-analysis results of surgery outcomes for our effectiveness inputs. We find that surgery treatment is in general cost-effective for …

With today’s escalating demands for accountability, Canada’s academic-linked health policy centres are feeling pressure … from key funders to prove their effectiveness. At the same time, their contributions through applied health services and … policy research and knowledge-transfer activities have become increasingly critical to health policy development and decision …

effects and spillover consequences of the household-provider model should be carefully considered in health policy formulation …. Making autism care and support available, affordable and reliable should be a major health concern of the state …

patients in them and thereby facilitate the partnership between patients and physicians that should be the hallmark of health …

The primary federal law governing employment-based retirement and health benefits in the private sector is the Employee … Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, known as ERISA. Under ERISA, the regulation of employment-based health benefit plans has … decisions, health benefit plans that purchase coverage from insurance companies are subject to regulation directly at the …

The purpose of this paper is to (1) briefly review past efforts by employers to curb rising costs in health benefit … coverage and care, (2) help shed light on consumer values and how (and why) consumers make the health-related decisions they do …, (3) describe and discuss values-based, patient-centered approaches being taken in some hospital and other health care …

This paper examines public opinion surrounding employment-based health coverage. It uses data from the 2013 Health and … & Associates, as well as historical data from the Health Confidence Survey (HCS). Both surveys examine a broad spectrum of health … care issues, including workers’ satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the nation’s health …

There is a widespread impression among Canadians that their health-care system is universal, comprehensive and …. The Canada Health Act (CHA) uses the term "medically necessary" to define medical procedures and treatments to be paid for … by the publicly-funded medicare system. In Canada’s health-care system, the term has come to refer almost exclusively to …

This paper examines public opinion surrounding health insurance and retirement. The data come from the EBRI/MGA 2012 … Health Confidence Survey (HCS), which explores a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans’ satisfaction with … health care today, their confidence in the future of the nation’s health care system and the Medicare program, as well as …

risky profession, hence requires special attention to the general health and safety of the officers. This study aims to … agents, elevated blood pressure presents serious public health and clinical concerns, Police job is often regarded to as …