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Why Not the Best? Results From the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011 [PDF]
, 2011 Assesses the U.S. healthcare system's average performance in 2007-09 as measured by forty-two indicators of health outcomes, quality, access, efficiency, and equity compared with the 2006 and 2008 scorecards and with domestic and international ...
Ashley-Kay Fryer +4 more
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BMC Public HealthBackground Hypertension (HTN) is a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases and premature death, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries.
Liberee Kubwimana +5 more
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Advancing Health Equity and Inclusive Growth in Buffalo [PDF]
, 2017 With millions in public and private investments in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and Governor Cuomo’s historic “Buffalo Billion” investment in economic development, the city of Buffalo, New York, is poised for resurgence.
PERE, PolicyLink
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2006 SummaryAim– The aim of this paper is to discuss the study of equity in mental health contexts.Methods– We review major principles and theories of distributive justice, covering various disciplines such as ethics, philosophy, economics, medicine and sociology.
Roshni, Mangalore, Martin, Knapp
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Seeking Sustainable and Inclusive Communities: A King County Case Study [PDF]
, 2010 Illustrates the connection between the efforts of King County, Washington, to ease the environmental strain of economic and land development and issues of equity and social justice, including public health, transportation, and educational ...
Sheryl Verlaine Whitney
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Learning From Coalitions' Efforts to Promote Equity and Justice. [PDF]
, 2019 Coalitions and collaboratives are working to address many of the most pressing contemporary health and social issues. The articles in this special issue provide numerous insights into these complex collaborative processes across different contexts and ...
Butterfoss, Frances Dunn +5 more
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Why Not the Best? Results From a National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance [PDF]
, 2006 Compares the national average healthcare system performance to benchmarks of higher performance. Provides a mechanism for monitoring change over time across goals of health outcomes, quality, access, efficiency, and ...
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance and can lead to adverse healthcare outcomes. Treatment guidelines promote rational prescribing and help minimize healthcare costs.
Kevin Shimwa Gakuba +4 more
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Developing Countries, Donor Leverage, and Access to Bird Flu Vaccines [PDF]
In early 2007, the Indonesian government decided to withhold its bird flu virus samples from WHO’s collaborating centres pending a new global mechanism for virus sharing that had better terms for developing countries.
CHAN Chee Khoon, Gilles de Wildt
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Creating Social and Health Equity: Adopting an Alberta Social Determinants of Health Framework [PDF]
, 2005 This discussion paper highlights the well-documented social factors that influence our health. In a time when the Alberta government is looking for the best innovative ideas around health care, we suggest that a social determinants approach would lead to
Philip O'Hara
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