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A Piggy Back for Healthcare : Why the Health System Needs Old-age Reserve Funds

Niemietz, Kristian Peter - 2021

Healthcare spending as a proportion of GDP has almost doubled since 1990, from just over 5% to almost 10% now. Healthcare costs rise exponentially in old age. Healthcare costs per capita are relatively stable during the first five decades of life, but they quadruple over the next four decades....

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Universal Healthcare Without the NHS : Towards a Patient-Centred Health System

Niemietz, Kristian Peter - 2021

Despite some relative improvements in the last fifteen years, the National Health Service remains an international laggard in terms of those health outcomes that can be attributed to the healthcare system. In international comparisons of health system performance, the NHS almost always ranks in...

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Integrating Health and Social Care : State or Market?

Booth, Philip - 2021

Medical and nursing care have been separated from social care by deliberate design since the creation of the NHS. This divide is now entirely artificial. People spend less time in hospital than used to be the case and 4 million people over the age of 65 have a life-limiting illness. In such...

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Early COVID-19 Policy Response on Healthcare Equity Prices

Gurrib, Ikhlaas - 2021

Purpose: This study investigates the implementation of the short selling ban policy imposed by the Italian stock exchange on healthcare stock prices, as a tool to mitigate COVID-19 price effects. Important contributions are in terms of assessing (i) the effect of the temporary short selling ban...

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The Henry Fords of Healthcare

Sanandaji, Nima - 2021

Health systems in Western countries are plagued by inefficiency and will likely require a substantial increase in the tax burden as populations age. Patients might also face a gradual decrease in the quality and scope of services. The organisational changes needed to drive costs down and...

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Help Wanted : How to Address Labour Shortages in Healthcare and Improve Patient Access

Wyonch, Rosalie - 2021

To address a pandemic, preserving and maintaining the healthcare system’s capacity is critical. This Commentary evaluates factors contributing to healthcare labour shortages and investigates the inter-relationships between access to health services, the number of healthcare providers,...

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Towards Health System Strengthening : A Review of the Nigerian Health System From 1960 to 2019

Aregbeshola, Bolaji Samson - 2021

The Nigerian health system is weak and has been evolving over the years with misplaced priorities and the focus on health inputs rather than outputs. The design and adoption of several policies have contributed little to strengthening the health system towards improvement in health outcomes....

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A Model for Dual Healthcare Market with Congestion Differentiation

Besancenot, Damien; Lamiraud, Karine; Vranceanu, Radu - 2021

The French market for specialist physician care has a dual legal structure: physicians must exclusively work in sector 1 and charge regulated fees or in sector 2, where they can freely set their fees. Patient out-of-pocket payments in sector 2 are partially covered by private insurance. The...

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The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 : A Ray of Hope

Jha, Shilpi - 2021

Constitution of India which encompasses in itself right to health (1997, 1984, 2001). However, the courts do not specify whether …. The objective of the article is to analyse the viability of application of these provisions in India. And to find out … and data collected in surveys conducted by institutes like NIMHANS India. The author observes that the implementation of …

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Innovation in Healthcare with a Focus on Cancer Care

Efthymiou - Egleton, Iris - Panagiota; Vozikis, Athanassios - 2021

Health is not characterized only by the absence of disease; nowadays, health can be perceived as a human right. Health policies all over the world aim to increase the life expectancy, the health, and the quality of life of citizens, within the limits of the available resources. In this opinion...

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