Healthcare Delivery System in United States: A Case Study of National Institutes of Health (NIH)

This research paper discusses the healthcare delivery system in the United States, with a focus on the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It covers the scope and significance of the healthcare system, NIH's role in transitioning patients, and the organization's investments in healthcare research.

Healthcare
1/18/2019
Executive Summary

The health delivery system in United States provides effective healthcare services to
the patients, insurance and lead to the attainment of positive health outcomes in the longer
period. To summarise about the healthcare services of NIH, based in U.S., it has been
discovered that it provides one of the best health services, and play a vital role in
transitioning the stage of the patient’s healthcare from one level to another. Thus, the health
system achieves this target every year through making huge investments in enhancing their
services in the healthcare industry.

Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Healthcare services Research: Scope and Significance..........................................................................3
National Institutes of Health (NIH).......................................................................................................3
Investment by the healthcare delivery organisation (NIH)................................................................3
NIH’s role in transitioning the patient...................................................................................................4
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................4
References.............................................................................................................................................5

Introduction
The research paper will bring about the discussion on the understanding of the
healthcare delivery system and the role it plays in providing the services. In addition, the
assignment, will discuss the major contribution or lack of the contribution towards managing
the resources, and transition of patients from one level to another level. “National Institutes of
Health” has taken as the healthcare system in United States.
Healthcare services Research: Scope and Significance
The above thesis statement describes about the research healthcare sector or system in
United States, stating about the scope and significance. It includes clinicians, hospitals, and
other health facilities, insurance plans, and providing healthcare services to the patients. For
most of the Americans, healthcare is the strongest determinant of health, and having health
insurance under an appropriate plan is a basic requirement. Thus, healthcare delivery system
or healthcare system in United States refers to the organisation of people, institutions, and
resources, which aim to deliver the health services to the populations, which are cost effective
(Milevska et al., 2017).
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH (National Institutes of Health) formed as the medical research agency of the
country, and considered a part of the Department of Health and Human Services in U.S. aims
towards making advancement for improving health of people. To state about the mission and
goals of the healthcare delivery system it has found that NIH aims to enhance health,
lengthen the life expectancy of the people, and reduce illness and disability amongst the
people living in United States (National Institutes of Health, 2018).
Thus, NIH has been one of the prominent health care institutions, which provides
services to the patients, by investigating causes, treatment, and the cure for both common and
rare diseases. The agency or health institution works to provide their services such as
nutrition, treatment of cervical cancers, mental disorders of patients and others.

Investment by the healthcare delivery organisation (NIH)
NIH invests nearly $37.3 billion each year for conducting the medical research for the
Americans. Chronic diseases such as heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, and depression
considered a major cause of death in the world. Thus, NIH’s long-term efforts to understand
treat, and prevention of chronic conditions found to reduce the global burden of diseases by
effectively managing resources and medical costs (Hill, Knafl & Santacroce, 2018).
NIH’s role in transitioning the patient
The aspect of the transition of care of the patient from one level to another described
as the coordination and continuity of healthcare during the movement from one healthcare
setting to another. The concept of transition care at NIH has carried out effectively with
different services, and environment, which has designed to promote safe passage of the
patients on proper time between the various healthcare levels (Brown, 2018).
NIH has shown high performance as they have built up strong communication in the
healthcare, proper education to the people, and access to the healthcare services, which leads
to functional and positive results of transition process. Hospital at home is one such aspect,
which states that the hospital services provided at home to the older adults who experience
the problems of chronic conditions or diseases. Thus, they act effectively to transition the
patients from one level of care to another in the healthcare continuum (Brown, 2018).
Conclusion
To conclude the above discussion it can be stated that the healthcare delivery system
play a vital role in maintaining and improving the health of the individuals in U.S. The
organisation is focused upon managing the healthcare resources and reduces the medical
costs for their patient’s better health and wellbeing.

References
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National Institutes of Health. (2018). Who we are. Retrieved from:
https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are
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