Question

1. List several conditions for which you would not need to seek medical help? When would you consider each condition to be bad enough to require medical attention? How would you decide where to go?

2. What rights do you have as a patient?

3. What are some of the potential benefits and risks of complementary health approaches?

4. Explain the differences between traditional private health insurance plans and managed care. Should insurance companies dictate reimbursement rates for various medical tests and procedures in an attempt to keep prices down? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Q. No. 1. Answer :

Not need to seek medical help for conditions like

* common cold,

* minor body pains,

* minor head ache,

* loss of appetite,

* little burns,

* minor stomach pain

* small wound and cuts ect.

We will consider the condition is bad like when the common cold is severe and head ache and running nose ect.

Loss of appetite along with this any severe abdominal pain and hematemisis and Malena if these symptoms are accurs it's and emergency to seek medical attention.

Wounds with severe bleeding its emergency to seek medical attention.

So then we can decide to go for hospital according to the related problem.

Q. No. 2. Answer :

Rights of patient :

* right take decision regarding medical care.

* right to accept or refuse the treatment,

* right to formulate advance directives like written instructions such as living will ect.

* right to get clear information regarding bill and finance ect.

Q. No. 3. Answer :

Complementary health approach : these are acupuncture, accupressure, massage therapy, Tai,  chi ect.

Potential Benefits of complementary health approach :

* we may reduces the pain to the patients by more blood tests and ect.

* it is a costeffective treatment.

* easily accessible one.

Risks :

* it is depending upon scientific product, some times reaction may arises Due to using some of products.

Q. No. 4. Answer :

Traditional private health insurance plans :

It is a fee for services plan, in this the insurance company provides 80 % of money and for remaining the patient is responsible.

Managed care system in the the insurance people contract with the medical heath care providers to reduce cost of health care.

When comparing to managed care, traditional private health insurance plans are best.

Yes insurance companies are dictate reimbursment rates, for medical tests and procedures, because to attract the benefishers to wards plans.

Some times they Will keep prices down to provide benefits to the clients.