U.S. Health Care Systems for Small Populations, Part 6

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 5

U.S. Health Care Systems for Small Populations, Part 1

Kianna James
MHA/599
Professor Jackis Lucas

04/12/2021

Health Care System

Map of the city

Source: Internet, 2020.

Types and locations of medical services

The increasing complexity of the healthcare system within the United States has been attributed to increased specializations in the health industry. The Kansas City located in Kansas consists of various medical services mainly located in the city center. The population in Kansas City has a diversified range of medical services to select when in need of medical care treatment. One of the standard medical services present in Kansas City consists of the general hospitals that provide short-term medical care (Elson, Oermann, Duehlmeyer & Bledsoe, 2020). The majority of Kansas City healthcare facilities focus on delivering services related to curing diseases, injuries, and emergency cases. Most hospitals in Kansas City offer 24 hours delivery of services to ensure that patients in the region have proper healthcare lifestyles.

Consequently, the hospitals have highly skilled doctors and nurses to treat patients. The hospitals within the region entail modern technological facilities to enable doctors to offer better services to patients. Technology has helped doctors treat patients at a faster rate reducing the long line of patients waiting for service delivery.

The second medical service offered in Kansas City, Kansas, consists of ambulatory surgical centers that offer patients the option of having same-day emergency surgeries. The ambulatory surgical centers’ services do not require intensive hospital care as the patients return home the same day after undergoing surgery. The medical service takes care of minor surgeries that take less than an hour to perform by a specialist. The centers further take care of post-operation patients that might need routine checkups by the specialist. The third category of the medical services offered at Kansas City, Kansas, consists of the doctor’s office specializing in consultation and specialization in one common practice (Elson et al., 2020). The doctors in this healthcare space offer the patients solutions to complicated ailments and prescription of medication to help cure the sickness. The doctor’s office usually handles cases that need the immediate intervention of acute conditions that do not require the patient to go to the hospitals.

The final category of the medical services in Kansas City, Kansas, consists of the nursing homes that take care of the patients who constantly require the nurse’s attention. The nursing home mostly takes care of the elderly patients who require the nurses’ attention on a 24 hours basis with the availability of therapy. The nursing homes further assists the elderly with performing a primary function such as walking, eating, and bathing.

Demographics (population, age, gender, etc.)

Kansas City consists of almost 152,590 citizens, with primarily white ethnicity (Elson et al., 2020). According to the census conducted in the previous year, the city is the third-largest city in Kansas, with the population increasing at a diminishing rate of 4.91 percent. The majority of the Kansas City population consists of whites that make up almost 56.1 percent of all the humans living in the region. The African American is the second largest ethnic group of people living in Kansas City, attributing to 23.26 percent of the overall population. Other races account for approximately 9.65 percent of the population, while the Asian, which is the smallest population in the city, contribute to 4.92 percent (Elson, et al., 2020). The remaining percentage of people consists of mixed races such as Pacific Islanders and Native Americas, that the numbers keep on changing without a constant number.

Income and employment

According to the census information retrieved from the National government statistics bureau, household income average consists of almost 57, 202 dollars (Elson, et. al, 2020). The statistics information regarding earning of the population of Kansas City is specific on individual or ethnic background. Consequently, the poverty level is almost at a rate of 19.78 percent meaning that majority of the people in the region have the ability to afford medical healthcare (Elson, et. al, 2020). The population has the ability to live a decent lifestyle as majority of the adults have an employment to provide a salary. The earned salary helps the people manage to pay bills and afford a decent healthcare system.

Residential details

According to the National Government Bureau (NGSB), the rental in Kansas City on a median analysis entail approximately 885 dollars per month. Subsequently, the house’s value following the median is 95,600 dollars (Elson, et al., 2020). The majority of the adults that earn a salary can afford housing in Kansas City.

Include a rationale of why you selected the city, including if you have any prior experience or knowledge about the existing health care system in that city.

I selected the Kansas City because I once lived in the city while pursuing my first certificate in nursing. I had prior information on the existing healthcare system as I did my internship at the Truman Medical Center.

Reference

Elson, E. C., Oermann, C., Duehlmeyer, S., & Bledsoe, S. (2020). Use of telemedicine to provide
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