Rationing Of Medical Services In Europe

Author : Johann-Matthias Schulenburg (Graf von der.)
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 9781586034658
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rationing of Medical Services in Europe written by Johann-Matthias Schulenburg (Graf von der.) and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare regulations should guarantee that everybody has access to appropriate healthcare. The main goals for healthcare are: Equal access to health care for everyone; Cost-efficient production of health services and Cost-control of public expenditure for medical services. Especially cost-control seems to be a global problem. One of the key issues in the debate on how to improve healthcare is rationing. It is an important challenge to understand the various methods of rationing in medical care, to analyse the effects of rationing and the ways to harmonize the various rationing cultures in Europe. This publication gives a comprehensive overview of the perception of different population groups in an international context and it shows how the different population and occupational groups estimate the possibilities, forms and also limits rationing in the near future. Patients who are affected by rationing decisions could ask for treatment in foreign European countries. In order to limit social inequities caused by capacity problems in less rationed countries it is important in a first step to demonstrate the differences in rationing procedures between European countries.

Author : F. Breyer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662047985
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rationing in Medicine written by F. Breyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book series on the ethics of science and technology assessment edited by the Europ?ische Akademie is devoted to the publication of the work-reports of its project groups, works on the foundations of ethics, the philosophy science, and other issues related to the work of the Europ?ische Akademie. In addition, the series comprises the proceedings of conferences organized by the academy. The 13th volume documents the proceeding of the academy's spring symposium in 2000 on Rationing in Medicine which was held in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler on March 23-25, 2000. An intense discussion on the future of health care in Europe has been stimulated by increasing difficulties of securing adequate and needs orientated medical care in the face of scarce resources and medical progress. Un fortunately, quite of ten a rational discussion of rationing is drowned out by the politic al talk of the day. But only an open and well-informed debate, if anything at ali, can lead to transparent and just rationing procedures which eventually might be acceptable to the public at large. For this debate much can be learnt from observing the experiences other countries have made with their health care arrangements. What kinds of mistakes should be avoided and what might be useful in the different states and perhaps also in the supra-national context of an emerging Europe are interesting and important issues.

Author : Angela Coulter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global Challenge of Health Care Rationing written by Angela Coulter and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adds to the debate on priority setting by looking at experience from other countries.

Author : Heinz Redwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Ration Health Care? written by Heinz Redwood and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Health Service provides poor quality health care, compared with systems in other developed countries. In this book, Heinz Redwood makes detailed comparisons between the UK, France, Germany and the USA, in order to demonstrate just how wide the gap between Britain and the rest of the developed world has become. We spend less of our national wealth on health than countries at a similar level of economic development. In terms of numbers of doctors and nurses, the UK is closer to Mexico and Turkey than it is to France and Germany. As a result, we find ourselves denied the standard of care which people in other countries take for granted, or else we wait so long that some patients die before reaching the head of the queue.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264989048
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Times for Health Services Next in Line written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report reviews a range of policies that countries have used to tackle waiting times for different services, including elective surgery and primary care consultations, but also cancer care and mental health services, with a focus on identifying the most successful ones.

Author : Sirpa Soini (Editor)
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289322349
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Health - ethical issues written by Sirpa Soini (Editor) and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nordic Committee on Bioethics organised a conference in Reykjavik in August 2010 to discuss ethical issues relating to public health. The speakers of the conference have contributed to this book, which offers wide multidisciplinary perspectives on themes around Individual Freedom and Public Health, Health Responsibility and Life Style, and Social Equality and Justice.

Author : Ross M. Mullner
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452266115
Total Pages : 1457 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Health Services Research written by Ross M. Mullner and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 1457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, as never before, healthcare has the ability to enhance the quality and duration of life. At the same time, healthcare has become so costly that it can easily bankrupt governments and impoverish individuals and families. Health services research is a highly multidisciplinary field, including such areas as health administration, health economics, medical sociology, medicine, , political science, public health, and public policy. The Encyclopedia of Health Services Research is the first single reference source to capture the diversity and complexity of the field. With more than 400 entries, these two volumes investigate the relationship between the factors of cost, quality, and access to healthcare and their impact upon medical outcomes such as death, disability, disease, discomfort, and dissatisfaction with care. Key Features Examines the growing healthcare crisis facing the United States Encompasses the structure, process, and outcomes of healthcare Aims to improve the equity, efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of healthcare by influencing and developing public policies Describes healthcare systems and issues from around the globe Key Themes Access to Care Accreditation, Associations, Foundations, and Research Organizations Biographies of Current and Past Leaders Cost of Care, Economics, Finance, and Payment Mechanisms Disease, Disability, Health, and Health Behavior Government and International Healthcare Organizations Health Insurance Health Professionals and Healthcare Organizations Health Services Research Laws, Regulations, and Ethics Measurement; Data Sources and Coding; and Research Methods Outcomes of Care Policy Issues, Healthcare Reform, and International Comparisons Public Health Quality and Safety of Care Special and Vulnerable Groups The Encyclopedia is designed to be an introduction to the various topics of health services research for an audience including undergraduate students, graduate students, andgeneral readers seeking non-technical descriptions of the field and its practices. It is also useful for healthcare practitioners wishing to stay abreast of the changes and updates in the field.

Author : Terry Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134844522
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health Professions and the State in Europe written by Terry Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains and illuminates the specific relationship between health professions and the state. Eight countries in Europe are examined and topical issues include: market policies, performance and quality, professional monopolies and expertise.

Author : Peter A. Ubel
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262710091
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pricing Life written by Peter A. Ubel and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rational look at health care rationing, from ethical, economic, psychological, and clinical perspectives. Although managed health care is a hot topic, too few discussions focus on health care rationing--who lives and who dies, death versus dollars. In this book physician and bioethicist Peter A. Ubel argues that physicians, health insurance companies, managed care organizations, and governments need to consider the cost-effectiveness of many new health care technologies. In particular, they need to think about how best to ration health care. Ubel believes that standard medical training should provide physicians with the expertise to decide when to withhold health care from patients. He discusses the moral questions raised by this position, and by health care rationing in general. He incorporates ethical arguments about the appropriate role of cost-effectiveness analysis in health care rationing, empirical research about how the general public wants to ration care, and clinical insights based on his practice of general internal medicine. Straddling the fields of ethics, economics, research psychology, and clinical medicine, he moves the debate forward from whether to ration to how to ration. The discussion is enlivened by actual case studies.

Author : David Dranove
Publisher : FT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780130671653
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's Your Life Worth? written by David Dranove and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading healthcare economists offers a hard-nosed analysisof the frightening reality of soaring healthcare costs--and shows how it willfeel to be at the mercy of a system that can't afford to cure anyone.