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How can we measure the performance of different health systems, and how can we use such information to support on-going health systems improvement? Those are the central questions addressed in this volume. Health policy makers have a growing interest in finding ways of encouraging health systems...
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, pharmacists, physiotherapists, hospital employment, graduates, remuneration of health professionals, hospitals, health equipment …, hospital beds, medical technology with their respective subsets. The statistics are expressed in different units of measure …
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This paper argues that there is a need for competition agencies to become more active and effective advocates for the use of choice and competition in publicly funded healthcare markets. It suggests that the need for strong regulation will not shrink or disappear, as it might do in a utility,...
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Australia’s health system functions remarkably well, despite operating under a complex set of institutions that make …, Australia should adopt a national approach to quality and performance through an enhanced federal government role in steering …, with responsibility for primary care devolved to the states to better align it with hospital services and community care. A …
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials – remains an alarming global health threat. This is despite the efforts made by OECD and EU/EEA countries to curtail it. Unless additional effective interventions are scaled up quickly, AMR rates are forecasted...
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"This book examines the challenges countries are facing with regard to providing and paying for long-term care. With populations ageing and the need for long-term care growing rapidly, this book looks at such issues as: future demographic trends, policies to support family carers, long-term care...
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