The U.S. Healthcare System: Analysis of a Healthcare Sector

Your portfolio assignment focuses on a specific sector of healthcare and its relation to the current U.S. healthcare system. Choose one of the healthcare sectors listed below for your portfolio assignment:

 

  • Hospitals
  • Long-term Care
  • Mental and Behavioral Health
  • Ambulatory Care
  • For-Profit/Public Health Care.

 

Write a ten to twelve page paper where you address the following:

 

  • Describe of the sector’s historical development and current role in healthcare delivery.

 

  • Explain how the political influence in the U.S. healthcare system impacts how this sector provides healthcare to specific communities.

 

 

  • Evaluate how quality, safety, and competition within this healthcare sector impact patient care.

 

  • Examine what major challenges exist for this sector for the system over the next decade from healthcare reform and other factors. Discuss a minimum of three challenges and offer your recommendations on how healthcare leaders and administrators can manage them.

 

 

  • Provide a conclusion summary of your findings and of the project experience.

 

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

 

 

  • Be ten to twelve pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages

 

  • Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements

 

 

  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of eight scholarly references – four of these references must be from outside sources and four may be from course readings, lectures, and textbooks. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.

 

Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work.

 

  • Introduction
  • Historical Development and Current Role in Healthcare Delivery
  • Political Influence
  • Quality, Safety, and Competition
  • Future Challenges and Issues
  • Recommendations
  • Conclusion