How will Brexit affect access to medicines?
Publication date: Available online 19 October 2018Source: Health Policy and TechnologyAuthor(s): Donald R.J. Singer, Rosa Giuliani (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - October 20, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The relationship between medical innovation and health expenditure before and after health reform
CONCLUSIONS: Improved communication channels within societies increase international co-operation, and cost–benefit analysis of medical innovation may help in continuing to improve medical innovation and health care accessibility. We hope that our observations promote the understanding of the relationship and balance between medical innovation and health care expenditure while fostering an incentive atmosphere for health reforms. (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - October 12, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Challenges of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service: A qualitative content analysis in Iranian context.
ConclusionsBased on the results, the development program of Iranian helicopter emergency medical services should be revised. It seems that developing national standards and regulations is prerequisite to improving the quality of services. Considering the safety concerns and high cost of HEMS in Iran, it is suggested that more commitment is needed for triage criteria. (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - October 5, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Social Network Analysis of the Ecosystem of South Korea's Medical Device Industry
Conclusions: Therefore, the medical interest groups and medical world, industrial world, and related agencies that have currently disappeared from the 20th National Assembly must return to their active roles; in order to accomplish this, effort must be put forth by the government to bring them to the table for discussions. (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - September 21, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Editorial Board/Aims and Scope
Publication date: September 2018Source: Health Policy and Technology, Volume 7, Issue 3Author(s): (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - September 11, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Call for Abstracts on Transforming Health and Healthcare
Publication date: September 2018Source: Health Policy and Technology, Volume 7, Issue 3Author(s): (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - September 11, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
‘What is dead may never die’ — Cost-minimization analysis in the context of medical devices in Europe
Publication date: Available online 25 July 2018Source: Health Policy and TechnologyAuthor(s): A.J.N. Raymakers, S. O'Neill, N. O'Leary, P. Gillespie (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - August 14, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
A New Funding Model for a Chronic-Care Focused Healthcare System in Australia
ConclusionWe articulate our proposal for a systematic health funding reform in 22 policy actions that, we argue, would improve the sustainability of the Australian health system while preserving its universal character for a more comprehensive basket of chronic and social services. (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - August 8, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Poetry, medicine and the 2018 Hippocrates Prize
Publication date: Available online 2 August 2018Source: Health Policy and TechnologyAuthor(s): Michael Hulse, Donald Singer (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - August 2, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Evaluating the Adequacy of Medical Care Systems in Hokkaido, Japan
ConclusionsA comparison of regional activity levels with medical care activity levels implied that there are regions where there is an imbalance between the available supply of the medical care provisional system and the demands for medical services. (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - July 31, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The implications of external price referencing on pharmaceutical list prices in Europe
This study aims to determine the implications of EPR on ex-factory pharmaceutical prices in European countries.Prices of 21 pharmaceuticals and 17 non-pharmaceutical services were collected with a survey and price corridors were defined in 7 countries. To increase the sample size for further analysis, pharmaceutical prices were retrieved from EURIPID database for 8 additional countries. Regression analyses were applied to evaluate explanatory variables on pharmaceutical list prices including EPR components, GDP per capita, and population size in 15 European countries.Price corridor was narrower for pharmaceuticals compared...
Source: Health Policy and Technology - July 31, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Marking the Centenary of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
Publication date: Available online 29 July 2018Source: Health Policy and TechnologyAuthor(s): Donald Singer (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - July 29, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
‘What is dead may never die’ – cost-minimization analysis in the context of medical devices in Europe
Publication date: Available online 25 July 2018Source: Health Policy and TechnologyAuthor(s): AJN Raymakers, S O'Neill, N O'Leary, P Gillespie (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - July 25, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Beyond DRG: The effect of socio-economic indicators on inpatient resource allocation in Australia
Publication date: Available online 21 July 2018Source: Health Policy and TechnologyAuthor(s): Renata Hasanova, Emmanouil Mentzakis, Francesco Paolucci, Amir ShmueliAbstractFinancing in Australia's public hospital works through the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs) with separations to specific DRG groups based on medical diagnosis or surgical procedure, patient's age, mode of separation, clinical complexity and complications. This paper aims at assessing how the AR-DRGs reflect the efficiency and equity of the hospitals resource allocation. Using administrative data of all acute public hospital admission...
Source: Health Policy and Technology - July 21, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Enabling informed policymaking for chronic kidney disease with a registry: Initiatory steps in Iran and the path forward
ConclusionsWe reported the initiatory steps taken to establish a CKD registry in an Iranian healthcare context. We focused on the information needs and priorities of our main stakeholders and based our intended registry on addressing those needs. We hope this approach will facilitate its endorsement and advance the efforts for a sustainable, good-quality CKD care. (Source: Health Policy and Technology)
Source: Health Policy and Technology - July 10, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
