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Health care for irregular migrants: pragmatism across Europe. A qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Health services in Europe face the challenge of delivering care to a heterogeneous group of irregular migrants (IM). There is little empirical evidence on how health professionals cope with this challenge.
Jensen, N.K.   +124 more
core   +2 more sources

The Relationship Between Preoperative Oxford Hip and Knee Score and Change in Health-Related Quality of Life After Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Can It Help Inform Rationing Decisions?

open access: yesArthroplasty Today, 2020
Background: In countries with publicly funded health care, there is an increasing need for explicit rationing for total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The Oxford Hip and Knee Scores (OHS/OKS) have been used to set access thresholds for TJA despite not being ...
David P. Gwynne-Jones, MA, BM, BCh, FRCS, FRACS (Orth)   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19: instruments for the allocation of mechanical ventilators—a narrative review

open access: yesCritical Care, 2020
After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, the elaboration of comprehensive and preventive public policies became important in order to stop the spread of the disease.
Marcelo José dos Santos   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rationing in healthcare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Rationing healthcare in some form is inevitable, even in wealthy countries, because resources are scarce and demand for healthcare is always likely to exceed supply.
Martin, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Martin
core   +2 more sources

The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of Taiwan. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
BACKGROUND: Taiwan established a system of universal National Health Insurance (NHI) in March, 1995. Today, the NHI covers more than 98% of Taiwan's population and enrollees enjoy almost free access to healthcare with small co-payment by most clinics and
Yi-Wen Tsai   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

A comparison between raw and predicted mortality in a paediatric intensive care unit in South Africa

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective Paediatric intensive care resources are limited in sub-Saharan Africa. The mortality rate in a combined Paediatric/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Johannesburg, South Africa was almost double that in a dedicated paediatric intensive care unit ...
Daynia Elizabeth Ballot   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia in LTC Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

open access: yesCanadian Geriatrics Journal, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in deaths in long-term care homes (LTCH). People with dementia living in LTCHs represent one of the most frail and marginal­ized populations in Canada.
Sharon Kaasalainen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

“No decisions about us without us”? Individual healthcare rationing decisions in a fiscal ice age [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Jill Russell and colleagues examine whether patients and the public should be involved in rationing decisions about individual patient access to healthcare ...
A. Burnett   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Fórum: racionamento dos cuidados de saúde. Introdução Forum: rationing health care services. Introduction

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública, 2008
O racionamento explícito dos cuidados de saúde é um dos temas mais importantes em discussão nos meios acadêmicos e políticos nos países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento.
Micaela Moreira Pinho
doaj   +1 more source

The Political Economy of the Next Pandemic

open access: yesReview of Economic Analysis, 2022
While the pandemic and recovery unfold in real time, this article investigates some of the major themes on preparations for the next pandemic. Humanity cannot rely on modern medicine to beat the next ‘disease X’ and the world cannot afford the ...
Peter A.G. van Bergeijk
doaj   +1 more source

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