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Source: Health Policy - March 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Evaluating integrative medicine acute stroke inpatient care in South Korea
Traditional and Complementary medicine (T&CM) is used in almost every country in the world and demand is not abating. The potential benefits of T&CM are often underestimated by health service policy makers. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on Member States to engage in strategies for the appropriate regulation and integration of T&CM [1]. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - February 28, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Minjung Park, Jennifer Hunter, Soonman Kwon Source Type: research
Evaluating Integrative Medicine acute stroke inpatient care in South Korea
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Source: Health Policy - February 28, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Minjung Park, Jennifer Hunter, Soonman Kwon Source Type: research
Patient and public involvement in hospital policy-making: Identifying key elements for effective participation
In the declaration of Alma Ata [1], the right and duty of public involvement in the planning of healthcare was emphasized. In the decades to follow, patient and public involvement (PPI) has had a rising importance in healthcare [2,3]. Due to demographic and epidemiological transitions, PPI has gained even more importance [4]. Because of an aging population and the upsurge of chronic illnesses, healthcare costs are increasing and shifting. This financial pressure, in combination with societal expectations, demands profound changes in healthcare systems around the world concerning efficiency, efficacy and legitimacy [5,6]. (...
Source: Health Policy - February 22, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: S. Malfait, A. Van Hecke, G. De Bodt, N. Palsterman, K. Eeckloo Source Type: research
Patient and public involvement in hospital policy-making: Identifying key elements for effective participation
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Source: Health Policy - February 22, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: S. Malfait, A. Van Hecke, G. De Bodt, N. Palsterman, K. Eeckloo Source Type: research
Stakeholder views on the role of spiritual care in Australian hospitals: An exploratory study
The international research exploring the contribution of spiritual care to patient experience, wellbeing and health outcomes continues to grow [1 –3]. Correspondingly there has been increased attention given to identifying best practice models for the provision and governance of spiritual care in health care [4–7]. While spiritual care is currently provided in many Australian hospitals, the models and governance guiding this care are vari ed, as are the capabilities and competencies of the providers. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - February 19, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Cheryl Holmes Source Type: research
Health systems reforms in Singapore: A qualitative study of key stakeholders
Singapore is a high-income, densely-populated Southeast Asian island city-state. Between the nation ’s inception in 1965 and today, Singapore’s health system has seen the expansion and consolidation of healthcare services into a network of government health clinics, public hospitals, tertiary-care specialist centres, primary care providers, private hospitals, and non-government entities [1]. S ingapore’s public hospitals have been ‘restructured’ to operate as government-owned corporations [2]; meanwhile, much of primary care and intermediate and long-term care (ILTC) is delivered by the private and non-profit sec...
Source: Health Policy - February 19, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Suan Ee Ong, Shilpa Tyagi, Jane Mingjie Lim, Kee Seng Chia, Helena Legido-Quigley Source Type: research
Financial protection in Europe: a systematic review of the literature and mapping of data availability
Universal health coverage ensures everyone can use the quality health services they need without experiencing financial hardship [1]. People experience financial hardship when out-of-pocket payments – formal and informal payments made at the time of using any health care good or service – are large in relation to ability to pay [2]. Even small out-of-pocket payments can cause financial hardship for poor households and those who have to pay for long-term treatment such as chronic medications [2]. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - February 19, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Pooja Yerramilli, Óscar Fernández, Sarah Thomson Source Type: research
Stakeholder views on the role of spiritual care in Australian hospitals: an exploratory study
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Source: Health Policy - February 19, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Cheryl Holmes Source Type: research
Health Systems Reforms in Singapore: A Qualitative Study of Key Stakeholders
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Source: Health Policy - February 19, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Suan Ee Ong, Shilpa Tyagi, Mingjie Jane Lim, Seng Kee Chia, Helena Legido-Quigley Source Type: research
Financial protection in Europe: a systematic review of the literature and mapping of data availability
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Source: Health Policy - February 19, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Pooja Yerramilli, Óscar Fernández, Sarah Thomson Source Type: research
No-shows in appointment scheduling – a systematic literature review
No-show appointments (also commonly referred to as broken or missed appointments) are a burden to essentially all healthcare systems, significantly impacting revenue, cost and use of resources [1,2]. It is a well-known fact that no-show decreases the provider ’s productivity and efficiency, increases healthcare costs, and limits the health clinic’s effective capacity [3,4]. Negative effects are also felt by patients who keep their appointments, such as dissatisfaction with high waiting time and perception of overall decrease in service quality [2,5,6 ]. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - February 15, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Leila F. Dantas, Julia L. Fleck, Fernando L. Cyrino Oliveira, Silvio Hamacher Source Type: research
No-shows in Appointment Scheduling – a Systematic Literature Review
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Source: Health Policy - February 15, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Leila F. Dantas, Julia L. Fleck, Fernando L. Cyrino Oliveira, Silvio Hamacher Source Type: research
Participants, Physicians or Programmes: Participants ’ educational level and initiative in cancer screening
Each year, cancer is diagnosed in around 3.2 million Europeans. In addition to being a major cause of suffering and death, it is thus also a priority of health policy in the European Union [1,2]. Deaths from cervical, breast or colorectal cancer comprise a substantial proportion of all cancer deaths in the EU [1]. In 2003, the European Council strongly advocated the development and implementation of national screening programmes for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer in all EU Member States [3]. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - February 12, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Barbara Willems, Piet Bracke Source Type: research
