Respiratory Drug Dispensing and Costs Nearly Doubled in Colombia After 2022 Benefit Plan Update
A longitudinal observational study of 42,370 Colombian patients found that dispensing of respiratory medications newly included in the 2022 Benefit ...
Tag: Health Policy
Higher Human Development Tied to Stronger Universal Health Coverage, Global Panel Study Finds
A country-level panel study of 2000–2021 data finds that higher human development is associated with better universal health coverage, with ...
China Has Plenty of Cancer Guidelines but Too Few Reach the Clinic
A PLOS Medicine Policy Forum argues that China's oncology guideline system suffers from fragmented governance and weak implementation rather than ...
What Gets Measured in Healthcare Reform Is Fought Over First
A Swedish study of 191 stakeholders across nine workshops shows that deciding what to measure in a major healthcare reform ...
Switzerland Builds a National Spinal Cord Injury Strategy From the Ground Up
Switzerland's new national spinal cord injury strategy was developed through a participatory, bottom-up process and now enters its first implementation ...
Poor maternal health pushed free childbirth care onto African political agendas, review finds
A scoping review of 40 studies finds that poor maternal health indicators drove free emergency obstetric care policies in sub-Saharan ...
Non-communicable diseases increasingly disable Asia’s children, GBD 2021 analysis shows
A commentary on Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 data reports that non-communicable diseases increasingly disable children and adolescents in ...
Beijing primary care struggles to deliver integrated post-diagnostic dementia care
A qualitative interview study of Beijing general practitioners and family caregivers identifies interrelated barriers to integrated post-diagnostic dementia care in ...
Medical students say health policy shapes their career plans
A survey of Colorado medical students found high self-reported awareness of policy changes, with many linking reproductive health policy to ...
Ghana’s Sugary Drink Tax Wins Support but Consumers Want a Lower Rate
An exploratory survey of 384 adults in Ghana's Cape Coast Metropolis found strong support for taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in principle, ...
Gene Editing Moves Toward Common Diseases as Cardiologists Urge Stronger Safeguards
University of Michigan cardiologists propose a five-question clinical framework for deciding when permanent genomic therapies are justified as gene editing ...
US Residency Training Shifts Toward Academic Medical Centers, Study Finds
A decade-long analysis of ACGME data shows US residency sponsorship shifting toward academic medical centers and medical schools while general ...
Policy Forum Maps Twelve Reforms to Close Health Gaps for Australians with Disability
A federal-level policy forum convened by Australian disability health researchers produced twelve recommendations, including a National Disability and Health Strategy, ...
Malaysia Maps a Stakeholder-Driven Path to an Explicit National Health Benefit Package
A participatory Malaysian study involving 84 stakeholders has produced a framework for an explicit national health benefit package, identifying seven ...
Better Supervision Could Help Keep New Behavioral Health Clinicians on the Job
A scoping review and expert interviews find that supervision for early career U.S. behavioral health clinicians is mandatory and potentially ...
Health, Productivity and Competitiveness Sort EU Countries into Four Distinct Groups
An exploratory cluster analysis of EU-27 data identifies four country groupings in which population health, sickness absence, productivity growth, digitalisation ...
Scoping review finds no sustainability tools designed for cancer screening
A scoping review within the EUCanScreen joint action found that none of the 22 identified public health sustainability tools were ...
Grounded Theory Study Maps How Primary Healthcare Managers Use Evidence in Decisions
A grounded theory study of 17 primary healthcare managers, experts, and specialists has produced a conceptual framework identifying thirteen categories ...
Recurring health worker strikes in Kenya expose deep governance gaps in devolved health system
A qualitative policy analysis finds that recurrent Kenyan health worker strikes stem from governance and implementation failures rather than a ...
Tunisia Issues First National Clinical Guideline for Children and Adolescents with Autism
Tunisia's first national clinical practice guideline for autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents adapts the 2023 Singapore guideline into ...
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