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How can Saudi Arabia reform its public hospital payment models? A narrative review

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020
Background: The cost of Saudi healthcare continues to rise at an alarming rate, putting the sustainability of the public healthcare system into question.
Yazed AlRuthia, Norah Abdulaziz Bin Aydan, Nora Sulaiman Alorf, Yousif Asiri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Control costs, enhance quality, and increase revenue in three top general public hospitals in Beijing, China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: With market-oriented economic and health-care reform, public hospitals in China have received unprecedented pressures from governmental regulations, public opinions, and financial demands.
Lue-Ping Zhao, Guo-Pei Yu, Hui Liu, Xie-Min Ma, Jing Wang, Gui-Lan Kong, Yi Li, Wen Ma, Yong Cui, Beibei Xu, Na Yu, Xiao-Yuan Bao, Yu Guo, Fei Wang, Jun Zhang, Yan Li, Xue-Qin Xie, Bao-Guo Jiang, Yang Ke   +18 more
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commissioning health services for First Nations, regional, and remote populations: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research
Background Commissioning for health services has been implemented as one approach to improve the quality and access to healthcare for First Nations, regional and remote populations.
Henry Boer, Janya McCalman, Chris Doran, Amanda Rush, Bridgett Mitchell, Ruth Fagan, Elizabeth Whiting, Megan Kreis, Hannah Johnson, David Lyon   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
wiley   +1 more source

Facilitators’ champion behaviors for delivering an evidence‐based parenting program

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective implementation of parenting programs relies on multiple factors, particularly the role of facilitators who actively deliver and support the intervention. Facilitators’ champion behaviors or the efforts they make to encourage implementation, can positively impact the outcomes of these programs.
Camila Regina Lotto, Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim, Dana Charles McCoy, Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating technical efficiency of Turkish hospitals: implications for hospital reform initiatives

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
BackgroundThe Government of Turkey has initiated a series of major health reforms in 2003 with an objective of increasing access to health care services and improving efficiency of public and private hospitals.
M. Yıldız, Vahé Heboyan, M. M. Khan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald, Lee Cubis, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting Aged Care Worker Wellbeing: A Qualitative Document Analysis of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aged care work is physically and emotionally demanding. Workers can feel disempowered, vulnerable and at increased risk of experiencing work‐related stress. This in turn can result in sub‐optimal care and staff shortages. This study aimed to investigate what provisions exist within Australia's strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to ...
Sharon Stoddart, Kate Churruca, Maree Saba, Janet C Long, Peter D. Hibbert, Amy Nguyen, Viviana Wuthrich, Bronwyn Newman, Leonard C. Gray, Hilda Bø Lyng, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source