Essays about: "health care reform"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 essays containing the words health care reform.
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11. The Wait for Primary Care - an analysis of underlying factors variety in waiting time for primary care within the region of Västra Götaland, Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : A frequently debated problem regarding Swedish healthcare is the ineffectiveness of the system and how people in need of care have to wait unjustifiably long time periods in order to get treatment. In 2009, Västra Götaland introduced a care choice reform (Vårdvalet), enabling private primary care providers to establish in the health care market and allowing the inhabitants to decide freely among the providers. READ MORE
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12. Do Economies of Scale Exist in Swedish Health Care Provision?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Rising health care expenditures is a large public concern in many countries. In the face of higher demands on health care systems, efficiency and the ability to economize with public resources are of increasing importance. One way to bring costs down is through large-scale solutions and the exploitation of economies of scale. READ MORE
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13. Access to Health Care in China: Comparative Study on Data from CHARLS Pilot and SHARE
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This paper investigates the effect of household income per capita on the self-reported health status and health care utisation by comparing the Chinese data from CHARLS (China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study) and Swedish data from SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). The result shows that the income effect on self-reported health is bigger in China than in Sweden, but its impact on health care use is not as strong as it is on the perceived health. READ MORE
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14. 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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15. A critical examination of evidence and its relation to occupation in scientific occupational therapy articles
University essay from Lunds universitet/Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektivAbstract : The introduction of scientific research evidence through evidence-based practice (EBP) into occupational therapy can potentially be used to reform and transform the profession, both as a limiting and defining process as well as a broadening and developing process. Two different approaches to the topic of EBP were found in this review. READ MORE
