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Showing posts with label had. Show all posts
If Michael Jackson Had Been Enrolled In An HMO Hed Still Be Alive
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The Disease Management Care Blog has really been trying to not pay attention to the trial of Conrad Murray MD, the infamous propofol-wielding personal physician for pop legend Michael Jackson. Unfortunately, the whole thing is so lurid, its difficult to not gawk.
While no one should come to any conclusions about any allegations until all the facts are known, one thing is certain: Mr. Jackson is a poster child for the downsides of having unfettered access to all the health care anyone could ever want. Dissatisfaction with a first round of plastic surgery and insomnia are common place, but few patients have the resources to go on to decimate their nose and turn their bedroom into an anesthesia suite.
Which brings up a good point. Regular DMCB readers are well aware of this graph from the Kaiser Family Foundation report on Trends in Health Care Costs and Spending:
Back in the late 1990s, many HMOs made the mistake of controlling costs by aggressively denying payment for anything that didnt meet their definition of "medical necessity." When it came to costs, it worked quite well. While that style of managed care has since been defanged, health insurers including HMOs continue to apply a gentler, more transparent, regulated and still evolving standard of only covering treatments that are 1) appropriate and 2) effective when 3) there are no other safer alternatives.
While no one should come to any conclusions about any allegations until all the facts are known, one thing is certain: Mr. Jackson is a poster child for the downsides of having unfettered access to all the health care anyone could ever want. Dissatisfaction with a first round of plastic surgery and insomnia are common place, but few patients have the resources to go on to decimate their nose and turn their bedroom into an anesthesia suite.
Which brings up a good point. Regular DMCB readers are well aware of this graph from the Kaiser Family Foundation report on Trends in Health Care Costs and Spending:
Back in the late 1990s, many HMOs made the mistake of controlling costs by aggressively denying payment for anything that didnt meet their definition of "medical necessity." When it came to costs, it worked quite well. While that style of managed care has since been defanged, health insurers including HMOs continue to apply a gentler, more transparent, regulated and still evolving standard of only covering treatments that are 1) appropriate and 2) effective when 3) there are no other safer alternatives.
While Mr. Jacksons death is allegedly an example of health care run amok, many mainstream physicians agree that "overtreatment" happens far too often. Until a better system comes along, classic "1-800-MotherMayI" may have a role to play in keeping other Michael Jacksons from happening.
The next time the DMCB reads that a "right" to health care should translate into coverage for anything and everything a doctor and patient would want, itll ask a very simple question: whos job, then, is it to say no, and if that happens, is it always bad?
Had alcoholic parents make children vulnerable depression
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Adult children who are older and have parents addicted to alcohol or drugs have a higher risk of depression than children whose parents do not have the habit of drinking alcohol or illegal drugs.
It was discovered after researchers observed 6,300 adults in Canada. They found that about 312 people into a deep depression last year. Approximately 877 participants who began the study admitted under 18 years old and still living with my parents. They also explained that their parents have the habit of drinking alcohol and using drugs. Drinking alcohol and illicit drugs are recognized to cause problems in the family.
After calculating other factors such as age, gender, and race, researchers at the University of Toronto found that adults who had childhood experiences with parents who have an addiction to alcohol and drugs likely affected by depression twice as high.
"Even after accounting for other factors such as parenting mistakes, parental occupation, and parental lifestyle that is unhealthy, researchers found that parents addicted to alcohol and drugs associated with a 69 percent chance of causing a child depression," said lead researcher Esme Fuller-Thomson, as reported by U.S. News.
Fuller-Thomson explains that the possibility that parental behavior affects the way children deal with depression and stress. Researchers suggested that children who live with parents with alcohol or drug addiction have more contact with other family members such as fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or other.
It was discovered after researchers observed 6,300 adults in Canada. They found that about 312 people into a deep depression last year. Approximately 877 participants who began the study admitted under 18 years old and still living with my parents. They also explained that their parents have the habit of drinking alcohol and using drugs. Drinking alcohol and illicit drugs are recognized to cause problems in the family.
After calculating other factors such as age, gender, and race, researchers at the University of Toronto found that adults who had childhood experiences with parents who have an addiction to alcohol and drugs likely affected by depression twice as high.
"Even after accounting for other factors such as parenting mistakes, parental occupation, and parental lifestyle that is unhealthy, researchers found that parents addicted to alcohol and drugs associated with a 69 percent chance of causing a child depression," said lead researcher Esme Fuller-Thomson, as reported by U.S. News.
Fuller-Thomson explains that the possibility that parental behavior affects the way children deal with depression and stress. Researchers suggested that children who live with parents with alcohol or drug addiction have more contact with other family members such as fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or other.
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