The Costs of Treatments and Assurance of Holistic Health

Assignment Description:
• This case study requires that you use the knowledge gained throughout the course to analyze a patient scenario. The analysis of the case must consider beliefs, values, ethics, confidentiality, access and quality of care components related to the care of this patient in the context of the United State health delivery system.
• You are to consider the impacts of social interaction between the patient and her relatives, health care professionals, various institutions and governmental agencies. You are required to address the interconnections between individuals, groups and institutions/agencies.
• Your case analysis must demonstrate an understanding of health policy, health care delivery methods, services and financing in the United States as it applies to the case scenario.
• The case study involves a geriatric patient and her health care.
Assignment Instructions:
• Case study must be word processed. 12 font size. Double-spaced. Maximum 1” margins. No handwritten assignments will be accepted.
• Minimum analysis content will include the following sections:
◦ Introduction/scenario description
◦ Identification of main case issues/concerns
◦ Analysis and evaluation of identified issues/concerns
◦ Recommendations regarding effective solutions/strategies to address identified issues/concerns
◦ Conclusion
• No minimum or maximum length is required; however, all criteria within the rubric must be thoroughly addressed. See rubric for complete description of levels of achievement and point distributions associated with each level. See page 3 for the Case Scenario.
• References must be cited within the case study using APA format. All case analyses must cited sources.
• Wikipedia is not allowed.
Case Analysis Assignment Learning Objectives:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the material covered in COHP 101 and apply to a case scenario by;
a. Defining and describing the interconnection between individuals, groups and institutions/agencies.
b. Describing how the health policies, health care delivery methods, applicable services and financing of those services relate to the case study scenario.
c. Describe proposed solutions to address the issues found in the case study.
Case Scenario:
The patient is a 72-year-old widowed Native American woman named Rose Flowers. Mrs. Flowers lives on a Michigan Indian Reservation. Her son, daughter-in-law, daughter and their children all live outside of Michigan.
Her income is $15,000 per year and her healthcare coverage is traditional Medicare. She does not have access to a car. Mrs. Flowers is diabetic and routinely receives care at the Reservation health clinic. For hospital care she must travel off the Reservation.
On January 15, 2020, she slipped on an icy sidewalk and broke her left hip. A surgical repair was necessary and was performed at Munson Medical Center for surgery and a 7-day inpatient day. After Mrs. Flowers’ inpatient stay, she was discharged to Munson Health and Rehabilitation for short-term rehabilitation stay of 14 days. Upon discharge from Munson, in home physical and occupational therapy was scheduled for a period of 2 months. Discharge plan for Mrs. Flowers anticipates that she will be able to be discharged from home care by June 1, 2020. After that date, Mrs. Flowers should be able to live independently and care for herself at home.

Assignment Instructions:

• The case study analysis is due on or before the specified due date and time. 


• No late case study will be accepted for credit. 


• If extenuating circumstances exist, please contact me ASAP.  Written documentation will be required.   


• The case analysis must be submitted electronically via Blackboard.