Determine how economic priorities influence the formation of health care policy.
HA415M6: Determine how economic priorities influence the formation of health care policy.
Assignment Introduction
Assignment: Cost of Care PowerPoint
This assignment will develop your understanding of how economic priorities influence health care policy formation.
Unit Outcomes addressed in this assignment:
Evaluate how much of the U.S. economy should be spent on health care.
Understand the inefficiencies in the provision and use of health care services.
Course Outcome addressed in this assignment:
HA415M6: Determine how economic priorities influence the formation of health care policy.
Assignment Directions:
Instructions:
Go to:
The Milken Institute
Health and Economic Costs of Chronic Diseases
How much does the US spend to treat different diseases?
Read about the costs of treating specific diseases.
Choose one disease or condition (for example, diabetes, cancer, obesity).
Create a 7-slide PowerPoint presentation that provides a summary of the information you reviewed (5 slides of content, plus title and references slide).
Presentation content:
Title slide
Explain the disease/condition and how prevalent it is in the U.S.
List the costs associated with this disease
Offer solutions for how to reduce costs related to this condition
References slide
List all references in APA format on the last slide. Use in-text citations on each slide to show where sources are being used.
Paper Format: APA
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