Essays about: "Patient Choice Reform"
Found 5 essays containing the words Patient Choice Reform.
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1. The Swedish women's choice of birthplace : Can Sweden offer similar financed birthplace benefits as in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands?
University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : At the beginning of the 20th century, major technological changes occurred in maternity care in Europe. In connection with the introduction of good hand hygiene, advance medical equipment and use of disinfectants in the hospitals, obstetricians quickly noticed that maternal mortality decreased. READ MORE
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2. Privatization, Competition and Primary Health Care Utilization - A study of the Swedish Patient Choice Reform
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : During the last decades, the issue of increased health care utilization and expenditures in the western world has been a highly debated topic in health economics. One potential explanation to this growth is the increased privatization and competition in the health care sector, which we have seen in many countries in the later years. READ MORE
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3. Healthcare Reform: A Microcosm and Exploration of New Public Management in China
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The NPM is considered as an efficacious way to improve effectiveness and efficiency in management control of public health for its market-driven and market-driving characteristics. Theoretically, it is a hybrid of economics and business management in public management. READ MORE
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4. The impact of internet based information sources on patient satisfaction of care in Region Skåne – A cross sectional study using survey data
University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsaAbstract : Background: Health care reforms introducing patient choice have been gaining popularity during the last decades and several countries have implemented patient choice. The underlying principle of patient choice is anchored in the concept of the well-informed patient, an individual that knows what he or she is choosing between. READ MORE
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5. Competitive Strategies in the English National Healthcare System (NHS) -A Case Study of York Teaching Hospital
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomiAbstract : Increased patient choice and competition are well renowned reform strategies in European Healthcare systems. Despite some debate, these strategies are generally felt to improve efficacy and quality of healthcare. READ MORE
