This paper is based on the information provided by the case study and is sectioned into two parts. The first pat discusses how the Influenza vaccine is administered and its target population according to CDC recommendations. It also gives a snapshot on the different occasions the U.S. faced flu vaccine shortages in the last decade. The second part examines the unpredictable factors that contributed to the 2004-05 flu crisis in particular. This article illustrates the perfect example of how economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circles—often at the expense of the common good (Bozeman 2007) In an article entitled “More than the Flu” published by Donnald Kettl in 2004, the author analyses the implications the Influenza vaccine shortage and stresses the fact that the real issue lies beyond vaccine logistics’ miscalculations.” We've poured billions into improving airline security to reduce the risks of a repeat of the September 11 attacks.
The problem is clearly stated with adequate background information; there is justification for the study, 115 patients infected with Hepatitis C through reuse of contaminated vials. This problem is very significant to nursing in that there is unsafe medication handling involved. This problem is researchable and opens the gate for change to be implemented. C. Conceptual/Theoretical Framework D. Review of Literature Government reports have urged open reporting of concerns about the quality and safety of patient care. Underreporting of quality problems and adverse events are common.
By proving that sociology had something useful to say in explaining, he hoped to secure the status of sociology amongst the newly emerging science. This attempt to locate sociology as a science is crucial in understanding how he tackled the issue. His chosen method, now called multivariate analysis consisted in comparing the incidence of various social factors with the known incidence of a particular event – in this case suicide. He studied the statistics of suicide that he collected from death certificates and found that there were clear patterns. What supported Durkheim’s argument that there was a social explanation for suicide was the fact that over a period of 20 years, suicide rates were different across countries, religions, and the married and unmarried.
This retrospective view included deaths in which SIDS was implicated, or that were “undetermined”. Cases were excluded if any significant medical history, trauma, or abuse could have contributed to the deaths (Lavezzi, 2002). Data collected included race, age, sex, medical history, and the cause of death.
Explain patterned inequalities in health and illness. Evaluate sources of evidence with regards to class, gender, ethnicity and age There are many different reasons why health inequalities exist due to many factors one extremely important one is social class. Socio-economic inequalities have been researched in the UK for many years. In the early 20th century the government started an occupational census which gave the researchers the opportunity to examine health outcomes of social class. The five class scheme was introduced in 1911 and a variation has been used since.
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The International Classification of Disease (ICD) which is published by the WHO (World Health Organization) is used to code and classify death information from death certificates. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) which was developed in the US is used to classify disease from patient records in hospitals as well as physician practices. These codes are used to assign sign and symptoms associated
Mortality Rates As the medicinal industry becomes more advanced, life quality drastically improves. There are many causes to why mortality rates in the 1500’s were low but there are also multiple factors that helped changed the mortality rates to the way it is currently. Mortality rates of today have decreased vastly compared to the 1500's mortality rates in Europe. “A mortality rate is a measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval.” There are sub categories in mortality rates, such as crude, cause-specific, age-specific, infant mortality rates, and much more. During the 1500’s in Europe, one in every three or four children born died before the age of 15.
Herein, Fleming has made some very strong and important recommendations on how to evaluate administrative data within the text, the example made is, “The team compares the data to other internal sources of this information. For example, a chart review of a random sample of patients in each condition could determine whether the mortality data were accurate, and whether the death was preventable”
Approximately 60,000 to 100,000 deaths occur each year in the United States as a result of DVT associated pulmonary embolism, making it one of the highest causes of unexpected natural death (Andrews & Habashi, 2010). Nurses carry an important role in the prevention of DVT through early assessment of risk factors and by providing proper DVT prophylaxis. A DVT is typically the product of one of three conditions, referred