Health Economics: Principles, Sustainability, and Recommendations

Running head: HEALTH ECONOMICS 1
HEALTH ECONOMICS
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Evidence based health was the traditional approach of measure value in terms of value/output in
relation to cost. It moved value based health which measures values in terms of healthcare
outcomes, experience of care and efficient and effective care in relation to cost.

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Executive summary
Sustainability is crucial to a proper healthcare system. This is because healthcare is an
important aspect of every person life thus is a major concern. The healthcare should be
sustainable and must be recognized priority will all regional and international actors. Today the
systems of healthcare have challenges due to many obstacles. This is due to increased demand
and lack of enough resources mostly from the aging population which is far from being
sustainable. Thus the road to reaching sustainability of healthcare systems requires a lot of
improvements, including equity and safety for all persons, legitimate and efficient management;
good care delivery as well as the balance between all various types of people. The sustainability
starts with the safety of the patients. Sustainability healthcare come with a complex system of
social and economically viable to the long term for human beings with no negative impacts on
the healthcare systems (Faezipour & Ferreira, 2011).Healthcare systems sustainability is at crises
especially in dealing with aged people, chronic disease illness, increased cost of technology and
the demand for health. Thus significant measures should be taken to ensure that all these are
minimized and ensure that people have access to quality health services.

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Table of contents
Introduction...............................................................................................3-4
Principles that guide United State healthcare delivery reform......................................4-7
Sustainability of this model on the aging, increased chronic disease, ever increasing cost of
technology and demand of entire healthcare system.................................................7-9
Recommendation..........................................................................................9-12
References................................................................................................12-16