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Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs To Children
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A 12 page paper. The ratio of children who are diagnosed with a psychiatric condition and the numbers who are taking psychotropic drugs has soared in the last ten to fifteen years. In fact, prescriptions for Ritalin alone rose by 600 percent since the late 1980s. The writer provides a comprehensive investigation of the diagnosis and the use of prescribed drugs. Some studies allege that children are overdiagnosed and overmedicated, some concluded that many children slip through the cracks and are not diagnosed and treated, while still others suggest it is an issue of misdiagnosis and improper medication. This essay concludes with a discussion that addresses the ethics of prescribing these medications to children, when many have not been approved for use below the age of 18. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PGkidrx.rtf

Prescription Drug Coverage For Senior Citizens: Current Controversy
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10 pages in length. Health care reform has been a thorn in the nation's side ever since the development of private insurance and employer-supplied coverage after World War II. This union-supported venture did not sit well with subsequent presidents, such as Truman, who tried hard to reform health care so as to reflect a more comprehensive and viable commodity for all Americans. Clinton even took a shot at it, however, one might readily argue that his was the most catastrophic failure of all attempts made in past decades, with Johnson's passing of Medicare and Medicaid proving to be the only successful endeavor. Today, however, the issue of providing senior citizens with prescription drugs has come to the forefront of virtually all health-related concerns. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCSnrDr.rtf

Prescription Drug Price Elasticity
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A 6 page paper assessing the economic effects of government payment for all or a portion of seniors' prescription drug needs. The desire to provide seniors with greater assurances that they will be able to afford health care in their latter years is an admirable one, but any route of direct government payment for prescription drugs can be expected to increase their costs. These price increases will affect all, and have the effect of further decreasing access by groups not qualifying for government assistance. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSRxPriceElas.wps

Prescription Drug Regulation in Australia
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A 5 page paper discussing Australia's efforts to both increase and decrease government involvement in control of the pharmaceutical industry. The nation also faces the same kinds of public health issues common to all developed nations. The government has difficulty reconciling its desire to control with its desire to reform itself; in the public health sector, the interests of the pharmaceutical industry often carry more weight than perhaps they should. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSauPrescr.wps

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND THE GOVERNMENT’S INVOLVEMENT
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This 6 page paper discusses the high costs of American pharmaceuticals, offers solutions for reform and compares the industry to industries in other countries. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MBdrugind.rtf

Prescriptive Authority for Pharmacists
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A 9 page overview of the issues surrounding the needs, justifications, and objections to allowing pharmacists to write prescriptions for medication and to intervene in medication regimes when they determine that regime may be dangerous or ineffective. Emphasizes that prescriptive authority for pharmacists has been perceived by physicians as an infringement into an area in which doctors have previously held an almost uncontested monopoly. Presents the argument that pharmacists may be more capable of monitoring and prescribing drugs than are doctors themselves. Outlines the legislative history of prescriptive authority in several states which have already enacted the authority and the limitations on that authority. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPprscrp.rtf

Presentation on UPMC Health System
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A 12-slide Power Point presentation on UPMC Health Systems in Western Pennsylvania, including discussion of the effects of the organizational structure of the system. The paper associated with this file contains speaker notes and sources only. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSupmcHlthCare.rtf

Pressure Sores and Physical Therapy
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A 5 page paper on the relationship between pressure sore healing and physical therapy. The writer explains the causes and treatments of pressure sores-- with particular emphasis on the role that physical therapist can play in the relief of discomfort. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Physsore.wps

Pressures on Health Insurers
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A 4 page paper discussing the stresses faced by health insurers in general and CIGNA Healthcare specifically. Conditions in today’s health care market place increasing pressures on everyone involved, including insurers. CIGNA has experienced these negative effects as well, as evidenced by declining profits and a 65 percent decline in its stock price. The purpose here is to assess the extent of current trends’ effect on CIGNA’s business and to recommend beneficial changes to organizational structure. Includes two organizational charts, one current and one proposed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KShlthInsCIG.rtf

Preterm Labor Symptoms (Article Review)
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This 5 page paper delves into a 2001 article entitled "Resolving the Uncertainty of Preterm Symptoms: Women's Experiences With the Onset of Preterm Labor." The article is critiqued. Some additional references ar used in the analysis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA508pre.rtf