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Economic evaluation in stratified medicine: methodological issues and challenges

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2016
Background: Stratified Medicine (SM) is becoming a practical reality with the targeting of medicines by using a biomarker or genetic-based diagnostic to identify the eligible patient sub-population. Like any healthcare intervention, SM interventions have
Hans-Joerg eFugel, Mark eNuijten, Maarten Jacobus Postma, Ken eRedekop   +3 more
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Satisfied or Reimbursed: An Innovative Index-Based Mechanism for the Environmental Protection of a Tourist Region [PDF]

Sustainability, 2020
This article describes and discusses an innovative index-based environmental protection mechanism involving both tourists and local firms of a given region. The public administration offers tourists (non-polluting firms) the possibility of being reimbursed if the environmental quality in the region turns out to be below (above) a given threshold level.
openaire   +4 more sources

Measuring quality in primary healthcare – opportunities and weaknesses

Slovenian Journal of Public Health, 2019
The easy access to data from electronic patient records has made using this type of data in pay-for-performance systems increasingly common. General practitioners (GPs) throughout Europe oppose this for several reasons. Not all data can be used to derive
Arvidsson Eva, Dijkstra Rob, Klemenc-Ketiš Zalika   +2 more
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Addressing Pressing Needs in the Development of Advanced Therapies

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2017
The commercial development of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) represents great opportunity for therapeutic innovation but is beset by many challenges for its developers. Although the ATMP field continues to progress at a rapid pace, evidenced
David Morrow, Anton Ussi, Giovanni Migliaccio   +2 more
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Reimbursement of care does not equal the distribution of hospital resources: an explorative case study on a missing link among Dutch hospitals

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Affordability and accessibility of hospital care are under pressure. Research on hospital care financing focuses primarily on incentives in the financial system outside the hospital.
L. V. L. van Leeuwen, R. Mesman, H. J. J. M. Berden, P. P. T. Jeurissen   +3 more
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The impact of funding models on the integration of Ontario midwives: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Nearly 30 years post legalisation and introduction, midwifery is still not optimally integrated within the health system of Canada’s largest province, Ontario. Funding models have been identified as one of the main barriers.
Elizabeth K. Darling, Sylvie B. Lemay, ‘Remi Ejiwunmi, Katherine J. Miller, Ann E. Sprague, Rohan D’Souza   +5 more
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Expert survey on systemic therapy indications for hepatocellular carcinoma in Korea: bridging clinical practice and reimbursement criteria [PDF]

Journal of Liver Cancer
This survey aimed to collect expert opinions from multidisciplinary specialists involved in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Korea regarding real-world criteria for systemic therapy indications.
Hyun Yang, Soon Sun Kim, Seong Hee Kang, Jieun Kwon, Do Young Kim, Eunju Kim, Hyun Phil Shin, Jeong Il Yu, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Eileen L. Yoon, Sangheun Lee, Young Eun Chon, Janghan Jung, Jaekyung Cheon, Woosun Choi, Seul Ki Han, Ji Eun Han, Moon Haeng Hur, Hyun Woong Lee, Hyung Joon Kim   +19 more
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Information and support to patients when the waiting time guarantee cannot be fulfilled: a qualitative study

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Long waiting times for health care services are a prominent health policy issue. Waiting time guarantees may limit time to assessment and treatment.
Belén Casales Morici, Hanna Augustsson, Henna Hasson, David Ebbevi   +3 more
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Exploratory analysis on payment mechanisms to Community Mental Health Centers in Chile using mixed grounded theory

Medwave
Introduction Research on psychiatric deinstitutionalization has neglected that reforms in this field are nested in a health system that has undergone financial reforms.
Olga Toro-Devia, Ruben Alvarado, Mercedes Jeria, Denise Razzouk, Luis Salvador-Carulla   +4 more
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The Use of Diagnosis-Related Group-Based Reimbursement in the Czech Hospital Care System [PDF]

, 2021
(1) Background: Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG), one possibility of a hospital payment system, are currently used in most European countries. Introduced to the Czech system in the 1990s, the DRGs are currently used mainly for care reporting and partly for
Juraj Nemec, Zuzana Kotherová, Kateřina Dolejšová, Martina Caithamlová   +3 more
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