Basics of the U.S. Health Care System 2nd Edition by Nancy Niles

Exercise 2

REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS: CASE SCENARIO ONE
You have decided to become a health education teacher for a high school. One of your first class lessons will be on explaining the complexity of the U.S. healthcare system to your students.
ACTIVITY
You want to be creative so you have your students role play the stakeholders in the healthcare system. You also want them to understand how the United States compares to other countries. You develop a lesson plan that is outlined below. Your lesson plan outlines the major stakeholders in the system and how they interact with each other.
CASE SCENARIO TWO
Your grandmother will be moving to a continuous care retirement community and is unsure of how to evaluate them. She asked you for assistance.
ACTIVITY
Visit the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) to find out what information is available for continuing care communities. Give that information to your grandmother to help her make a decision.
CASE SCENARIO THREE
You eventually would like to work for a pharmaceutical company. You decided to perform research on pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Glaxco Smith Kline. You actually did not realize that there are brand name drugs and generic drugs.
ACTIVITY
Perform an Internet search on the difference between generic and brand name drugs. Discuss the difference between the two products.
CASE SCENARIO FOUR
You have heard the phrase "graying of our population" frequently but are not sure what it means.
All of your coworkers are young so you are not sure if it is valid.
ACTIVITY
Define the concept and find four statistics that support or refute this concept.