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How Do We Define and Measure Health Equity? The State of Current Practice and Tools to Advance Health Equity

open access: yesJournal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2022
Introduction: Healthy People establishes national goals and specific measurable objectives to improve the health and well-being of the nation. An overarching goal of Healthy People 2030 is to “eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and ...
Deborah Hoyer   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How the state health plan measures up [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
PEBA regularly benchmarks the State Health Plan against other public and private sector insurance plans.
South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority
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Globalization of national surgical, obstetric and anesthesia plans: the critical link between health policy and action in global surgery

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2020
Efforts from the developed world to improve surgical, anesthesia and obstetric care in low- and middle-income countries have evolved from a primarily volunteer mission trip model to a sustainable health system strengthening approach as private and public
Paul Truché   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health workforce response to Covid‐19: What pandemic preparedness planning and action at the federal and state levels in Germany?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021
Introduction The Covid‐19 pandemic has required countries to prepare their health workforce for a rapid increase of patients. This research aims to analyse the planning and health workforce policies in Germany, a country with a largely decentralised ...
J. Köppen, K. Hartl, C. Maier
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Self-Care Among Older Adults With Heart Failure

open access: yesGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2016
Background: It is estimated that 5.7 million Americans are living with heart failure (HF) today. Despite the fact that HF is one of the most common reasons people aged 65 years and older are admitted into the hospital, few studies describe the self-care ...
Sumayya Attaallah MSN, RN   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variation in Medicaid and commercial coverage of cell and gene therapies

open access: yesHealth Policy Open, 2023
Growth in the availability of cell and gene therapies (CGTs) promises significant innovation in the treatment of serious diseases, but the high cost and one-time administration of CGTs has also raised concern about strain on health plan budgets and ...
Molly T. Beinfeld   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are State Public Option Health Plans Worth It?

open access: yes, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses of the U.S. health care system\u27s reliance on private, employer-based health insurance. The crisis in health care access and affordability has increased support for a public option--the choice to purchase a ...
King, Jaime S.   +4 more
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Retiree health care plan GASB statement no. 74, financial reporting for postemployment benefit plans other than pension plans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This report provides information on behalf of the State of South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) in connection with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No.
South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority   +1 more
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Public health system challenges in the Free State, South Africa: a situation appraisal to inform health system strengthening

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Since the advent of democracy, the South African government has been putting charters, policies, strategies and plans in place in an effort to strengthen public health system performance and enhance service delivery.
B. Malakoane   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effects of Reinsurance in Financing Children's Health Care

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2006
This paper examines the effects of reinsurance on the financial performance of health plans serving enrollees in a State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
David E.M. Sappington   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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