Healthcare in the United States: Historical Transitions and Demographic Composition of the Healthcare Workforce

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Introduction
Chapter 3 paves the way for an interesting reading regarding the historical transitions
experienced by the nation’s healthcare system, from an underdeveloped, disarrayed system
during the pre-industrial era to an organized system of government-run, public health reform
measures comprising of optimum technological advancements. Chapter 4, on the other hand,
provides an outlook into the demographic composition of the healthcare workforce of the nation,
one of the largest groups of working professionals within the United States (Shi & Singh, 2014).
Critique
Feedback: Upon reading Chapter 3, a useful perspective to be learned, is the historical
journey encountered by the healthcare system which has transformed it into a patient-centered
service aimed at overall public health improvement (Shi & Singh, 2014). However, in criticism,
this chapter however did not provide insights in the positive impacts of healthcare equity exerted
by the Affordable Care Act (Sommers et al., 2017). Likewise, Chapter 4, assists in understanding
the present composition of the healthcare workforce and the ongoing crisis of increased care
burden, rising healthcare costs and disproportionate generalists-specialists population (Shi &
Singh, 2014). However, in criticism, there is no information on the impact of infiltration of
health professions from culturally diverse communities on present day functioning of the
healthcare workforce (Nichols, Horner & Fyfe, 2015).
Learning on Healthcare Evolution: From Chapter 3, one can learn on how the
healthcare system has evolved throughout the ages from a system which lacked any form of
specialist or institutional care to one which is now dominated by extensive advancements in