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Equity in access to MRI equipment: the Portuguese case
Maia, Maria João - Centro de Investigação em Inovação Empresarial e do … - 2013
Technology Assessment (TA). This paper aims to characterize the equity on access of the Portuguese population in general, to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907180
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Hospital-based HTA: quale valore per la valutazione delle tecnologie nelle Aziende Sanitarie italiane?
Boscolo, Paola Roberta; Canobbio, Michela; Ciani, Oriana - In: MANAGEMENT CONTROL 2012/suppl. 2 (2012) suppl. 2, pp. 55-69
study are to present the results of a survey of HTA activities at the hospital level in Italy and to assess the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010875860
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Performance Analysis of a Communal Residential Rainwater System for Potable Supply: A Case Study in Brisbane, Australia
Cook, Stephen; Sharma, Ashok; Chong, Meng - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 14, pp. 4865-4876
Cities in developed countries have increasingly adopted rainwater tanks as an alternative water source over the last 15 years. The rapid uptake of rainwater tanks has been driven by the need to reduce demand for centralised water services that are under pressure to adapt to population growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010998020
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Personal Care Services in Health Economics: On the Efficiency-Equity Trade-Off
Giovanna, Morelli; Federico, Spandonaro - In: Economia dei Servizi (2010) 1, pp. 63-90
The paper focuses on the recent evolution in performance of healthcare production in Italy. It regards the technical … efficiency and equity in the use of public funds in public primary healthcare actions, concerning the funding profile in the new … Act. At article 32, health is recognized as a fundamental right of the individual and as a collective interest; equity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011157617
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Reforming Tax Expenditures in Italy: What, Why, and How?
Tyson, Justin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
efficiency, equity, and administrative and compliance costs. This paper analyzes tax expenditures in Italy, considering the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123882
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Proiezioni della spesa e del finanziamento dei Sistemi Sanitari Regionali in Italia [2015-2030]
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
finance them, with a full breakdown per Regions. A useful work for stimulating the debate on health system reforms in Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110395
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Public funding of pharmaceuticals in the Netherlands: investigating the effect of evidence, process and context on CVZ decision-making
Cerri, Karin; Knapp, Martin; Fernandez, Jose-Luis - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 7, pp. 681-695
The College Voor Zorgverzekeringen (CVZ) provides guidance to the Dutch healthcare system on funding and use of new pharmaceutical technologies. This study examined the impact of evidence, process and context factors on CVZ decisions in 2004–2009. A data set of CVZ decisions pertaining to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010993875
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Cost-effectiveness of lung transplantation and its evolution: the Portuguese case
Mendonça, Luis; Perelman, Julian; Rodrigues, Vanessa; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 7, pp. 767-772
conditions, the absence of alternative treatment, and equity concerns should be also accounted for when assessing the “value for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010993889
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Health technology assessment in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
Gulácsi, László; Rotar, Alexandru; Niewada, Maciej; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 1, pp. 13-25
This paper describes and discusses the development and use of health technology assessment (HTA) in five Central and Eastern European countries (CEE): Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. It provides a general snapshot of HTA policies in the selected CEE countries to date...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010993931
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Orphan drugs policies: a suitable case for treatment
Drummond, Michael; Towse, Adrian - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 4, pp. 335-340
Without changes in the current policies, pharmaceutical companies will eventually cease responding to the incentives to develop orphan drugs, because they will increasingly be uncertain whether the drugs, if developed, will be reimbursed. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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