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Discuss some of the physical changes that can take place in late adulthood, and explain how these detriments may be offset. If they are not offset, what are some of the consequences of these physical changes?

Instructions: Globalization issues and how they affect different professional fields. Requirements: No more than 1800 words Cover Page Abstract Page Header with Title and Page number Reference Pages

Identify the characteristics of acids and bases Identify the electrolytes commonly measured in the blood serum such as sodium, bicarbonate, chloride and potassium and their effect on homeostasis In order for the human body to grow and function effectively, it needs to be able to maintain a constant state of well-being. This condition is referred to as homeostasis. Homeostasis requires that an organism’s internal environment remains constant and therefore will resist changes that may occur. Cellular function depends on chemical and enzymatic processes, which must efficiently take place within the cells and tissues. These processes require homeostasis. The environment that surrounds these processes must remain in balance or the chemical reactions will not occur properly, and the physiologic processes will suffer. An inability to maintain homeostasis can result in sickness, disease, or death. Take for example oxygen, carbon dioxide, and dissolved food. These chemicals move in or out of cells by diffusion. Another chemical that relies on homeostasis to move in or out of cells is glucose. Diffusion defects can occur anywhere in the body but as respiratory therapists, we worry about pulmonary diffusion defects because this deficiency affects pulmonary gas exchange resulting in hypoxemia, a low concentration of oxygen in the blood. One of the most important components of the chemical environment is the pH or acid-base balance of the surrounding fluids that take part in cellular metabolism and organ function. Acids and bases are found extensively throughout the human body and require buffer systems to keep them at acceptable levels. This proper level of acids and bases is referred to as the pH. The pH is used to measure how well the body is maintaining homeostasis. Prompt In your own words, provide detailed responses to the following: Explain the primary goal of acid-base balance in terms of homeostasis. Identify the two organ systems that are responsible for acid-base balance and explain how they specifically maintain this balance. In detail describe how you would know that an ABG result was a) an acute respiratory acidosis and b) a metabolic acidosis. Include a medical condition that can cause each. Explain the specific meaning of the following terms as they relate to ABG physiology: Ventilation Diffusion External Respiration Internal Respiration Requirements (read these carefully): Submit your answers, in your own words, as an essay form, complete sentences, in at least 500 words on a Word document (excluding the prompt, title, cover page, citations/references, quotations). You must cite at least three references in IWG format to defend and support your position. This is a formal written project, grammar, and spelling count. Quotes are not included in the word count. Note: All “Assignments will be automatically run through the Vericite plagiarism checking program. VERICITE Everyone check your Vericite score after you’ve submitted your Week’s Assignment. If the score is higher than 20%, you will need to make the appropriate corrections. If your Vericite score is high, go in and review the report and identify all those items that are matching to published sources. Next, put these matches into your own words. Corrections will need to be done before the Assignment’s deadline (Saturday at midnight Mountain time). Any adjustments made to these correct after the due date will receive a deduction in points for a late submission.

The setting of each of these questions is the nation of Freedonia, which includes Asclepius Hospital (one of many local hospitals), and the BBNW Insurance Company—which sends most of its patients to Asclepius for care. Please focus your answers on material covered through Module 5. Use economic terms as appropriate. Do not include arguments that are extraneous to course content. 1. Doctors at Asclepius have invented a novel cure for the extremely rare, very serious, acute, and completely unforeseeable condition of Economitis. They would like to sell it at a very high price. Explain to BBNW why they should include coverage of Economitis in their insurance packages. 2. Freedonia has passed a law that permits, but does not require, insurers to include maternity benefits in their insurance packages. What are the likely effects of this law on the insurance market? What are the implications for Asclepius? 3. The government of Freedonia has decided to implement a system of risk adjustment based on diagnosis codes in its health insurance system. How is the introduction of this process likely to affect the practices of BBNW and of Asclepius and the well-being of people in Freedonia? 4. Health insurance is becoming very expensive in Freedonia, and BBNW wants to raise coinsurance and deductibles to combat this. How are these changes likely to affect Asclepius? What evidence can you present that supports your argument? MHA-GP 1853: Introduction to Health Economics Midterm Exam Study Sheet 5. Freedonia contains some community hospitals and an academic medical center, staffed by the most experienced physicians. All the hospitals are operating at near capacity. The table below shows 30-day mortality outcomes (the fractions of patients who die) for otherwise identical patients seen at the two types of hospitals. Academic Center High risk patient 30% Low risk patient 5% Community hospital 32% 6% Fredonia is trying to decide where to send high-risk and low-risk patients. It is also considering funding a training program that will improve outcomes for high risk patients but can be conducted at only one of the hospitals. Where should it deploy its resources? Be sure to use economic terms and reasoning to make your argument. Key Concept: •Demand and Supply, Opportunity Cost, Marginal Benefit/Cost •Comparative and Absolute Advantage •Maximizing behavior, indifference curves, budget constraint, market equilibrium, stable preferences •Demand for and value of insurance •Single product – pooling equilibrium •Selection in a single product market •Selection in a multi-product market (purple dot policies) •Selection on insurance product components – mandates •Responses to adverse selection •Moral Hazard (asymmetric information) •Complete contingent claims framework •Welfare Effects of Moral Hazard •RAND experiment and estimates •Oregon lottery and estimates •Response to moral hazard – i.e. coinsurance/deductables •Value-based Health Insurance

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Stock Assignment to add to the Chapter 2 and 3 Homework Assignment Find a health related stock to select for the purpose of the assignment. Use the USA News, CNN http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/ or Wall Street Journal websites to locate a stock. Then complete the stock assignment section as follows: Introduction of the health stock (use the stock sheet) in a one page APA format: The name of the health company The stock code The opening price on the day selected Why did you choose the stock? If the stock were purchased and followed for one year, then what is projection of how the stock might perform?