aspects must be implemented. Health care systems in developing countries face an even greater challenge since quality and cost recovery must be balanced with equal opportunities in patient care.
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