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From:International Advances in Economic Research (Vol. 19, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Scheduled for 2014, implementation of universal coverage in the U.S. is not proceeding smoothly. Embroiled in bitter partisan conflict and absent decisive popular support, this costly new entitlement program,...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 92, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThe science and practice of people-centred health systems will be the theme of the next Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, a five-day meeting that starts this month in Cape Town, South Africa....
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From:International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Vol. 2, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Background: The major objective of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria is to protect families from the financial hardship of large medical bills. Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) is...
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From:Journal of Anesthesia (Vol. 25, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBreast cancer surgery performed under general anesthesia is associated with a high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). A number of approaches are available for the management of PONV after breast...
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From:Canadian Bulletin of Medical History (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract. From 1939-1945, Dr. J. J. Heagerty, the long-serving federal Director of Public Health Services, championed a national health insurance program which united curative and preventive services while avoiding the...
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From:Health Law Review (Vol. 15, Issue 2)Introduction Since its inception nearly forty years ago, Canada's universal public healthcare system has risen to near-iconic status in the national psyche. Despite growing public concern about healthcare's ability...
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From:Physician Executive (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedCost Shifting: The Final Straw in Federalization of Health Care The history of the U.S. health care delivery system can be compared to the four seasons (figure 1, page 29). Spring, when everything is readying for...
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From:The Western Journal of Medicine (Vol. 151, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe development of health-care payment, including insurance and the current 'corporatization' of medicine, is discussed. Presently, the health delivery system is failing both patients and practitioners, and 37 million...
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From:The Hastings Center Report (Vol. 19, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedFrom Global Rationing to Target Setting in the U.K. Since its founding in 1948, Britain's National Health Service has worked on the basis of an implicit concordat between the state and the medical profession. The...
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From:Hospitals & Health Networks (Vol. 71, Issue 7)Israel provides universal health coverage to all its citizens, using a system that combines government funding and administration by private insurers, or sickness funds. Israel's 1995 health reform law established the...
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From:International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Background: National/social health insurance schemes have increasingly been seen in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as a vehicle to universal health coverage (UHC) and a viable alternative...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Flavia Lombardo 1, Marina Maggini 1, Gabriella Gruden 2, Graziella Bruno 2,* Introduction Intervention studies have convincingly demonstrated the importance of maintaining a good glycemic control over...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Maia Sieverding 1, Cynthia Onyango 2, Lauren Suchman 1,* 1. Introduction Growing international commitment to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has brought increased attention to the potential role of...
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From:International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Vol. 7, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground: The government of Ghana introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2004 with the goal of achieving universal coverage within 5 years. Evidence, however, shows that expanding NHIS coverage and...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 72, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIn 2013, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a "Medicare for All" bill that would institute a government-run national health insurance system. He didn't get a single cosponsor. In striking contrast, when Sanders...
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From:Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences (Vol. 4, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: B. Savitha, K. Kumar, K. Kiran A low level of public investments in preventive health facilities and medical care facilities and health professionals has given rise to poor health status for an average...
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From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 22, Issue 6)Based on initial gains in access to health care from the passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the American College of Physicians offers recommendations on how to improve the law and achieve...
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From:Pediatric Nursing (Vol. 46, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAs you probably know by now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The WHO recognizes that nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health...
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From:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective Informal sector workers are exposed to occupational hazards which could escalate their healthcare expenditures. Thus, enrollment in a health protection scheme among informal sector workers is useful for...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 91, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedProblem Human resources for health (HRH) in the Sudan were limited by shortages and the maldistribution of health workers, poor management, service fragmentation, poor retention of health workers in rural areas, and a...