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Portuguese Health System – Challenges in Times of Genomics

open access: yesReview of European and Comparative Law
This article presents the Portuguese health care system that combines the National Health Service, health subsystems and private health insurance. Genomic medicine is expanding the scope of its activity, and its main challenges in pre-natal medicine and
André Gonçalo Dias Pereira
doaj   +1 more source

Obamacare to Come: Seven Bad Ideas for Health Care Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
President Obama has made it clear that reforming the American health care system will be one of his top priorities. In response, congressional leaders have promised to introduce legislation by this summer, and they hope for an initial vote in the Senate ...
Michael D. Tanner
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Optimization of pharmaceutical research and development by early‐phase assessment of investigational medicinal products

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Small and mid‐sized pharmaceutical innovators often have limited in‐house health economics and market access expertise, and may struggle to align development strategies of investigational medicinal products with health system needs and payer expectations.
Zoltán Kaló   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Labor Market Effects of National Health Insurance : Evidence From Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the impacts of national health insurance on the labor market, by considering the case of Taiwan, which implemented national health insurance in March 1995.
Kamhon Kan, Yen-Ling Lin
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Low‐intervention clinical trials in Spain: Do they progress?

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Low‐Intervention Clinical Trials (LICTs) are generally pragmatic trials that investigate medicinal products already authorized for use. In 2014, simplified regulatory frameworks were introduced for LICTs with the aim of reducing regulatory burden and operational complexity, to foster non‐commercial clinical trials (NCCTs); the mandatory ...
Claudia Erika Delgado‐Espinoza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role and uptake of private health insurance in different health care systems: are there lessons for developing countries?

open access: yesClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2013
Isaac AO Odeyemi,1 John Nixon21Senior Director and Head of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Astellas Pharma UK Ltd, Chertsey, UK; 2Teaching Associate in Health Economics, Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, York ...
Odeyemi IA, Nixon J
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Do patients need additional coverage for chronic ailments? Insights from hospital data

open access: yesJournal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: Eliminating financial barriers and improving healthcare accessibility pertain to be key elements of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals.
Aswin Sugunan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cannabinoids and drug–drug pharmacokinetic interactions: Deciphering the risks

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
The relationship between cannabinoids and mental health has become a major focus of scientific inquiry and public discourse. Cannabinoids are diverse chemical compounds from the Cannabis species that have been explored for their therapeutic applications in treating chronic pain, psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as depression, schizophrenia,
Paraskevi Papakyriakopoulou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

After a Parent Left Employment, One in Five Children Lost Private Insurance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This brief focuses on children’s loss of private health insurance after a parent left his or her job voluntarily or involuntarily between May 2008 and the end of 2012. Author Kristin Smith reports that more than one in four privately insured children had
Smith, Kristin
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