Explore health care policies from the standpoint of the health care manager.

Consumer Driven Health Care (SLP)

Case Assignment

Please write a paper in which you discuss Consumer Driven Health Care (CDHC) in the following scenario:

Module 4 – SLP

Consumer Driven Health Care

For the Session Long Project we will explore health care policies from the standpoint of the health care manager.

For the fourth component of the Session Long Project, please write a position paper on consumer driven health care:

Reserach consumer drive healthcare (CDHC). After analyzing the information gleaned from your reserach, answer the following question: Do you personally feel that health care will become more affordable for Americans over the long term as a result of CDHC? Why or why not?

Assignment Expectations

. References should be cited properly in the text of your essay, as well as at the end. Several scholarly references should be cited for this assignment. Please limit your response to 23 pages.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The following articles/readings will provide you with a solid background on consumer-driven healthcare. You should have a comfortable understanding of this material before you proceed to completing the writing assignments.

Required Readings

Catherine, M. W. (2010). Consumer-driven healthcare: What is it? The Journal of Medical Practice Management : MPM, 25(5), 263-265. Retrieved from ProQuest.

Ha, S., & Yun, J. L. (2011). Determinants of consumer-driven healthcare. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 5(1), 8-24. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108. Found in ProQuest.

Hughes-Cromwick, P., Root, S., & Roehrig, C. (2007, Apr.). Consumer-driven healthcare: information, incentives, enrollment, and implications for national health expenditures. Business Economics, 42(2), 43-57.

Rodwin, M. (2003). The dark side of a consumer-driven health system. Frontiers of Health Services Management, 19(4), 31-34.