The Freedom to Spend Your Own Money on Medical Care: A Common Casualty of Universal Coverage [PDF]
, 2007 Most people would agree that a patient should always be able to spend his own money on the health care services he desires. Yet that freedom is often threatened or denied when government tries to provide universal health insurance coverage, as in the U.S.
Kent Masterson Brown
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Building resilient hospitals in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
BMJ Global Health, 2022 Merette Khalil +2 more
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VaccinesYearly national immunization coverage reporting does not measure performance at the subnational level throughout the year and conceals inequalities within countries.
Kamal Fahmy +3 more
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Gender differentials in readiness and use of mHealth services in a rural area of Bangladesh
BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background Traditional gender roles result in women lagging behind men in the use of modern technologies, especially in developing countries. Although there is rapid uptake of mobile phone use in Bangladesh, investigation of gender differences in the ...
Fatema Khatun +6 more
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The Demand for Health Insurance among Uninsured Americans: Results of a Survey Experiment and Implications for Policy [PDF]
Most existing work on the price elasticity of demand for health insurance focuses on employees' decisions to enroll in employer-provided plans. Yet any attempt to achieve universal coverage must focus on the uninsured, the vast majority of whom are not ...
Alan B. Krueger, Ilyana Kuziemko
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The Swiss and Dutch Health Insurance Systems: Universal Coverage and Regulated Competitive Insurance Markets [PDF]
, 2009 Compares systems of universal insurance coverage based on individual mandates, consumer choice of health plans, and regulated insurance market competition in Switzerland and the Netherlands. Discusses insights and implications for U.S.
Christian Rutschi +4 more
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The International Right to Health: What Does It Mean in Legal Practice and How Can It Affect Priority Setting for Universal Health Coverage? [PDF]
, 2015 The international right to health is enshrined in national and international law. In a growing number of cases, individuals denied access to high-cost medicines and technologies under universal coverage systems have turned to the courts to challenge the ...
Chalkidou, Kalipso +4 more
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Funding Health Care for All Americans: An Economic Perspective [PDF]
, 2008 Provides an overview of healthcare spending and funding sources, levels of subsidy and compulsion required for universal coverage, alternative funding instruments, and issues to consider in evaluating them, such as effects on the economy or health ...
John B. Shoven, Victor R. Fuchs
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BMJ Global HealthGovernments and organisations must demonstrate accountability and delivery of results. Results-Oriented Monitoring (ROM) is a European Commission mechanism aiming at enhancing internal control and management.
Denis Porignon +6 more
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Providing universal coverage under national health insurance [PDF]
, 2000 Eli Ginzberg
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