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Trends in Health Status, Services, and Finance. The Transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Volume II, Statistical Annex.

Chellaraj, G.; Adeyi, O.; Preker, A.S.; Goldstein, E. - World Bank Group - 1996

This cross-national study provides empirical evidence of some of the trends in health status, health services, and health care financing that have occurred in countries undergoing economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Evidence shows that the transition has led to a significant...

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Performance of the ACG Case-Mix System in Two Canadian Provinces.

Reid, R.J.; MacWilliam, l.; Verhulst, L.; Roos, N.; … - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 2001

While the adjusted clinical group (ACG) system has been extensively validated in the United States, its use in other developed nations has been limited. This article examines the performance of the system in 2 Canadian provinces and accesses the extent to which ACGs can account for some-year and...

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Revitalizing Medicare: Shared Problems, Public Solutions.

Rachlis, M.; Evans, R.G.; Lewis, P.; Barer, M.L. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 2001

Medicare still enjoys broad support, but Canadians have become increasingly concerned that care will not be available for them when they need it. A substantial in Public opinion is a potent catalyst for change. These widespread concerns have already led to large increases in public funding for...

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A Covering Tour Model for Planning Mobile Health Care Facilities in Suhum District, Ghana.

Hodgson, J.; Laporte, G.; Semet, F. - HEC Montréal (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 1996

Providing Primary Health Care (PHC) in developing countries is very troublesome. The dilemma of having enough facilities to be geographically accessible, yet few enough of them to be properly stocked and staffed is a major stumbling block. Accissibility problems are exacerbated by extensive...

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A Survey of Health Reform in Central Asia.

Klugman, J; Schieber, G - World Bank Group - 1996

This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet countries of Central Asia. Reform efforts are evaluated in the context of achieving the goals of improving people's health status, maintaining acces and equity, improving efficiency, increasing clinical effectiveness, and assuring quality and...

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Canada.

Evans, R.G. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 2000

The Canadian health care system took its modern form between 1968 and 1971, and its fundamental principles and basic structure features of organization and finance have remained the same since then.

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On the Dynamics of Physician Density; Theory and Empirical Evidence for Switzerland

Nocera, Sandra; Wanzenried, Gabrielle - Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Bern - 2002

This paper analyzes the geographical distribution of physicians across the 26 cantons of Switzerland from 1960 to 1998 …. We use a dynamic location model to explain physicians' choice for their practices by considering market characteristics … and medical infrastructure. Our panel data analysis indicates that physicians avoid areas where physician density has …

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Optimal Health and Retirement Policies amid Population Aging

Hostenkamp, Gisela; Stolpe, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

This paper develops a simple analytical framework in which optimal health and retirement policies amid population aging can be discussed. To be efficient, these policies must recognize and exploit the dynamic complementarities between the timing of retirement, the size of lifecycle labour income...

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National Service Framework for Older People: Will Access to Health Services for Elderly Patients Improve?

Chadha, Sumeet; Young, John - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 9, pp. 527-533

The National Service Framework for Older People (NSF), published recently by the Department of Health in England, represents a major initiative to improve services for this group of patients. It describes an ambitious 10-year plan to address ageism, person-centered care, hospital care,...

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Disease Management and the Application of Privacy Guidelines

Regan, Marybeth - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 9, pp. 543-550

and physicians' practices in every area of healthcare. HIPAA specifically governs (and identifies) all healthcare …

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