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`Doing things right', or `doing the right things'? Call centre migrations and dimensions of knowledge

Broek, Diane van den - In: Work, Employment & Society 22 (2008) 4, pp. 601-613

. Drawing on published and unpublished research on in-bound call centres operating in social work and nursing in the UK and …

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Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service

Tailby, Stephanie - In: Work, Employment & Society 19 (2005) 2, pp. 369-389

forms of temporary employment in nursing, the reasons nurses give for taking temporary or agency work, as a main job or a …

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Development of a framework to measure health profession regulation strengthening

McCarthy, Carey F.; Kelley, Maureen A.; Verani, Andre R.; … - In: Evaluation and Program Planning 46 (2014) C, pp. 17-24

initiative to strengthen nursing and midwifery professional regulation in sub-Saharan Africa. The framework was designed as a … functions of a nursing and midwifery regulatory body and describe five stages of advancing each function. The framework was used … national and regional nursing regulation, and to identify national and regional priorities for regulatory strengthening. It is …

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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities

Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...

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Health Care in Sri Lanka : What Can the Private Health Sector Offer?

Govindaraj, Ramesh; Navaratne, Kumari; Cavagnero, Eleonora - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

This review represents an attempt to bridge the significant knowledge gaps on the private health sector in Sri Lanka, and foster a dialogue on opportunities for collaboration between the government and the private sector. It accomplishes this through a systematic collection and analysis of...

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Vietnam: Learning from Smart Reforms on the Road to Universal Health Coverage

Barroy, Helene; Jarawan, Eva; Bales, Sarah - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks. However, countries face multiple challenges in implementing, achieving and sustaining UHC strategies. Sharing and learning from diverse country experiences may enable to foster...

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Sustaining Universal Health Coverage in France: A Perpetual Challenge

Barroy, Helene; Or, Zeynep; Kumar, Ankit; Bernstein, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

While universal health coverage (UHC) offers a powerful goal for a nation, all countries-irrespective of income are struggling with achieving or sustaining UHC. France is a high-income country where HC is in effect universal. Health-related costs are covered by a mix of mandatory social health...

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The Production, Distribution, and Performance of Physicians, Nurses, and Midwives in Indonesia: An Update

Anderson, Ian; Meliala, Andreasta; Marzoeki, Puti; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Achieving UHC means not only increasing the number of people covered but also expanding the benefits package and ensuring...

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Re-conceptualising holism in the contemporary nursing mandate: From individual to organisational relationships

Allen, Davina - In: Social Science & Medicine 119 (2014) C, pp. 131-138

Over the last forty years, nursing's claim to professional expertise has been expressed in terms of its care …-giving function. Informed by a distinctive ‘holistic’ approach, models of nursing identify therapeutic relationships as the … has emerged proposing that the contemporary nursing mandate, with its exclusive focus on care-giving, is no longer serving …

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Monopsony in the Low-Wage Labor Market? Evidence from Minimum Nurse Staffing Regulations

Matsudaira, Jordan D. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 1, pp. 92-102

firm-level elasticity of labor supply for nurse aides in the long-term care (nursing home) industry. Using exogenous …

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