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The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 327

The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems

A team of world-leading policy experts and clinicians analyse the changing role of the hospital across Europe.

Issues In Public Health
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 298

Issues In Public Health

This book looks at the foundations of public health, its historical evolution, the themes that underpin public health, the increasing importance of globalization and the most important causes of avoidable disease and injury.

Diagnosis-Related Groups In Europe: Moving Towards Transparency, Efficiency And Quality In Hospitals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 490

Diagnosis-Related Groups In Europe: Moving Towards Transparency, Efficiency And Quality In Hospitals

Summary: The volumes in the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series focus on key issues for health policy-making in Europe. This book is a joint venture between the WHO/EO and the EuroDRG which addresses the challenges of using Diagnosis Related Group systems in Europe.

Spike
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 269

Spike

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022 THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BEST POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR A TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *Revised and updated edition with new chapter reflecting on the impact of Covid-19 two years on, and what come next* Did the UK government really 'follow the science' throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, as it claims? As head of the Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar was one of the first people in the world to hear about a mysterious new disease in China - and to learn it could readily spread between people. A member of the SAGE emergency committee, Farrar was a key figure in both the UK and the World Health Organization at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic amid great uncertainty, fast-moving situations and missed opportunities. Spike is his widely acclaimed inside story. His account casts light on the UK government's claims to be 'following the science' and is informed not just by Farrar's views but by interviews with other top scientists and political figures.

Migration And Health In The European Union
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 282

Migration And Health In The European Union

"This book can be read by anyone with an interest in migration and health, whether as an advocate for migrants health, as a student in a health profession, researcher or policy maker. It provides an ample orientation to the field in the European context. Among other important raised issues, it underlines an all too often neglected fact; health is a human right. By involving broad issues and problem areas from a variety of perspectives, the volume illustrates that migration and health is a field that can not be allocated to a single discipline." Carin Bjrngren Cuadra, Senior Lecturer, Malm University, Sweden Migrants make up a growing share of European populations. However, all too often thei...

Paying for Performance in Healthcare: Implications for Health System Performance and Accountability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 338

Paying for Performance in Healthcare: Implications for Health System Performance and Accountability

Health spending continues to grow faster than the economy in most OECD countries. In 2010, the OECD published a study of strategies to increase value for money in health care, in which pay for performance (P4P) was identified as an innovative tool to improve health system efficiency in several OECD countries. However, evidence that P4P increases value for money, boosts quality of processes in health care, or improves health outcomes is limited.This book explores the many questions surrounding P4P such as whether the potential power of P4P has been over-sold, or whether the disappointing results to date are more likely rooted in problems of design and implementation or inadequate monitoring a...

Paying for Performance in Health Care Implications for Health System Performance and Accountability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 338

Paying for Performance in Health Care Implications for Health System Performance and Accountability

This report examines recent activation policies in the United Kingdom aimed at moving people back into work. It offers insight into how countries can improve the effectiveness of their employment services and also control spending on benefits.

Health System Performance Comparison: An Agenda For Policy, Information And Research
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 418

Health System Performance Comparison: An Agenda For Policy, Information And Research

This book seeks to identify the current ‘state of the art’ of health system comparison, identifying data and methodological issues and exploring the current interface between evidence and practice.

Nordic Health Care Systems: Recent Reforms And Current Policy Challenges
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 357

Nordic Health Care Systems: Recent Reforms And Current Policy Challenges

Examines patterns of health reform in Nordic health care systems, and the balance between stability and change in how these systems have developed. This book investigates the health systems in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland through comparisons along a variety of policy-driven parameters.

Promoting Health, Preventing Disease The Economic Case
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 370

Promoting Health, Preventing Disease The Economic Case

A growing body of evidence from economic studies shows areas where appropriate policies can generate health and other benefits at an affordable cost, sometimes reducing health expenditure and helping to redress health inequalities at the same time.