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Equity - some theory and its policy implications [PDF]
, 2001 This essay seeks to characterise the essential features of an equitable health care system in terms of the classical Aristotelian concepts of horizontal and vertical equity, the common (but ill-defined) language of “need” and the economic notion of cost ...
Culyer, A.J.
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective This study examined the global and regional temporal changes in cross‐country inequalities of site‐specific osteoarthritis (OA) burden from 1990 to 2021. Methods Age‐standardized years lived with disability rate for site‐specific OA across 204 countries/territories were obtained from the Global Burden of Diseases Study (GBD) 2021.
Haowei Chen +14 more
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Susan Dimock, Pioneering 19th Century American Surgeon/Physician
Annals of Surgery Open, 2022 Jane A. Petro, MD, FACS +2 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide. The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease attributable to tobacco use and to evaluate the potential impact of increasing cigarette´s price through taxes
Ariel Bardach +7 more
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Framing and the health policy process: a scoping review
Health Policy and Planning, 2016 Framing research seeks to understand the forces that shape human behaviour in the policy process. It assumes that policy is a social construct and can be cast in a variety of ways to imply multiple legitimate value considerations.
A. Koon, B. Hawkins, S. Mayhew
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Health Care Financing Reform: Issues and Updates [PDF]
Generation of funds and its efficient utilization have remained as a challenge to health authorities. This issue presents the recent efforts on health care financing as well as the concerns regarding its coverage, efficiency and sustainability.
Health Policy Development Staff (DOH)
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Family Unity, Family Health: How Family-Focused Immigration Reform Will Mean Better Health for Children and Families [PDF]
, 2013 This report builds on a body of evidence on the impact of immigration policy on communities, paying particular attention to the health and mental health of children and families.Using existing research, predictive quantitative analysis and data from a ...
Alice Hu +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective We aimed to identify unique disease trajectories within rheumatoid arthritis‐associated interstitial lung disease (RA‐ILD) based on longitudinal forced vital capacity (FVC) values and their associated clinical outcomes. Methods We performed a cohort study of RA‐ILD within the Veterans Health Administration from 1999‐2021. RA‐ILD patients were
Bryant R. England +9 more
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Predictors of healthy ageing: public health policy targets
BMC Health Services Research, 2016 BackgroundThe public health policy agenda oriented towards healthy ageing becomes the highest priority for the European countries. The article discusses the healthy ageing concept and its possible determinants with an aim to identify behavioral patterns ...
A. Sowa +4 more
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Chronic Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study from the Veteran's Health Administration
Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of chronic opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed chronic opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget +7 more
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