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Universal Health Coverage in Marginalized Populations: A Qualitative Evaluation of a Health Reform Implementation in Rural Ecuador

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2019
In 2008, Ecuador underwent a major health reform with the aim of universal coverage. Little is known about the implementation of the reform and its perceived effects in rural parts of the country.
Martin Eckhardt MD, PhD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Equity aspects of the Primary Health Care Choice Reform in Sweden – a scoping review

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
BackgroundGood health and equal health care are the cornerstones of the Swedish Health and Medical Service Act. Recent studies show that the average level of health, measured as longevity, improves in Sweden, however, social inequalities in health remain
B. Burström   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tinkering at the margins: evaluating the pace and direction of primary care reform in Ontario, Canada

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Primary care reform has been on the political agenda in Canada and many industrialized countries for several decades; it is widely seen as the foundation for broader health system transformation.
Monica Aggarwal, A. Paul Williams
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Health Reform on Health Care Providers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Reform) has the potential to dramatically change the way health care services are financed and delivered.

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The impact of primary care reform on health system performance in Canada: a systematic review

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2016
BackgroundWe aimed to synthesize the evidence of a causal effect and draw inferences about whether Canadian primary care reforms improved health system performance based on measures of health service utilization, processes of care, and physician ...
Renee Carter   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The reform of the essential medicines system in China: a comprehensive approach to universal coverage [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Global Health, 2013
To achieve universal health care coverage, the Government of China invested in large–scale health care reform. One of the major reform components focuses on improving access to essential medicines to reduce high out–of–pocket medicines spending.
Sarah L. Barber   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Packaging of Macroscopic Material Payloads: Needs, Challenges, Concepts, and Future Directions

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This review introduces a unified framework that decomposes any macroscopic packaging system into the payload, packaging material, and packaging strategy and combines them into a conceptual packaging equation: packaging strategy = payload + packaging material.
Venkata S. R. Jampani, Manos Anyfantakis
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of Laser Ablation and Brush Pre‐Treatments for AlCu Cold Roll Bonding in Oxygen‐Free Conditions

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
It is shown that laser ablation pretreatment under oxygen‐free conditions enables copper–aluminium bonding at significantly lower deformation degrees and improved properties compared to mechanical brushing. Laser ablation further increases interface contact area and induces favourable residual stress states and microstructural compatibility ...
Khemais Barienti   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Check-Up, May 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
An update on issues and ideas related to health reform in Iowa Second Story Headline The Check-Up is a monthly health care reform newsletter designed to keep interested Iowans up to date on the progress of health reform initiatives assigned to ...

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