To explore the main facilitators and barriers to task reallocation.

Major variations in medical practice have been documented internationally. Variations raise questions about the quality, equity, and efficiency of resource allocation and use, and have important implications for health care and health policy.

Policies to expand the traditional role of community pharmacists have been implemented or at least considered in a number of countries, as advocated by academics, professional organizations, and governments. Such reforms come on the heel of pressing system-wide challenges. At a time of growing...

The purpose of this study was to compare existing policies regarding access to 7 assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and to examine the effects of these policies on costs, utilization, and health outcomes in 14 countries and 2 Canadian provinces based on publicly available information.

This review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies to implement clinical guidelines for chronic disease management in primary care in EU Member States.

To investigate the desirability and feasibility of a cyclic reimbursement process to address uncertainty accompanying initial decision making.

This paper develops a conceptual framework for performance measurement as a pilot study on holistic hospital management in the Japanese healthcare context.

A vast amount of literature on effects of pay-for-performance (P4P) in health care has been published. However, the evidence has become fragmented and it has become challenging to grasp the information included in it.

To explore the literature for the definitions of informal payments in healthcare and critically analyze the proposed definitions. This will serve in the process of getting to a coherent definition of informal payments, which will further support acknowledging and addressing them globally.

Multiple studies have investigated physician-owned specialized facilities (specialized hospitals and ambulatory surgery centres). However, the evidence is fragmented and the literature lacks cohesion.