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Performing Through Privatization: An Ecological Natural Experiment of the Impact of the Swedish Free Choice Reform on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: In 2010, Sweden opened up for establishment of privately owned primary health care providers, as part of a national Free Choice in Primary Health Care reform. The reform has been highly debated, and evidence on its effects is scarce.
Paola A. Mosquera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designing and scaling up integrated youth mental health care

open access: yesWorld Psychiatry, 2022
Mental ill‐health represents the main threat to the health, survival and future potential of young people around the world. There are indications that this is a rising tide of vulnerability and need for care, a trend that has been augmented by the COVID ...
P. McGorry   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health Care Reform in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
The author presents a brief description of the design features and objectives of the health care reform package, together with the reasons to support reform of the health care system in the United ...
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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The Effect of the Massachusetts Reform on Health Care Utilization

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2012
The 2006 Massachusetts health care reform expanded insurance coverage in the state to near-universal levels. As the uninsured gained coverage, their out-of-pocket costs of medical care fell, inducing them to seek more care. This paper analyzes the effect
Sarah Miller
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing the Affordable Care Act: The Promise and Limits of Health Care Reform.

open access: yesJournal of Health Politics Policy and Law, 2016
The Obama administration has confronted a formidable array of obstacles in implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA has overcome those obstacles to substantially expand access to health insurance, though significant problems with its approach ...
J. Oberlander
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Primary Health Care Reform in Portugal: Portuguese, modern and innovative.

open access: yesCiência & Saúde Coletiva, 2017
The 2005 Portuguese primary health care (CSP) reform was one of the most successful reforms of the country's public services. The most relevant event was the establishment of Family Health Units (USF): voluntary and self-organized multidisciplinary teams
A. Biscaia   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evolution of US Health Care Reform.

open access: yesPain Physician, 2017
Major health policy creation or changes, including governmental and private policies affecting health care delivery are based on health care reform(s). Health care reform has been a global issue over the years and the United States has seen proposals for
L. Manchikanti   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Comparison of Direct Health Expenditures of Selected Insurance Organizations of Isfahan Province and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, before and after Health Care Reform in Years 2013 and 2015

open access: yesمدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2019
Introduction: Health care reform was implemented in Iran in year 2014 to protect people from health-related financial risks. The aim of this study was to compare direct health expenditures before and after the implementation of health care reform ...
Reza Khadivi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Mortality After Massachusetts Health Care Reform

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2015
TO THE EDITOR: Sommers and colleagues (1) evaluated whether the 2006 Massachusetts health care reform, which reduced the proportion of persons without health insurance, affected mortality. They concluded that it did, in fact, decrease mortality. If true,
R. Kaestner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trajectories of primary health care utilization: a 10-year follow-up after the Swedish Patient Choice Reform of primary health care

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background In January 2010, the choice reform was instituted in Swedish primary health care establishing free entry for private primary health care providers and enabling patients to choose freely among primary health care centers.
Hannes Kohnke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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