| Description |
250 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Health policy developments ; issue 7 and 8 |
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Health policy developments ; issue 7 and 8
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| Contents |
The International Network for Health Policy and Reform -- Survey preparation and proceedings -- Reporting criteria -- Policy ratings -- Project management -- From idea to implementation -- The Netherlands: Healthcare reform 2006- good things come to those who wait, or intentional salami tactics? -- Austria: Structural Plan for Health Care strengthens federal states -- England and Wales: Ten years of Labour- more market, more choice in healthcare -- Finland: Government successfully enforces shorter waiting times -- Need-based care -- England: Practice-based commissioning for GPs -- England and Wales: The 12th NICE work program -- Canada: National strategy for mental health -- Israel: Treatment of mental illness in primary care -- Israel: E-learning program in women's health -- Singapore: Outpatient DMPs for the chronically ill -- Access to the health system -- Finland: Better access to dental care for adults -- Japan: Increased cost-sharing for the elderly -- New Zealand: Lower co-payments for visits to general practitioners -- Singapore: Reform of Medishield high-risk insurance -- Australia: More private health insurance products -- United States: Reduced prescription drug prices for Californians without health insurance coverage -- United States: First experiences with health savings accounts -- United States: CMS publishes prices for hospital procedures -- Health and long-term care insurance -- United States: Massachusetts-health insurance for all -- Spain: National insurance for long-term care -- France: Health insurance credits for the needy- only modest success -- Slovenia: Risk-structure compensation for supplementary insurance -- Singapore: New financing for outpatient disease management programs -- Patient orientation -- France: Quality benchmarks to reduce hospital infections -- Finland: Hospital evaluation for increased cost-effectiveness -- England and Wales: Public contributes to primary care decisions -- Estonia: Family-doctor hotline 24/7 -- Israel: Information brochure on long-term care insurance comes with the newspaper -- Austria: Law to protect the will of the individual -- Health and aging -- The Netherlands: Decentralization of responsibility for health-related social benefits -- Singapore: Integration of acute medical care, inpatient recovery and rehabilitation care -- New Zealand: Aging in place-projects and evaluation -- Israel: Keeping the elderly fit and healthy -- Coping with future shortages of health professionals -- Germany: Improving healthcare structures with nurse practitioners -- New Zealand: Further development of nursing care -- Japan: First work permits for Filipino nursing personnel -- Canada: Pan-Canadian planning to counter personnel shortages -- France: Plan for demographic development of doctors -- Australia: Reforms to reverse past mistakes -- Slovenia: Struggle with a shortage of nurses -- England and Wales: New funding system for dental treatment -- Singapore: Outsourcing x-ray analysis to India -- Drug policies and pricing -- United States: Medicare Part D introduced -- Spain: Draft legislation to rationalize the use of pharmaceuticals -- Poland: More transparency in drug reimbursements -- Spain and the United States: Electronic prescriptions -- New Zealand: Continued unlimited advertisement of medicines? -- Disease prevention -- South Korea: Health promotion with traditional medicine -- Australia: Bowel cancer screening for persons over 55 -- New Zealand: Let's Beat Diabetes -- New Zealand: Suicide-prevention strategy 2006-2016 -- Switzerland: Law on prevention to provide transparency and equality -- Israel: Sharon's illness raises interest in stroke prevention -- Progress in protecting nonsmokers -- Finland: Smoking ban in bars and restaurants -- Austria: Pricing policies, smoking bans and telephone quitline to reduce tobacco consumption -- Newsflash -- United States: California stem cell research program -- Canada: Will the government abandon healthcare guarantees? -- Slovenia: Public debate about the privatization of primary care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Health care reform -- Case studies.
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Health insurance.
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Medical care.
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Medical personnel.
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Medicine, Preventive.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene.
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Older people -- Medical care.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Busse, Reinhard, 1963-
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Schlette, Sophia.
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| ISBN |
3892049629 |
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9783892049623 |
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