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Telling Stories About Health Insurance : Using New Films in the Classroom
Pendo, Elizabeth - 2009
In keeping with the Symposium theme, quot;The Mass Media's Influence on Health Law and Policy,quot; this essay is designed to share my experience using clips from three recent popular films as a method of enhancing coverage and discussion of legal and policy issues surrounding the private health...
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Health Status, Health Care and Inequality: Canada vs. the U.S.
O'Neill, June E; O'Neill, Dave M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
Does Canada's publicly funded, single payer health care system deliver better health outcomes and distribute health resources more equitably than the multi-payer heavily private U.S. system? We show that the efficacy of health care systems cannot be usefully evaluated by comparisons of infant...
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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?
Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
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Empirical Analysis of Field Data on HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Khartoum State, Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The study focuses on the HIV/AIDS in Khartoum state during the period (2003-2007). The main objectives are to study the situation of HIV/AIDS in Khartoum state through a sample of 1439 of volunteers for the three selected blood testing and counseling centers in Khartoum, Omdurman, and Khartoum...
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in 22 European Countries
Jusot, Florence; Kunst, Anton E.; Leinsalu, Mall; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared … the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe. …
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Le recours aux soins en France : une analyse des mécanismes qui génèrent les inégalités de recours aux soins liées à l’immigration
Berchet, Caroline - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
and insurance survey, this study explores inequalities in health care utilization between immigrants and natives. Our … objective is to highlight the most important factors generating health care use inequalities relating to immigration in using … health care use inequalities between French and immigrant populations are for the most part attributable to differences in …
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Cross-Country Measures for Monitoring Epilepsy Care by ILAE Commission on Healthcare Policy
Donaldson, Karen Lee; Wiebe, Samuel; Langfitt, John T.; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
Purpose: The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Commission on Healthcare Policy in consultation with the … healthcare services and systems across countries. The goal is to provide planners and policymakers with tools to analyze the … impact of healthcare services and systems and evaluate efforts to improve performance. Methods: Commission members conducted …
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Better Value for Money in Healthcare: European Lessons for Canada
Blomqvist, Ake; Busby, Colin - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2012) 339
the United Kingdom’s and the Netherlands’ healthcare systems. Those systems have undergone a period of reform to attain …
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Análisis del Sistema Sanitario de Euskadi
Miguel, Jon Iñaki Betolaza San - In: EKONOMIAZ 25 Anniversary (2010) 03, pp. 286-317
The aim of this article is the analysis of developments in the health system of the Basque Country since the beginning of autonomy up to the present time. To achieve this, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the policies pursued both at the level of health goals and health management will...
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Does quality affect patients’ choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK
Santos, Rita; Gravelle, Hugh; Propper, Carol - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2013
Provider competition is a currently popular healthcare reform model. A necessary condition for greater competition to …
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