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Health Service Gatekeepers [PDF]
The RAND Journal of Economics, 2003 Incentive contracts for gatekeepers who control patient access to specialist medical services provide too weak incentives to investigate cost further when expected cost of treatment is greater than benefit. Making gatekeepers residual claimants with a fixed fee from which treatment costs must be met (as with full insurers who are themselves gatekeepers)
James M. Malcomson, James M. Malcomson
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2021 Background Continuity of care by the same personal physician is a key factor in an effective and efficient health care system. Studies that support the association between high adherence and better outcomes were done in settings where allocation to the ...
A. Golan-Cohen +6 more
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Brexit and health services [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2016 David Cameron has committed to a referendum on a British exit from the European Union – the so-called Brexit – before the end of 2017, irrespective of whether or not the EU is prepared to renegotiate aspects of UK membership. Here we reflect on what the Brexit would mean for health services.
Hervey, T.K., Peers, S.
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What capacity exists to provide essential inpatient care to small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting? - A cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Appropriate demand for, and supply of, high quality essential neonatal care is key to improving newborn survival but evaluating such provision has received limited attention in low- and middle-income countries. Moreover, specific local data are needed to
Georgina A V Murphy +7 more
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Advances in Simulation, 2021 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Mirette Dubé +5 more
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The Alaska Native Tumour Registry: fifty years of cancer surveillance data for Alaska Native people
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022 Like other Indigenous Circumpolar populations, Alaska Native (AN) people experience different patterns of cancer than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
Sarah H Nash +4 more
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Data Linkage for Optimizing Rectal Cancer Care in Alberta
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018 Introduction Despite good overall care in Alberta Health Services the local recurrence rates are higher than what is accepted as standard of care for rectal cancer treatment.
Quynh Le +6 more
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Advances in Simulation, 2020 Healthcare resources have been strained to previously unforeseeable limits as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. This has prompted the emergence of critical just-in-time COVID-19 education, including rapid simulation preparedness, evaluation and ...
Mirette Dubé +5 more
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BMC Family Practice, 2021 Background The completion rate of Advance Directives (ADs) has been low. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of two interventions 1) active counseling sessions coupled with passive patient education pamphlets, and 2) patient education pamphlets ...
Cunzhi Xu +6 more
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