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International medical graduates mandated to practise in rural Australia are highly unsatisfied: Results from a national survey of doctors

McGrail, Matthew R.; Humphreys, John S.; Joyce, Catherine M. - In: Health Policy 108 (2012) 2, pp. 133-139

(medical) workforce shortage for many years. The objective of this study is to analyse the satisfaction of IMGs in their …

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The value of a statistical life in Sweden: A review of the empirical literature

Hultkrantz, Lars; Svensson, Mikael - In: Health Policy 108 (2012) 2, pp. 302-310

Recent focus on cost-benefit/socio-economic assessment of government “life-saving” programmes within public health, pharmaceutics, transport, and civil contingencies has spurred a wave of empirical research on the value of a statistical life (VSL) in Sweden. This paper provides an overview...

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Concerns for severity in priority setting in health care: A review of trade-off data in preference studies and implications for societal willingness to pay for a QALY

Nord, Erik; Johansen, Rune - In: Health Policy 116 (2014) 2, pp. 281-288

In a wide range of health care jurisdictions, to give priority to the severely ill over the less severely ill is important in decisions about resource allocation across patient groups. We summarise data on concerns for severity measured at a cardinal level in preference studies in various...

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Turnover of registered nurses in Israel: Characteristics and predictors

Toren, Orly; Zelker, Revital; Lipschuetz, Michal; Riba, … - In: Health Policy 105 (2012) 2, pp. 203-213

quality of care, increased costs and economic losses and decreased job satisfaction. …

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Public satisfaction as a measure of health system performance: A study of nine countries in the former Soviet Union

Footman, Katharine; Roberts, Bayard; Mills, Anne; … - In: Health Policy 112 (2013) 1, pp. 62-69

focussed on general population satisfaction with health systems. This study is the first to examine public satisfaction with … nine fSU countries, using nationally representative cross-sectional surveys. The prevalence of health system satisfaction … in each country was compared for 2001 and 2010. Patterns of satisfaction were further examined by comparing satisfaction …

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Social values and health priority setting in Australia: An analysis applied to the context of health technology assessment

Whitty, Jennifer A.; Littlejohns, Peter - In: Health Policy 119 (2015) 2, pp. 127-136

decision-making in Australia. …

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Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and the development of pandemic influenza containment strategies: Community voices and community control

Massey, Peter D.; Miller, Adrian; Saggers, Sherry; … - In: Health Policy 103 (2011) 2, pp. 184-190

To develop culturally appropriate and effective strategies to reduce the risk from pandemic influenza (H1N109) in rural and remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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Introduction and uptake of new medical technologies in the Australian health care system: A qualitative study

Gallego, Gisselle; Casey, Robert; Norman, Richard; … - In: Health Policy 102 (2011) 2, pp. 152-158

diffusion of new medical technologies in Australia. …

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Australian health policy and end of life care for people with chronic disease: An analysis

Burgess, Teresa; Braunack-Mayer, Annette; Crawford, … - In: Health Policy 115 (2014) 1, pp. 60-67

End of life care for people with advanced chronic disease is a growing international imperative, with the majority of deaths in the world now related to chronic disease. The provision of care that meets the needs of people with advanced chronic disease must be guided by appropriate policy. The...

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Private and public patients in public hospitals in Australia

Shmueli, Amir; Savage, Elizabeth - In: Health Policy 115 (2014) 2, pp. 189-195

The nature of the private–public mix in health insurance and in health care is a major issue in most health systems.

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