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Public Health in Health Sector Reform
HealthcarePapers, 2013In this edition of Healthcare Papers, Miller et al. make the case for greater engagement of the public health sector in healthcare system reform. Although I agree with many of the points made, I challenge the premise that public health is unwilling and/or unprepared to lead or participate in system change.
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1979
The decades since World War II have witnessed growing concern in developing countries about upgrading their health services, and a reciprocal desire among developed countries and international donor agencies to provide technical and financial assistance for that purpose.
Paul I. Ahmed, Aliza Kolker
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The decades since World War II have witnessed growing concern in developing countries about upgrading their health services, and a reciprocal desire among developed countries and international donor agencies to provide technical and financial assistance for that purpose.
Paul I. Ahmed, Aliza Kolker
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Health sector reform and public sector health worker motivation: a conceptual framework
Social Science & Medicine, 2002Motivation in the work context can be defined as an individual's degree of willingness to exert and maintain an effort towards organizational goals. Health sector performance is critically dependent on worker motivation, with service quality, efficiency, and equity, all directly mediated by workers' willingness to apply themselves to their tasks ...
Lynne Miller, Franco +2 more
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1988
The NHS, under the umbrella of the DHSS, is the organisation which throughout the postwar period has employed performance indicators most extensively. As Table 2.1 illustrates, the collection and analysis of health service statistics is not, however, merely a postwar phenomenon; it began as early as 1732 when a Dr Clifton first suggested that basic ...
Paul Jowett, Margaret Rothwell
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The NHS, under the umbrella of the DHSS, is the organisation which throughout the postwar period has employed performance indicators most extensively. As Table 2.1 illustrates, the collection and analysis of health service statistics is not, however, merely a postwar phenomenon; it began as early as 1732 when a Dr Clifton first suggested that basic ...
Paul Jowett, Margaret Rothwell
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Health sector reform: making health development sustainable
Health Policy, 1995Health sector reform is underway or under consideration.in countries throughout the world and at all levels of income. This paper presents an overview of key concepts and approaches to health sector reform in developing countries. Reform implies sustained, purposeful, and fundamental changes in the health sector.
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HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, 1980As the development of collective bargaining in the public sector continues, concern mounts over the problem of providing public employees with high quality medical care without skyrocketing costs. A recent survey reflects a trend away from traditional Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans toward employer-funded comprehensive benefits.
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Health Sector Reforms and Health Poverty
Social Change, 2010Health sector reforms associated with decentralization, contraction of public sector, service contracting, user fees, etc., influence health sector both from the demand side and the supply side. In the wake of decreasing public expenditure on health, it is necessary to find the other factors that could take care of the health status.
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Surveillance was instrumental in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Various methods helped track cases, variants, and disease severity. In addition, the data aided authorities in identifying waves, gauging control measures, and estimating transmission rates.
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STRENGTHENING HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH SECTOR
Community Health Studies, 1986AbstractCommunity health practitioners and administrators are exhorted to pursue community‐wide effort to reduce risks to health, as a priority. The development of more effective, community‐based health promotion initiatives requires a consideration of the range of different levels at which health promotion can be approached, and the judicious ...
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Health-sector disparities in Peru
1993Abstract This chapter summarizes some of the major findings of a comprehensive study, the Health Sector Analysis of Peru (HSAP), carried out in 1985−6 by a team of Peruvian and international researchers (HSAP 1986). The HSAP was designed to test the premiss − shared by Peruvian health-sector authorities and foreign aid officials ...
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