scholarly journals The Impact of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusInfections on Postdischarge Health Care Costs and Utilization across Multiple Health Care Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 5419-5437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Nelson ◽  
Makoto Jones ◽  
Chuan-Fen Liu ◽  
Matthew H. Samore ◽  
Martin E. Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Multiple Health

scholarly journals Microbiome Imbalances: An Overlooked Potential Mechanism in Chronic Nonhealing Wounds

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Mengru Pang ◽  
Meishu Zhu ◽  
Xiaoxuan Lei ◽  
Pengcheng Xu ◽  
Biao Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Chronic Wounds ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Potential Mechanism ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Hospital Stays ◽  
Care Costs

Chronic nonhealing wounds are a severe burden to health care systems worldwide, causing millions of patients to have lengthy hospital stays, high health care costs, periods of unemployment, and reduced quality of life. Moreover, treating chronic nonhealing wounds effectively and reasonably in countries with limited medical resources can be extremely challenging. With many outstanding questions surrounding chronic nonhealing wounds, in this review, we offer changes to the microbiome as a potentially ignored mechanism important in the formation and treatment of chronic wounds. Our analysis helps bring a whole new understanding to wound formation and healing and provides a potential breakthrough in the treatment of chronic nonhealing wounds in the future.

scholarly journals Financial management within the health system

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-90
Author(s):  
M.F. Popa ◽  
Ionut Parlica
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Care System

Abstract The financial management within the medical management plays a very important role considering the fact that health care costs a lot of money. The health care system is greatly influenced by the allocated funds so that there are types of health care systems depending on the allocation and collection of funds and depending on the payments of the services providers. There are several mechanisms for financing the health care system of which the most important are represented by the state budget funding and voluntary health insurance. In terms of financial management, is a reform within the Romanian health care system mainly focused on reducing the number of hospitals and restructuring the County Health Houses

scholarly journals Countering the Tragedy of the Health Care Commons by Exnovation: Bringing Unexpected Problems and Solutions into View

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13082
Author(s):  
Willemine Willems
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Triple Aim ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Care Costs

In the health sciences and policy, it is common to view rising health care costs as a tragedy of the commons, i.e., a situation in which the unhampered use of a resource by rational individuals leads to its depletion. By monitoring a set of outcomes, not only the costs but also patient experience and population health, simultaneously, it is claimed that the “triple aim” approach changes what is rational for health care stakeholders and, thus, can counter the rapidly rising health care costs. This approach has an important limitation: it reduces the monitored innovations to merely their outcomes; yet, how health care professionals and patients give shape to care delivery remains invisible. To get a more in-depth understanding of the consequences of adopting such an approach, in this article I use the method of exnovation instead. Exnovation foregrounds the everyday accomplishments of health care practices to enable reflection and learning. I draw on an ethnographic study into an innovation in care delivery aimed at rendering it more sustainable: Primary Care Plus. I reflected with both professionals and patients on what happened during 40 Primary Care Plus consultations. By presenting and analyzing three of these consultations, I foreground what is rendered invisible with the triple aim: improvisations, surprises and habits unfolding in practice. With exnovation, health care innovations can provide fertile soil for creating new forms of sustainable care that can help prevent the impending exhaustion of health care systems.

scholarly journals Micronesian Migrants in Hawaii

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Pobutsky ◽  
Lee Buenconsejo-Lum ◽  
Catherine Chow ◽  
Neal Palafox ◽  
Gregory G. Maskarinec
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Epidemiologic Transition ◽  
Northern Mariana Islands ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care Costs

More than 20,000 Micronesians have migrated to Guam, Hawaii, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Of these migrants, more than 8,000 now live in Hawaii. Factors in their home islands driving the recent emigration include the limited economic resources and struggling health care systems. Education systems in Micronesia are inadequate, and there are few job opportunities. The rates of infectious diseases remain high while at the same time, the epidemiologic transition in health has led to an explosion of non-communicable diseases. In Hawaii, the impact of the Micronesians emigration has been significant with most health and education expenses un-reimbursed. The health care costs alone are substantial as many Micronesians travel to Guam or Hawaii for medical treatment unavailable in their home islands. At the same time, Micronesians have difficulty accessing and navigating the health care system. While governmental, private, and academic programs already provide innovative and communitybased services to the Micronesian population, more work remains to be done. Not only are additional services, tailored to the culture and needs of Micronesian migrants, needed but a keener awareness and understanding of the issues surrounding Hawaii’s migrant population must be promoted among all public health stakeholders to ensure that the priority necessary to successfully address these challenges is recognized.

The Impact of Physical Activity on Mitigation of Health Care Costs Related to Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from Developed and Developing Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Camilo Turi ◽  
Henrique Luiz Monteiro ◽  
Rômulo Araújo Fernandes ◽  
Jamile Sanches Codogno
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care Costs ◽  
Developing Settings

scholarly journals The Impact and Implications of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Procurement Outside of an Epicenter

2021 ◽  
pp. 152692482110028
Author(s):  
Janice Jene Hudgins ◽  
Allison Jo Boyer ◽  
Kristen Danielle Orr ◽  
Clint Allen Hostetler ◽  
Jeffrey Paul Orlowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Variable Impact ◽  
Single Organ

The COVID-19 pandemic has been well-documented to have a variable impact on individual communities and health care systems. We describe the experience of a single organ procurement organization (OPO), located in an area without a large cluster of cases during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. A review of community health data describing the impact of COVID-19 nationally and in Oklahoma was conducted. Additionally, a retrospective review of available OPO data from March 2019-May 2020 was performed. While the amount of donor referrals received and organs recovered by the OPO remained stable in the initial months of the pandemic, the observed organs transplanted vs. expected organs transplanted (O:E) decreased to the lowest number in the 15-month period and organs transplanted decreased as well. Fewer organs from Oklahoma donors were accepted for transplant despite staff spending more time allocating organs.

scholarly journals Sustainability of Biosimilars in Europe: A Delphi Panel Consensus with Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 400
Author(s):  
Arnold G. Vulto ◽  
Jackie Vanderpuye-Orgle ◽  
Martin van der Graaff ◽  
Steven R. A. Simoens ◽  
Lorenzo Dagna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Delphi Panel ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Supply Risks ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Biosimilars have the potential to enhance the sustainability of evolving health care systems. A sustainable biosimilars market requires all stakeholders to balance competition and supply chain security. However, there is significant variation in the policies for pricing, procurement, and use of biosimilars in the European Union. A modified Delphi process was conducted to achieve expert consensus on biosimilar market sustainability in Europe. Methods: The priorities of 11 stakeholders were explored in three stages: a brainstorming stage supported by a systematic literature review (SLR) and key materials identified by the participants; development and review of statements derived during brainstorming; and a facilitated roundtable discussion. Results: Participants argued that a sustainable biosimilar market must deliver tangible and transparent benefits to the health care system, while meeting the needs of all stakeholders. Key drivers of biosimilar market sustainability included: (i) competition is more effective than regulation; (ii) there should be incentives to ensure industry investment in biosimilar development and innovation; (iii) procurement processes must avoid monopolies and minimize market disruption; and (iv) principles for procurement should be defined by all stakeholders. However, findings from the SLR were limited, with significant gaps on the impact of different tender models on supply risks, savings, and sustainability. Conclusions: A sustainable biosimilar market means that all stakeholders benefit from appropriate and reliable access to biological therapies. Failure to care for biosimilar market sustainability may impoverish biosimilar development and offerings, eventually leading to increased cost for health care systems and patients, with fewer resources for innovation.

scholarly journals The impact of chronic disease and disability on the elderly

1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
C. J. Eales
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact

Health care systems for elderly people should aim to delay the onset of illness, reducing the final period of infirmity and illness to the shortest possible time. The most effective way to achieve this is by health education and preventative medicine to maintain mobility and function. Changes in life style even in late life may result in improved health, effectively decreasing the incidence of chronic diseases associated with advancing age. This paper presents the problems experienced by elderly persons with chronic diseases and disabilities with indications for meaningful therapeutic interventions.

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