Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Health Systems
US health system
Where does health care come from?
Who pays for research?
What's different about the way they provide health care?
Who pays for health care insurance?
What does it cover?
What other 3 ways of getting medical care exist?
Who spends more on health care, the government or the private sector?
Answers:
Most heath care is provided for by the private sector.
Private and public sources
How they give access to their system. 15% of people were uninsured
60% of people get health insurance from their employer
Preventive care, care if you get sick and prescriptions
Medicare (for old people), Medicaid (for the poorest), Tricare (for the military)
The government pays 2/3 of the bill but only covers 1/3 of the people
NHS in Scotland
Health System in Spain
Where does health care come from?
Who pays for research?
What's different about the way they provide health care?
Who pays for health care insurance?
What does it cover?
What other 3 ways of getting medical care exist?
Who spends more on health care, the government or the private sector?
Answers:
Most heath care is provided for by the private sector.
Private and public sources
How they give access to their system. 15% of people were uninsured
60% of people get health insurance from their employer
Preventive care, care if you get sick and prescriptions
Medicare (for old people), Medicaid (for the poorest), Tricare (for the military)
The government pays 2/3 of the bill but only covers 1/3 of the people
NHS in Scotland
Health System in Spain
Sicko - The US health system exposed
Watch the trailer
If you want to know more, watch the full documentary
If you want to know more, watch the full documentary
Pharmaceutical industry
True or false?
1.Intellectual property ensures researchers get investment
2.In the US a patent has a limit of 20 years
3.It takes about 20 years to develop a new drug
4.Companies establish strict controls to ensure safety
5.Pharmaceutical companies invest massively in R&D
6.New products are being rapidly copied
7.Profits from patented drugs are invested in new research
8.Medicines go through the same controls as other patented items
Answers: 1T, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6F, 7T, 8F
1.Intellectual property ensures researchers get investment
2.In the US a patent has a limit of 20 years
3.It takes about 20 years to develop a new drug
4.Companies establish strict controls to ensure safety
5.Pharmaceutical companies invest massively in R&D
6.New products are being rapidly copied
7.Profits from patented drugs are invested in new research
8.Medicines go through the same controls as other patented items
Answers: 1T, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6F, 7T, 8F
Health and safety at work
Learn more about work environment risks/health and safety hazards
Office hazards
Teachers's occupational hazards
Office hazards
Teachers's occupational hazards
Do you know what you eat?
Watch the following video and complete the blanks
- The last years have seen more changes in our nutrition than in the previous 10,000
- Modern agriculture has focused on growing faster, fatter, bigger and cheaper
- Much of our industrial food basically consists of rearrangements of corn
- You can get 2 hamburgers for the price of a vegetable
- It's unbelievable that meat without any labelling can be purchased
- The average consumer feels powerless
- There is proof that an industry's irresponsible behaviour can be changed
- Consumers have the power to get companies to produce good wholesome food
Thursday, 10 December 2015
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