Factors That Influence Healthcare Delivery Objective: Explain the factors influencing health care delivery systems.

Factors That Influence Healthcare Delivery Your assignment is to discuss with your group ways YOU THINK the factors on the next slide could influence healthcare delivery system. You can use your phone to research. Be prepared to discuss your topic with the rest of the class.

Factors That Influence Healthcare Delivery Many different factors influence the healthcare delivery system, including: Aging populations (increased life expectancy & Baby Boomers) Financing (increasing costs and uninsured) Culture (language and health care beliefs)

Factors That Influence Healthcare Delivery Aging factors: (increased life expectancy & Baby Boomers) Increase life expectancy (2005 CDC data) White males – 75.4 years Black males – 69.2 years White females – 80.5 years Black females – 76.1 years In 2005, 6% of population was 75 or older. Will increase to 12% by 2050 Baby boomers, people born after WWII (1946-1964), are at an age when the use of the healthcare system is heaviest

Factors That Influence Healthcare Delivery Financing: (increasing costs and uninsured) Technological advances produce costly services Increase in pharmaceutical costs More services (diagnostic & treatment) are available today Tests & services overused by physicians seeking to avoid law suits Lack of competition Rising expectations of patients Number of uninsured increasing – 16% in 2005

Factors That Influence Healthcare Delivery Culture: (aspects of culture influence health care) Language – greatest influence to provide care in ED Family practices Childbirth practices Child-rearing practices Food habits Benefits of health, illness, and aging Death practices Pain response