scholarly journals Public and private roles in health care systems: reform experience in seven OECD countries.: Claudia Scott. (195 pages, paperback pound19.99, hardback pound60.) Open University Press, 2001. ISBN paperback 0-335-20459-7, hardback 0-335-20460-0.

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-311
Author(s):  
S. Gillam
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Open University ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Care Systems

scholarly journals The impact of the recession on health care expenditure — How does the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia compare to other OECD countries?

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Petra Baji ◽  
Márta Péntek ◽  
Imre Boncz ◽  
Valentin Brodszky ◽  
Olga Loblova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Impact

In the past few years, several papers have been published in the international literature on the impact of the economic crisis on health and health care. However, there is limited knowledge on this topic regarding the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The main aims of this study are to examine the effect of the financial crisis on health care spending in four CEE countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in comparison with the OECD countries. In this paper we also revised the literature for economic crisis related impact on health and health care system in these countries. OECD data released in 2012 were used to examine the differences in growth rates before and after the financial crisis. We examined the ratio of the average yearly growth rates of health expenditure expressed in USD (PPP) between 2008–2010 and 2000–2008. The classification of the OECD countries regarding “development” and “relative growth” resulted in four clusters. A large diversity of “relative growth” was observed across the countries in austerity conditions, however the changes significantly correlate with the average drop of GDP from 2008 to 2010. To conclude, it is difficult to capture visible evidence regarding the impact of the recession on the health and health care systems in the CEE countries due to the absence of the necessary data. For the same reason, governments in this region might have a limited capability to minimize the possible negative effects of the recession on health and health care systems.

scholarly journals Journey of the Patient With Melanoma: Understanding Resource Use and Bridging the Gap Between Dermatologist, Surgeon, and Oncologist in Different Health Care Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga ◽  
Claudimar Pereira da Veiga ◽  
Ana Paula Drummond-Lage ◽  
Alberto Julius Alves Wainstein ◽  
Andreia Cristina de Melo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Clinical Procedures ◽  
Care Systems

PURPOSE New scientific evidence has led to modifications in the clinical practice of handling melanoma. In health care systems, there is currently a wide variety of clinical procedures to treat cancer, and the various routes have different effects on the survival of patients with cancer. Thus, this article aimed to evaluate the journey of patients with melanoma in the public and private health care systems in Brazil from the viewpoint of different medical professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The study also considers the resources used for the complete delivery cycle of health care at different stages of the evolution of melanoma. METHODS We conducted a behavioral study by applying a questionnaire to a group of medical professionals. A nonprobabilistic sampling method for convenience was used, justified by the heterogeneous national incidence and the limited availability of medical professionals who diagnose and treat melanoma. RESULTS The questionnaire was answered by 138 doctors, including doctors from the Brazilian states with the highest concentration of medical specialists and regions with a higher melanoma incidence. The results of this study have the potential to enrich our understanding of the reality of Brazilian health care systems and, at the same time, allow us to discuss the multiple ways in which professionals from diverse specialist fields understand and explain decision making in health care. CONCLUSION Health care decision making is complex and, among other factors, depends on the diversity of available health resources and the knowledge of which treatments provide the greatest benefit to patients and greatest value to the system as a whole. This work can inform debates and reflection that are applicable not only in Brazil, but also in various other countries with similar realities.

scholarly journals Direct Costs of Dengue Hospitalization in Brazil: Public and Private Health Care Systems and Use of WHO Guidelines

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e3104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra A. Vieira Machado ◽  
Anderson Oliveira Estevan ◽  
Antonio Sales ◽  
Kelly Cristina da Silva Brabes ◽  
Júlio Croda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Direct Costs ◽  
Private Health Care ◽  
Who Guidelines ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Care Systems

scholarly journals Achilles' Heels of Health Care Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Mertl
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Providers ◽  
German Model ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Privately Financed

Achilles' Heels of Health Care Systems The aim of this article is to research the organization of health care systems and their typical failures in relationship with the need for health care. It is based on extensive theoretical background from economics and social policy, where the concepts used have already been defined. It emphasizes the differences between public and private insurance, and the various models of health care. It shows waiting lists, deficits and not realized health care as inevitable attributes of particular model. While based theoretically, it pays attention to empirical evidence in countries that are the most similar to their theoretical incarnation, e. g. the British model of publicly financed government-owned health care facilities, German model of publicly financed private providers and the American model of privately financed private providers. Finally it discusses the question of convergence of health care systems and the possible way of solving the issues described.

Integration vs separation in the provision of health care: 24 OECD countries compared

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Toth
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThis article proposes a classification of the different national health care systems based on the way the network of health care providers is organised. To this end, we present two rivalling models: on the one hand, the integrated model and, on the other, the separated model. These two models are defined based on five dimensions: (1) integration of insurer and provider; (2) integration of primary and secondary care; (3) presence of gatekeeping mechanisms; (4) patient's freedom of choice; and (5) solo or group practice of general practitioners. Each of these dimensions is applied to the health care systems of 24 OECD countries. If we combine the five dimensions, we can arrange the 24 national cases along a continuum that has the integrated model and the separated model at the two opposite poles. Portugal, Spain, New Zealand, the UK, Denmark, Ireland and Israel are to be considered highly integrated, while Italy, Norway, Australia, Greece and Sweden have moderately integrated provision systems. At the opposite end, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Switzerland and Turkey have highly separated provision systems. Canada, The Netherlands and the United States can be categorised as moderately separated.

scholarly journals The Changes Imposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic in Orthopaedics at the HCD

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Mineiro ◽  
João Cannas ◽  
Luís Barroso ◽  
Nuno Lança ◽  
João Pedro
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Risk Of Disease ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Spanish Health

With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak being highly contagious and spread all over the world, it became clear that health care systems globally would need to evolve, develop strategies, identify new models or rejuvenate old conservative methods of care and thus reduce the risk of disease transmission and be prepared for the worse. In Portugal, both public and private health care systems were together preparing for a disease nobody knew exactly how to handle and the example/scenario we had of its arrival in Europe and progressing west through Italy and Spain was dreadful! In a unique occasion in this country, both private and public health care systems got together to share whatever free beds they had, in particular ICU beds and ventilation facilities taking into account that these were the weakest areas where both the Italian and the Spanish health care systems had failed. [...]

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