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Health care for irregular migrants: pragmatism across Europe. A qualitative study [PDF]
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
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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
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COVID-19: instruments for the allocation of mechanical ventilators—a narrative review
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
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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
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The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of Taiwan. [PDF]
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
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A comparison between raw and predicted mortality in a paediatric intensive care unit in South Africa
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
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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
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“No decisions about us without us”? Individual healthcare rationing decisions in a fiscal ice age [PDF]
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
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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
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The Political Economy of the Next Pandemic
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
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