Health Care Advocacy

Physician advocacy and the 2010 Health Care Reform Act.

Dramatic changes are being proposed in health care delivery in the United States and the main driver is reducing costs. The 2009 estimates suggest that the United States spent 2.6 trillion dollars (17.3% of GDP) on health care. The average for spending in the rest of the world was around 9% GDP. While the numbers can be debated, everyone understands that the rising cost of health care cannot be...

Patient advocacy and termination from managed care organizations. Do state laws protecting health care professional advocacy make any difference?

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Advocacy 101: getting started in health education advocacy.

Advocacy for the public's health and for the profession are widely recognized as responsibilities of health educators. Increasing emphasis on advocacy by professional organizations has peaked the interest of health educators, yet knowing where to begin as an advocate is, to many, a mystifying process. This article provides basic advocacy terminology, dispels concerns about participating in advo...

[Health advocacy in contemporary Brazil].

The concept of health advocacy is presented by means of a description of its elements, practice and agents. The need to formulate this concept derives from one of the main functions of the university: the identification of social demands and the presentation of alternatives that aim at eliminating obstacles to their fulfillment. Social participation, as guaranteed by the 1988 Constitution, unde...