Health Care Organization and Financing

Detox centers in New York involves a range of activities that promote or sustain human physical and mental well-being. Ideally, it should be accessible and affordable to all. Nations face the challenge of modifying and adapting organization and financing systems of health care, health protection and health promotion in response to demographic changes, increases in medical costs, aging populations and advances in technology.

In the United States, a wide variety of public and private organizations provide health care services. Most of these are part of large, complex health systems. A few are independent hospitals and physician groups. Some are nonprofit or charity organizations and others are governmental agencies such as the CDC, FDA, or the NIH. Many of these institutions are financed and owned by state, county and city governments as well as the federal government.

The major components of health care include medical services, research and education, health promotion, and public health. Increasingly, health services are viewed as a right of every citizen rather than a privilege for those who can afford them. Despite these trends, the quality of health care varies substantially in various geographic areas and among patients. Moreover, the use of costly technologies can result in significant financial losses if not carefully managed.

In an ideal world, health care would be governed by market forces, with competition instigating improvements in quality and affordability. But the ideal market requires perfect information, homogeneous products, and large numbers of suppliers and customers (here, physicians and patients). These assumptions rarely hold true in health care.

As a result, health care is heavily regulated in the United States. The FDA governs the safety of medical drugs and devices; the CDC regulates disease outbreaks and prevents injuries, disability, and premature death; and the NIH conducts cutting-edge medical research. In addition, the federal government is the largest employer in the health care sector.

Various approaches to financing and organizing the delivery of health care are being tried in the United States, but none seems to be able to control the escalating cost of health care. Many commentators blame the current system for the upward spiral of health care expenditures and advocate fundamental reforms.

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