Why Not the Best? Results From the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2008 [PDF]
, 2008 Assesses the U.S. healthcare system's average performance as measured by thirty-seven indicators of health outcomes, quality, access, efficiency, and equity.
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Moral hazard and the demand for health services: a matching estimator approach [PDF]
, 2005 We estimate the impact of health insurance coverage beyond National Health Insurance on the demand for several health services. Traditionally, the literature has tried to deal with the endogeneity of the private (extra) insurance decision by finding ...
Machado, Matilde P. +2 more
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Securing Health or Just Health Care? The Effect of the Health Care System on the Health of America [PDF]
, 1994 The author first analyzes why the prevention of illness and promotion of health provide the leading justification for the government to act for the welfare of the population.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Japan, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
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The Impact of Managed Care Payer Contracts on the Subspecialty Medical Provider: Policy Implications that Impact on the Care of Disabled Children [PDF]
, 2000 This Note explores the impact of current managed care contractual practices on the subspecialty provider\u27s ability to deliver health care to chronically ill and disabled children.
Rifkinson-Mann, Dr. Stephanie
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Metro Richmond Latino Health Services & Resource Guide – 2006 [PDF]
, 2006 This Guide was produced by the VCU Institute for Women’s Health, VCU Center on Health Disparities, and CLAS Act Virginia as a resource for the fall 2006 Latino Health Summit: Latino Cultures and Beliefs in Health Care.
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Access, choice, and guidance in German Health Care: An account of health policy reforms since 2004 [PDF]
This paper discusses the influence of recent health care reform acts in Germany on choice, guidance and access from the perspective of patients, insured, insurers, and health care providers. Particular emphasis is put on health policy reforms since 2004,
Henke, Klaus-Dirk +3 more
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The Spiral of Risk: Health Care Provision to Incarcerated Women [PDF]
, 2006 By law, prisoners in the United States have a fundamental right to receive adequate health care. However, most prisoners in this nation face numerous obstacles when attempting to receive quality health services.
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Disease-Management Programs Can Improve Quality of Care for the Chronically Ill, Even in a Weak Primary Care System: A Case Study From Germany [PDF]
, 2011 Examines how Germany's disease management programs featuring information technology support, designated ambulatory care doctors, focus on self-management, quality assurance, and financial incentives raised quality and satisfaction.
Dagmar Starke +3 more
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Printable microscale interfaces for long-term peripheral nerve mapping and precision control [PDF]
, 2019 The nascent field of bioelectronic medicine seeks to decode and modulate peripheral nervous system signals to obtain therapeutic control of targeted end organs and effectors.
Alice E. White +11 more
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