June 20, 2012
Introduction:
This discussion paper is the outcome of a think tank session the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation hosted in March 2011. It outlines issues of access to rehabilitation services for people living with complex chronic and episodic conditions1, promotes discussion on appropriate and timely services, and identifies opportunities for policy-makers and clinicians to consider issues related to chronic conditions and episodic disabilities and to take action to address these issues.
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February 15, 2011
This paper reviews the current literature regarding cost shifting in hospitals to come to the conclusions that “(p)olicymakers should take hospital and insurance industry claims of inevitable, large scale cost shifting with a grain of salt. Though a modest degree of cost shifting may result from changes in public payment policy, it is just one of many possible effects. Moreover, changes in the balance of market power between hospitals and health care plans also have a significant impact on private prices. Since they may increase hospital market power, provisions of the new health reform law that may encourage greater provider integration and consolidation should be implemented with caution.”
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December 20, 2010
The objective of this research was to develop a case finding method that can be used as the basis for an hospice or palliative care referral for inpatient cancer patients. This was a retrospective study using secondary data from administrative sources. The analysis used five years – FY2001 through FY2005 – of inpatient data from the VA National Patient Care Database (NPCD) to identify patients.
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November 18, 2010
The attention for Health Systems and Health Systems Strengthening has re-emerged in the frontlines of global debate since several years. This document aims to clarify the authors’ ideas and visions on HS development by presenting a framework for description and analysis. The book outlines a framework that can be used by anybody wishing to analyze and strengthen HSs and it elaborates a vision for discussion.
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October 12, 2010
This working paper focuses attention on the importance of incorporating complexity in ‘evidence-based health economics’ or what might be more accurately described as applied economic evaluation.
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September 27, 2010
Public healthcare spending growth in Quebec has long outpaced the growth in gross domestic product. If the trend is left unaltered, healthcare spending could account for two- thirds of program spending within 20 years.
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