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Informal payments in developing countries' public health sector [PDF]

, 2007
In China and some other developing countries' public health sectors, many patients give their doctors a payment outside the official channel before a major treatment. This secret payment has been documented as informal payment in the literature.
Sun, Jiayin, Liu, Ting
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Walking to the Operating Room: A Qualitative Study of Colorectal Cancer Patient Experiences in a Dutch Academic Hospital

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives This study explores experiences of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with the Surgery on Foot (SOF) protocol. In contrast to patients being admitted to the hospital the night before surgery, these patients arrive at the hospital on the day of surgery, walk to the operating room, and lie down on the operating table for ...
Ise S. M. van Gool, Jip van der Klugt, Christel Gielen, Ghislaine A. P. G. van Mastrigt, Francine Schneider, Merel L. Kimman, Arnoud G. Peppelenbosch, Tim Lubbers   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraoperative Evaluation of Sarcoma Surgical Margins With Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging: Results From an Observational Study

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sarcomas are rare malignancies that affect both adults and children. Surgical removal with negative histopathological margins is the foundation of sarcoma treatment. Failure to achieve negative margins puts patients at risk of local recurrence (LR). LR rates range between 10% and 30%.
Sumail Bhogal, Matthew Gong, William Li, Brenda Diergaarde, Alma Heyl, Clark Roth, Lawrence Garvin II, Alexander Hoffman, Amanda Locker, Ines Lohse, Maria Silvaggio, Stella Lee, Richard McGough, Kurt Weiss   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient Dumping, Outlier Payment, and Optimal Healthcare Payment Policy under Asymmetric Information

Patient Dumping, Outlier Payment, and Optimal Healthcare Payment Policy under Asymmetric Information
December 2013, Revised October 2014 We analyze a rationale for official authorization of patient dumping in the prospective payment policy framework. We show that when the insurer designs the healthcare payment policy to let hospitals dump high-cost patients, there is a trade-off between the disutility of dumped patients (changes in hospitals’ rent ...
openaire   +1 more source

Formal and informal patient payments for public health care services in Bulgaria [PDF]

, 2021
openaire   +1 more source

Understanding and improving the mental health of refugees and asylum‐seekers: Reflections from the closing panel of the 2024 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting

Journal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Forcible displacement due to war and persecution has reached unprecedented heights across the globe. The mental health impact of trauma and displacement on refugee communities is profound. Although there are several evidence‐based therapies that are efficacious in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in refugees ...
Angela Nickerson, B. Heidi Ellis, Naser Morina, Frank Neuner, Lori Zoellner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enabling Functional Independence: A Scoping Review of Upper Extremity Assistive Devices for Adults With Progressive Neuromuscular Diseases

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
This scoping review summarizes the spectrum of upper extremity assistive devices for adults with progressive neuromuscular diseases, ranging from low‐tech supports to advanced robotics, exoskeletons, and brain‐computer interface systems. While these technologies show promise for improving enabling function, current evidence is largely limited to ...
Katherine M. Burke, Stephanie Johnson, Kayla Chomko, Angela Escalante, Kendall C. Hall, Melis Lydston, Courtney Uek, Gabriella Casagrande, Hyun Jung Kim, James Arnold, David Pont‐Esteban, Harrison Young, Conor Walsh, Sabrina Paganoni   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating Health Disparities Through Empathetic Policymaking During Times of Crisis

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic greatly exacerbated the existing disparities and inequities in health and healthcare among historically marginalized populations. Today, these impacts still echo. These persistent structured inequities erode the public's trust in government, lead to failure in public policies, and result in worse health consequences ...
Yali Pang, Brittany Keegan, Robyn D. McDougle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualizing the Street‐Level Bureaucrat Construct

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Differences among street‐level bureaucrats—across professions, institutional settings, regions, and countries—are largely overlooked in research. We propose conceptualizing the street‐level bureaucrat construct as a general variable that varies across institutional settings, professions, cultures, times, and locations. We analyze variations in
Faisal S. Cheema, Euipyo Lee, Rajneesh Gupta, James L. Perry   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Convergence of Low‐Fertility Policies Beyond Policy Transfer: A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Hungary

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares policy responses to persistent low fertility in Korea and Hungary, two countries facing similar demographic pressures but embedded in distinct institutional settings. It asks whether the diffusion of pronatalist policies has produced convergence in the design, implementation, and effects of fertility policy in these cases ...
Kilkon Ko, M. Jin Lee, Tamás Pesuth
wiley   +1 more source