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

Ciência & 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, Liliana Correia Valente Heleno   +1 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

مدیریت 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, Mohammadreza Rezayatmand, Hossein Bank, Ali Etesampor, Nima Ghasemi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Mortality After Massachusetts Health Care Reform

Annals 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

BMC 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, Andrzej Zielinski, Anders Beckman, Henrik Ohlsson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Family Physicians and Health Care Reform

South African Family Practice, 1993
No abstract available.
Sam Fehrsen
doaj   +1 more source

Did Massachusetts Health Care Reform Lower Mortality? No According to Randomization Inference

, 2016
In an earlier article, Sommers, Long, and Baicker concluded that health care reform in Massachusetts was associated with a significant decrease in mortality.
R. Kaestner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Making Universal Health Care Effective in Argentina: A Blueprint for Reform

Health systems and reform, 2018
The reform of a health care system requires attention to specific components but also to the creation of an environment that supports change. Argentina has achieved nominal universal health coverage (UHC) but it still needs to work on achieving effective
A. Rubinstein, María Clara Zerbino, Cintia A. Cejas, Analía López   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

International 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, K. Burström, G. Nilsson, G. Tomson, M. Whitehead, U. Winblad   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Oxide‐Free Titanium Coatings by Wire Arc Spraying in a Silane‐Doped Inert Atmosphere

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A silane‐doped argon atmosphere enables the production of oxide‐free titanium coatings via twin‐wire arc spraying at ambient pressure. This innovative approach eliminates residual oxygen, creating process conditions that prevent oxidation and nitride formation.
Manuel Rodriguez Diaz, Maik Szafarska, René Gustus, Kai Möhwald, Hans Jürgen Maier   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

BMC 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, Bruno D Riverin, J. Levesque, G. Gariépy, A. Quesnel-Vallée   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source