HSA 510 Assignment 2 The Healthcare Market

1. Analyze the current health care delivery structure in your nation.

2. Analyze the main competitive forces in the your healthcare delivery system in your nation, and compare the major factors that influence the fundamental manner in which these competitive forces determine prices, supply and demand, quality of care, consumerism, and providers' compensation.

3. Evaluate the positive benefits and negative aspects, respectively, of HMO managed care from the provider's point of view-i.e., a physician and a healthcare facility-and from a patient's point of view. Provide a rationale for your response.

4. Assess the efficiency of the types of economic incentives available to providers in the delivery of healthcare services in your own nation.

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