scholarly journals Oral health disparities in the time of COVID-19: An indication for focus on public health care strengthening and preventive care

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-43
Author(s):  
Sukhvinder Singh Oberoi ◽  
Shibani Grover ◽  
Shabina Sachdeva
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Public Health Care System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care System

The COVID-19 has impacted the health service delivery especially, the public health care system which is already overburdened. The dental health care carries the huge risk of infection due to the generation of the aerosols, through high-speed airotor. This has led to a big toll on the delivery of the dental services at global level. Even when the oral health care services are getting opened, there is still lot of dilemmas in the mind of oral health professionals in provision of the services. This crisis has given us a chance for addressing the issues of relevance affecting the oral health care services and failures of the health care system. It is time to rethink our priorities and strengthen the over-all integrity of the health care system. These calls for higher focus upon the oral care prevention strategies can be amalgamated as part of the public health care system along with strengthening of public health care.

scholarly journals The development of voluntary private health insurance in the Nordic countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Alexandersen ◽  
Anders Anell ◽  
Oddvar Kaarboe ◽  
Juhani S Lehto ◽  
Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Public Health Care System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care System

The Nordic countries represent an institutional setting with tax-based health care financing and universal access to health care services. Very few health care services are excluded from what are offered within the publically financed health care system. User fees are often non-existing or low and capped. Nevertheless, the markets for voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) have been rapidly expanding. In this paper we describe the development of the market for VPHI in the Nordic countries. We outline similarities and differences and provide discussion of the rationale for the existence of different types of VPHI. Data is collected on the population covered by VPHI, type and scope of coverage, suppliers of VPHI and their relations with health providers. It seems that the main roles of VPHI are to cover out-of-pocket payments for services that are only partly financed by the public health care system (complementary), and to provide preferential access to treatments that are also available free of charge within the public health care system, but often with some waiting time (duplicate).Published: April 2016.

Equity in the use of antiretroviral treatment in the public health care system in urban South Africa

Health Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Cleary ◽  
Sheetal Silal ◽  
Stephen Birch ◽  
Henri Carrara ◽  
Victoria Pillay-van Wyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Antiretroviral Treatment ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Public Health Care System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Urban South ◽  
Care System

scholarly journals PCN122 MELODY BRAZIL: CHEMOTHERAPY CHOICES FOR PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC MELANOMA IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (SUS)

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. A177
Author(s):  
R.A. Schmerling ◽  
S.D. Stefani ◽  
E. Barbosa ◽  
E. Asano ◽  
M.E. Nita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Metastatic Melanoma ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Public Health Care System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care System
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