scholarly journals Current State of Health Care Reform: Dysfunctional Government, Divided Country

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Savel ◽  
Cindy L. Munro
2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Horton ◽  
L. H. Hollier

Author(s):  
Peter Zweifel

AbstractThis contribution has three objectives. First, it seeks to justify the use of the economic criterion, “Provision of health care in accordance with the preferences of current and potential patients” for guiding decisions concerning the adoption of costly innovation in health. Next, it proposes the measurement of these preferences in the guise of willingness to pay (WTP) values through Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs). Third, it purports to examine two popular arguments against accepting lay persons´ preferences, viz. that they are unwilling or unable to express preferences with regard to health and health care, and that their preferences are unstable, depending on the current state of health. Both of these arguments are refuted by the findings of four DCEs designed to measure WTP for attributes of health insurance and of the treatment of diabetes, respectively [Zweifel in J Regul Econ 29(3): 319–332, 2006; MacNeil Vrooman and Zweifel in Eur J Health Econ 12(1): 87–95, 2011; Sennhauser and Zweifel in: Jakovlijevic M (ed.), Health Economics and Policy Challenges in Global Emerging Markets. NOVA Publishers, Hauppauge NY, 2016].


Author(s):  
V. M. Mykhalchuk ◽  
Z. V. Gbur ◽  
O. K. Tolstanov ◽  
K. V. Shchyrina

In the scientific article the directions of activity of modern skin and venereological dispensary are described. Measures to improve the work of the institution are proposed: optimization of the number of staff; making changes to the organizational structure in accordance with the new financing and management system; planning, organizing and controlling the activities of the institution within the functions of financial management. The priority measures of reforming the activity of the skin and venereological dispensary were singled out, taking into account the current state of development of the health care system. The main methods of realization of tasks of skin and venereological institutions are given and characterized are administrative, legal, economic, social and motivational. A number of external risks have been identified that could adversely affect the activities of the skin and venereological dispensary, namely: risks related to the situation on the labor market, in particular; risks related to the current state of health care, in particular; risks associated with the medical and demographic crisis in Ukraine.


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