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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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Legislating for universal access to medicines : a rights-based cross-national comparison of UHC laws in 16 countries [PDF]

, 2019
Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to ensure that all people have access to health services including essential medicines without risking financial hardship. Yet, in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) inadequate UHC fails to ensure universal
Alexandrov, Nikita V, Hogerzeil, Hans V, Perehudoff, Katrina   +2 more
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Divided by choice? For‐profit providers, patient choice and mechanisms of patient sorting in the English National Health Service

Health Economics, 2021
This paper studies patient choice of provider following government reforms in the 2000s, which allowed for‐profit surgical centers to compete with existing public National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England.
W. Beckert, E. Kelly
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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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Advancing Pharmacist Collaborative Care within Academic Health Systems. [PDF]

, 2019
INTRODUCTION:The scope of pharmacy practice has evolved over the last few decades to focus on the optimization of medication therapy. Despite this positive impact, the lack of reimbursement remains a significant barrier to the implementation of ...
Atayee, Rabia S, Awdishu, Linda, Daniels, Charles D, Hirsch, Jan D, Lee, Kelly C, Lorentz, Sarah, Ma, Joseph D, Mnatzaganian, Christina L, Morello, Candis M, Namba, Jennifer, Painter, Nathan A, Saunders, Ila, Singh, Renu F, Tsunoda, Shirley M, Watanabe, Jonathan H, Yam, Felix K   +15 more
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The Challenge for Orphan Drugs Remains: Three Case Studies Demonstrating the Impact of Changes to NICE Methods and Processes and Alternative Mechanisms to Value Orphan Products

PharmacoEconomics - Open, 2022
Background The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for ensuring that patients in England and Wales can access clinically and cost-effective treatments.
Dawn Lee, G. McCarthy, Omar Saeed, Rachel Allen, K. Malottki, F. Chandler   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Ethical hurdles in the prioritization of oncology care [PDF]

, 2016
With finite resources, healthcare payers must make difficult choices regarding spending and the ethical distribution of funds. Here, we describe some of the ethical issues surrounding inequity in healthcare in nine major European countries, using cancer ...
Capri, Stefano, Castanier, Jean-Claude, Cunningham, David, de Groot, Folkert, Flamion, Bruno, Flume, Mathias, Herholz, Harald, Levin, Lars-Åke, Rupprecht, Christoph J., Shalet, Natalie, Solà-Morales, Oriol, Walker, Andrew, Wong, Olivier   +12 more
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