Values-Based Foundation for a U.S. Single Payer Health System Model
Frontiers in Sociology, 2021 A universal, single payer model for the American health system aligns with and should emanate from commonly held values contained within the country’s foundational religious teachings, morals, ethics and democratic heritage.
Walter Markowitz, Renee McLeod-Sordjan
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Management: Analysis of a National Single-payer System [PDF]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global OpenBackground:. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common entrapment neuropathy. Prior studies have documented racial and ethnic disparities in use of carpal tunnel release (CTR), but few have examined differences in the use of both operative and ...
Trista M. Benítez, MD, MPH +2 more
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Variation in the 11-year trajectories of medical care seeking behaviors in diabetes patients under a single payer system: persisting gaps to be filled [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Care-seeking behavior is widely acknowledged to have strong influences on health outcomes among individuals with chronic conditions including diabetes. Despite its dynamic nature, care seeking behavior are often considered as time invariant in
Tzu-Ho Tsai +3 more
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Preventable hospitalizations through ED: does the number of hospital beds matter under the global budget in a single-payer system in Taiwan? [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundTaiwan implemented global hospital budgeting with a floating-point value, which created a prisoner's dilemma. As a result, hospitals increased service volume, which caused the floating-point value to drop to less than one New Taiwan Dollar (NTD)
Hsueh-Fen Chen +6 more
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34. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Operative Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a National Single-payer System [PDF]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023 Trista M. Benitez, MPH, BA +2 more
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Modern Economy, 2017 The United States spends nearly twice as much per capita on health care as several OECD countries. Based on previous research, universal health care decreases the total health care expenditure due to the single-payer system; it is still unknown whether a mixed health care system has superiority.
Jia Yu, Yi Zhang
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Separated at Birth: The Politics of Pharmacare for All in Canada and Medicare for All in the United States; Comment on “Universal Pharmacare in Canada” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021 Policy decisions about healthcare coverage in Canada and the United States in the 1960s placed two virtually identical systems on different evolutionary paths in the physician and hospital sectors.
Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
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Pediatric peritoneal dialysis in Brazil: a discussion about sustainability. A document by the Brazilian Society of Nephrology, the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics, the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation, and the Brazilian Association of Dialysis and Transplant Centers [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2022 Introdução: A diálise peritoneal (DP) é importante para a pediatria. Este estudo mostrou dados de centros brasileiros que utilizam DP pediátrica. Método: Estudo transversal, observacional, descritivo com questionário eletrônico.
Lilian Monteiro Pereira Palma +18 more
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Advocating for a single-payer healthcare system: What is the role of public health academics?
SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 Background: Historical accounts of healthcare movements have focused on grassroots organizations, as well as professional and labor-led organizations led by doctors and nurses; however, the role of public health professionals has been understudied. Given
Alexa B. D'Angelo +2 more
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Optimisation of Healthcare Contracts: Tensions Between Standardisation and Innovation; Comment on “Competition in Healthcare: Good, Bad or Ugly?” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016 An important determinant of health system performance is contracting. Providers often respond to financial incentives, despite the ethical underpinnings of medicine, and payers can craft contracts to influence performance.
Misja Mikkers, Padhraig Ryan
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