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Identifying stakeholders through a multilevel analysis: Securing support for eye-health policy in low and middle income countries

Camacho-Cuena, Eva; Morone, Piergiuseppe; Banatvala, … - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2012

Blindness and visual impairment is considered a public health problem in a vast majority of low- and middle-income countries. This paper empirically evaluates advocacy in low and middle income countries as the key tool to raising policy priority and securing high-level decision maker support in...

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Impact of Preventive Health Care on Indian Industry and Economy

Chadha, Alka; Mehdi, Ali; Malik, Garima - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

In this study, the authors have tried to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate profitability. While doing so, they try to generate awareness on the positive role of preventive health care in boosting the corporate...

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Taxing Sweets: Sweetener Input Tax or Final Consumption Tax?

Miao, Zhen; Beghin, John C.; Jensen, Helen H. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011

In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumersâ€™ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and a...

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Relationships of education and health in the context of economic development

Vychová, Helena; Mertl, Jan - In: Politická ekonomie 2009 (2009) 1, pp. 58-78

This article focuses on common and different attributes of education and health from economic and social perspective. Education and health are not usually analyzed together so this could be considered to be an innovative approach. Article contains knowledge which reflects empirically known...

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The Italian Servizio Sanitario Nazionale: a renewing tale of lost promises

Turati, Gilberto - Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e … - 2011

After a brief institutional history of the Italian NHS, I discuss the results in terms of efficiency and equity of about thirty years of a public health care system covering a wide range of services. Finally, I present the issues in the current policy debate and the liklely long-run impact of...

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Paying for Hospital Services: A Hard Look at the Options

Sutherland, Jason; Crump, R. T.; Repin, Nadya; … - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2013) 378

Hospitals hold a special place in the hearts of Canadians as the most visible representation of provinces’ commitment to publicly funded healthcare. As pillars of medicare and the centrepieces of provincial healthcare systems, hospitals are expected to be accessible when Canadians have...

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Health Forecasting in Europe

Ádámová, Alzbeta - In: Theory Methodology Practice (TMP) 9 (2013), pp. 7-15

The primary goal of this paper is to summarise the main health forecasting methods of the WHO, the OECD and the European Union. The paper is divided into four sections. First, the main concepts are clarified, and then the methods, tools and techniques are explained. Finally, the EU health...

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Paying Hospital-Based Doctors: Fee for Whose Service?

Blomqvist, Ake - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2013) 392

provincial health ministries. Surgical specialists make up about 20 percent of all full-time equivalent physicians, and fee …-for-service payments to them accounted for close to $4 billion nationwide in 2011/12. Because physicians’ decisions are the major drivers … hospital-based physicians be paid directly from hospital budgets as opposed to the current practice of paying them separately …

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Moving beyond a drug budget mentality : the french case

Le Pen, Claude - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003

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Accountability and Access to Medical Care: Lessons from the Use of Capitation Payments in Ontario

Blomqvist, Ake; Kralj, Boris; Kantarevic, Jasmin - C. D. Howe Institute - 2013

Ontario healthcare reforms have made headway in improving access to primary care by implementing the “capitation” model where doctors are paid mainly for a roster of patients rather than fee-for-service – but too many of patients are still using “outside” doctors, according to a report...

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