A system of systems is characterized by the properties of operational and managerial autonomy; belonging to a system collective; connectivity; diversity of operational characteristics, location, infrastructure and capability; and evolutionary development. It is also characterized by emergent...

Although measures of sensitivity to inequality are important in judging the welfare effects of health-care programmes, it is far from straightforward how to elicit them and apply them in health-care decision making. This paper provides an overview of the literature on the measurement of...

Greek health outcomes compare favourably with the OECD average. However, the health care system is seen as not working well by the population. One source of dissatisfaction is the high proportion of private household spending on health, including informal payments, while public health spending...

In recent years, Central American countries have been implementing strategies to expand basic health services to remote and poor rural areas. In most cases, health extension services have been carried out by contracting with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other nonpublic entities to...

The problems of the uninsured, cost escalation, and improving quality in United States health care are once again on the front pages. There is a sense that these problems can be resolved despite the magnitude of the issues. This optimism is related to new techniques and approaches to governance....

Prescription Drugs: Monopolies and Profits -- Hospitals : Profit First -- Physicians -- Health Plans : The Money Middlemen -- European Systems of Health-Care Delivery -- The Affordable Care Act of 2010 and Other Federal Health-Care Laws -- Emergency Departments -- The Medical Implant Device...

Foreword / by Manoranjan Mohanty -- Prologue: A modern Silk Road in health / by Lincoln C. Chen -- The changing landscape of the commercialisation of medical care in China: an overview -- The commercialisation of public hospitals: institutional and financial reforms -- The changing landscape of...

This paper focuses on factors affecting the use of Information and communication technologies within a primary health care environment. A case study was carried out to investigate opinions and views of Primary Health Care staff on the provision of electronic health in the UK. The study found...