Mason, Perez, McLemore, and Dickson (2021) examine improving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) healthcare, what suggestions in regards to policy and advocacy should be made to reduce disparities? How can advanced practice nurses support the LGBTQIA+ community and provider better healthcare?
Please support your claims with the use of research studies, reports, and/or reliable electronic sources.
Explain in detail one cost-containment effort such as managed care or one financing mechanism that is impacting healthcare expenditures and delivery of healthcare services. Please identify at least two research studies or reports (the report may be from a nationally reliable organization) that have examined the efficacy and/or comparative effectiveness of these measures.
Furthermore, please discuss challenges and/or barriers in regard to implementing cost-containment efforts at the systems and/or organizational level.
