Ethical and Legal Considerations in health Care Text Book Me

Ethical and Legal Considerations in health Care Text Book Medica Ethics Second Edition by Michael Boylan

Book Medical Ethics second Edition by Michael Boylan ISBN 978-1-11849475-2

Law and Administrative Concern Rankings.

Rank the following items in order of importance from the perspective of a health care administrator:

Licensing.

Regulation.

Accreditation.

Payment.

Taxation constraints.

Explain the rationale you used in creating this order. Then, rank them in order of importance from the perspective of a patient. Explain the rationale you used in creating this order.

Solution

For a patient the first thing is to be considered to be whether he is going to a registered or approved hospital, so that he is not get cheated fake doctors or un approved treatment.

For treating patients regulations are also must. Presently ICD Code 10 is using ( International code for diagnosis. By this Patients are getting uniform treatment for the same disease.

Accredition like NABH is helping the patients to identify the best hospitals based on facilities

Payment: Poor income people are looking to spend less but higher income this could not be a criteria. Dividing on the basis of income could also help patients to choose wisely.