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Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systema…
2020
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Health care systems of developed non-U.S. nations: strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations for the United States--observations from internationall…
2010
The purpose of this article is to survey imaging experts from developed nations on their impression of their own health care system and recommendations for the U.S. health care system as it seeks to enact health care reform.A survey was sent to individual imaging experts from developed nations requesting information on their health care systems (type of system, strengths, and weaknesses) and their recommendations for the United States.Eighteen respondents from 17 developed nations completed the survey. All respondents reported universal health care coverage: four with government-operated health care, one with mixed government and private insurance-operated health care, 10 with predominantly…
Erosion of universal health coverage in Spain
2013
Whereas the recent UN resolution urges governments to accelerate progress towards universal access to affordable and quality health-care services, the Spanish Government, bypassing the parliamentary procedure, enacted a Royal Decree to limit access to free services at the point of delivery for all-undermining the principle of universal coverage. Spanish health and social service budgets have been subjected to large cuts (13,7% in 2012 and 16,2% in 2013) with some regions imposing additional budget cuts.
Równość i solidarność w powszechnym ubezpieczeniu zdrowotnym na tle zmian w finansowaniu opieki zdrowotnej od dnia 1 stycznia 2022 r
2022
Równość i solidarność to wartości, które w powszechnym ubezpieczeniu zdrowotnym przybierają postać zasad prawnych mających umocowanie zarówno w konstytucyjnej dyrektywie równego, bez względu na sytuację materialną obywatela, dostępu do świadczeń opieki zdrowotnej finansowanych ze środków publicznych (art. 68 ust. 2 Konstytucji RP), jak i ustawowym postanowieniu, że ubezpieczenie zdrowotne opiera się na zasadzie równego traktowania i solidarności społecznej (art. 65 pkt 1 ustawy o świadczeniach opieki zdrowotnej finansowanych ze środków publicznych). Relacja obu tych zasad w ramach powszechnego ubezpieczenia zdrowotnego polega na tym, że wiele istniejących odstępstw od równego traktowania uz…
Users of home-care services in a Nordic welfare state under marketisation: the rich, the poor and the sick
2017
Stricter access to public services, outsourcing of municipal services and increasing allocation of public funding for the purchase of private services have resulted in a marketisation wave in Finland. In this context of a Nordic welfare state undergoing marketisation, this paper aims to examine the use of Finnish care services among older people and find out who are using these new kinds of private services. How wide is their use and do the users of private care services differ from those who are using public services? How usual is it to mix both public and private care services? The questionnaire survey data set used here was gathered in 2010 among the population aged 75 and over in the ci…