The Evolving Role of Clinical Psychology in Health Care Systems

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-238
Author(s):  
Dennis C. Russo ◽  
Heidi A. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Care Systems

Health Care

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Pestieau ◽  
Mathieu Lefebvre
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Medical Expenditure ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
The Public ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Care Systems

This chapter reviews the public health care systems as well as their challenges. It first shows how expenditure on health care has evolved in previous decades and deals with the reasons for the growth observed in almost every European country. It emphasizes the role of technological progress as a main explanatory factor of the increase in medical expenditure but also points to the challenges facing cost-containment policies. Especially, the main common features of health care systems in Europe, such as third-party payment, single provider approach and cost-based reimbursement are discussed. Finally the chapter shows that although inequalities in health exist in the population, health care systems are redistributive. Reforms are thus needed but the trade-off between budgetary efficiency and equity is difficult.

Oil and Health Care in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Rzayeva
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The Political ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
National Health Care ◽  
Local Factors ◽  
Care Systems

AbstractHealth care systems reflect historical relationships between states and citizens, as well as predominant values and institutions marking a particular social milieu. Theories that place national health care in historical social context tend to exaggerate the forces of globalization and to underestimate the role of local specificities. A health care system and its social context, however, are shaped at the intersection of global, regional, and local factors, rather than by globalization alone. In this article I demonstrate this combined influence by tracking the transition in Soviet to post-Soviet health care Azerbaijan. I show that the dissolution of Azerbaijan’s socialized health care was due not to neoliberal globalization, but rather to the historical constellation of global, regional, and national processes, including the political choice of a petroleum-based development strategy.

Relational Caring Inquiry: Nurses’ Perspective on How Management Can Promote A Caring Practice

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal M. Cara,
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nurse Managers ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Nurse Manager ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Caring Environment

The caring role of nurses is not impervious to obstacles that might be present in today’s health care systems. Such obstacles might occur when nurses do not feel cared for by their nurse managers. Through the “Relational Caring Inquiry”, 16 staff nurses were asked to answer two questions pertaining to their personal experiences with a nurse manager and how these experiences influenced their caring practice. Concerning managerial practices, the staff nurses’ stories revealed the presence of a “Dialectic of Power”, involving two contradictory forces: subjugation and empowerment. These findings can assist managers to better create a caring environment within the institution and help sensitize nurses to patients’ suffering.

A Review of Data on the U.S. Health Sector Fall 2002

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-192
Author(s):  
Ida Hellander
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Care Information ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries

This report presents information on the state of U.S. health care in mid-2002. It provides data on the uninsured and underinsured and their difficulties in finding health care; the increasing costs of care; health, social, and economic inequalities; and the role of corporate money in health care. Information is also presented on mental health care, the hospital and pharmaceutical industries, Medicare HMOs, and the state of nursing. The author then provides updates on Congressional activity and the results of polls on matters of health, and some data on health care systems elsewhere in the world.

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