HCA240 W9 Final

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Final Project

Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services

 

 

 

Employees in the health care system manage a wide variety of health issues and diseases. This course has provided you the opportunity to take a broad look at many of these health issues. The next step is for you to look at how disease trends will influence the delivery of health care in the future.

 

Write a 1,700- to 2,100-word paper explaining how demographics and disease trends are likely to influence health care delivery services in the future. Include the following sections:

 

·         Aging

 

o    Describe the current age composition of the U.S. population and how it is expected to change in the next 10 to 20 years.

 

o    Identify the factors that support this trend.

 

·         Environmental factors

·         Changing demographics

 

o    Explain how the aging trend is likely to increase or decrease the health issues covered in this course. Include examples of at least two relevant diseases.

 

o    Explain what can be done to reduce health complications related to aging. Include at least two examples.

 

·         Obesity

 

o    Describe the current rate of obesity in the United States and how it is expected to change in the next 10 to 20 years.

 

o    Identify the factors that support this trend.

 

·         Environmental factors

·         Changing demographics

 

o    Explain how this obesity trend is likely to increase or decrease the health issues covered in this course. Include examples of at least two relevant diseases.

 

o    Explain what can be done to reduce health complications related to obesity. Include at least two examples.

 

·         The Future

 

o    Explain how health care delivery will adapt in the future to provide care for age-related health issues.

 

o    Explain how health care delivery will adapt in the future to provide care for obesity-related health issues.

 

Include at least four sources other than Human Diseases: A Systemic Approach.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

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