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Palm, W., Glinos, I. A., Rechel, B., Garel, P., Busse, R., Figueras, J.
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2013
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13400129
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Under the European Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care, the development of European reference networks was promoted as one of the prime areas for cross-border cooperation among Member States. .../...
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Steel, D., Cylus, J.
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2012
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13601409
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CHF 25,00
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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O'Neill, C., McGregor, P., Merkur, S.
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2012
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13601410
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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Longley, M., Riley, N., Davies, P., Hernandez-Quevedo, C.
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2012
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13601411
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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2012
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19300277
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CHF 60,00
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CHF 42,00
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Medical technologies - medicines, vaccines and medical devices - are essential for public health. Access to essential
medicines and research to address neglected diseases have been a major concern for many years. More
recently, the focus of health policy debate has broadened to consider how to promote innovation and how to ensure
equitable access to all vital medical technologies. .../...
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2012
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11500846
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CHF 100,00
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CHF 70,00
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Worldwide, the application of information and communication technologies to support national health-care services is rapidly expanding and increasingly important. This is especially so at a time when all health systems face stringent economic challenges and greater demands to provide more and better care, especially to those most in need. .../...
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Theodorou, M., Charalambous, C., Petrou, C., Cylus, J.
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2012
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13601406
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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Dimova, A., Rahova, M., Moutafova, E, Atanasova, E., Koeva, S., Panteli, D., van Ginneken, E.
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2012
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13601403
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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Kickbusch, I., Gleicher, D.
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2012
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13400121
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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Governance for health describes the attempts of governments and other actors to steer communities, whole countries or even groups of countries in the pursuit of health as integral to well-being. This study tracks recent governance innovations to address the priority determinants of health and categorizes them into five strategic approaches to smart governance for health. .../...
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2012
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13400119
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CHF 20,00
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CHF 14,00
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This report summarizes the evidence on the social determinants of health in the urban context, drawing on the findings of the global Commission on Social Determinants of Health and the European review of social determinants of health and the health divide. .../...
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2012
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19300269
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CHF 20,00
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CHF 14,00
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Social protection services and income transfers are put in place by
governments to reduce households vulnerability to poverty, to manage
risks and counteract the negative impacts that unexpected life events may
have on their income, wealth or health, and to lift them out of chronic
poverty. .../...
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Katsaga, A., Kulzhanov, M., Karanikolos, M., Rechel, Bernd
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2012
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13601404
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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2012
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13601405
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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Olejaz, M., Juul Nielsen, A., Rudkjobing, A., Okkels Birk, H., Krasnik, A., Hernández-Quevedo, C.
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2012
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13601402
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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Barnekow, V., Currie, C., Currie, D., de Looze, M., Morgan, A., Roberts, C., Samdal, O., Smith, O.R.F., Zanotti, C.
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2012
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13400117
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CHF 40,00
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CHF 28,00
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Through this international report on the results of its most recent survey, the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study aims to supply the up-to-date information needed by policy-makers at various levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and professionals in sectors such as health, education, social services, justice and recreation. .../...
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2011
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13601308
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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Wismar, M., Maier, C. B., Glinos, I. A., Dussault, G., Figueras, J.
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2011
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13400112
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CHF 150,00
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CHF 105,00
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The mobility of health professionals affects the performance of health systems, and increasingly so since the European Union (EU) enlargements in 2004 and 2007. .../...
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2011
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15200155
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CHF 10,00
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CHF 7,00
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This second edition of the WHO Health Financing Country Profiles can help improve the monitoring and evaluation of countries' health financing policies. The profiles offer snapshots of the health financing systems of Member States of the WHO Western Pacific region. .../...
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Blas, E., Sommerfeld, J., Sivasankara Kurup, A.
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2011
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11500803
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CHF 40,00
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CHF 28,00
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The thirteen case studies contained in this publication were commissioned by the research node of the Knowledge Network on Priority Public Health Conditions (PPHC-KN), a WHO-based interdepartmental working group associated with the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. .../...
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Boyle, S.
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2011
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13601301
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CHF 25,00
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CHF 17,50
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The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each review is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory's staff. .../...
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El Said, M.K.
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2010
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14600056
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 21,00
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Access to essential medicines and health technologies is a huge public health challenge, especially in developing countries where the majority of the poor lack any form of social protection and health systems are under-resourced. .../...
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2010
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15200135
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CHF 15,00
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This project identified countries in the Asia Pacific Region that have population-level surveillance data on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors. .../...
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Kutzin, J., Cashin, C., Jakab, M.
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2010
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13400101
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CHF 60,00
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CHF 42,00
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Since 1990, the social and economic policies of the transition countries of central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia have diverged, including the way they have reformed the financing of their health systems.
This book analyses this rich experience in a systematic way. .../...
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2010
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11500796
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CHF 30,00
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CHF 30,00
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When working with countries to measure and compare health systems functioning, it is important to strike a good balance between avoiding blueprints that do not allow for country contexts and specificities while also encouraging a degree of standardization that enables comparisons within and between countries as well as over time. .../...
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Mossialos, E., Morel, C. M., Edwards, S., Berenson, J., Gemmill-Toyama, M., Brogan, D.
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2010
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13400102
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CHF 50,00
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CHF 35,00
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High levels of pathogen resistance are rendering current antibiotics obsolete. Coupled with insufficient investment in discovering new treatments, multidrug-resistant infections are an increasingly urgent public health concern. .../...
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2010
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12402010
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CHF 40,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 20,00
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The promotion and protection of health is essential to human welfare and to sustained economic and social development. People rate health as being one of their most important priorities but timely access to appropriate health services requires a well-functioning health financing system. .../...
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2010
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11500785
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CHF 40,00
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Developing countries
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CHF 28,00
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*** This book was awarded First Prize in the 2011 British Medical Association Book Competition Award***
This book is a collection of analyses of the social determinants of health that impact on specific health conditions. .../...
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The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948, the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. .../...
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The health financing strategy for the Asia pacific Region (2010-2015) will help governments analyse their health financing situations and identify specific actions to achieve universal coverage. It was developed as a result of regional health financing reviews and consultations and is based on a growing body of global research and evidence. .../...
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SPS, TRIPS, trade-distorting subsidies, Doha Paragraph Six... The language of trade and health is specialized and may seem obscure. But though the language may be daunting, international trade agreements now being negotiated affect all of us, and health professionals in particular need to master the terminology if they are to participate in the national debate on trade and health. .../...
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Poor people encounter high rates of illness and premature deaths from preventable causes and are thus more vulnerable to disease. In the WHO South-East Asia Region, many Member countries carry a significant proportion of the total burden of disease in the Region. .../...
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This report uses a comprehensive framework for studying health risks that was developed for the World Health Report 2002, which presented estimates for the year 2000. The report provides an update for the year 2004 for 24 global risk factors. .../...
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Rechel, B., Erskine, J., McKee, M., Dowdeswell, B., Wright, S.
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13400091
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Capital investment in European health systems has to take account of an array of
challenges and opportunities: the demographic and epidemiological transitions
associated with an ageing population; advances in medical technologies and
pharmaceuticals; rising public expectations; and persistent health inequalities. .../...
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Rechel, B., Wright, S., Edwards, N., Dowdeswell, B., McKee, M.
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2009
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13400086
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Despite considerable investments in health facilities worldwide, little systematic evidence is available on how to plan, design and build new facilities that maximize health gain and ensure that services are responsive to the legitimate expectations of users. This book brings together current knowledge about key dimensions of capital investment in the health sector. .../...
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2008
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14400031
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The WHO Global Commission on Social Determinants of Health was launched in 205 with the aim of identifying and tackling the persistent and growing inequalities in health, both within and between countries. These inequalities are caused by what we now term social determinants, defined as the way people live, work and age in a society. .../...
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The WHO Global Commission on Social Determinants of Health was launched in 2005 with the aim of identifying and tackling the persistent and growing inequalities in health, both within and between countries. Social inequality is widely recognized as an important cause of conflict and the social determinants of health in conflict settings reflect and reinforce these inequalities. .../...
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11500742
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The Global Burden of Disease: 2004 update provides a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population in 2004. Consistent and comparative description of the burden of diseases and injuries is an important input to health decision-making and planning processes. .../...
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"...Reducing health inequities is, for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, an ethical imperative. Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale."
The Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health sets out key areas -of daily living conditions and of the underlying structural drivers that influence them- in which action is needed. .../...
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McIntyre, D., Wayling, S.
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2008
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11500732
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This publication provides an overview of health economics initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa and outlines a strategy for promoting further health economics capacity in the region. .../...
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Suhrcke, M., Rocco, L., McKee, M., Mazzuco, S., Urban, D., Steinherr, A.
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13400125
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There is increasing evidence of the two-way relationship between health and economic
growth: while economic development can lead to improved population health, a
healthier population can also drive economic growth. .../...
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Foubister, T., Thomson, S., Mossialos, E., McGuire, A.
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2006
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13400126
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In comparative studies of health care, the United Kingdom's health care system
continues to be categorized in terms of public finance and public provision.
However, over 11% of the United Kingdom population has private medical insurance
(PMI), and PMI is an important contributor to the United Kingdom s health economy
(the market being worth almost £3 billion a year). .../...
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It is estimated that abut 70% of the world's poor are women. Similarly, in the Western Pacific Region, poverty often wears a woman's face. Indicators on human poverty, including health indicators, often reflect severe gender-based disparities. In this way, gender inequality is a significant determinant of health outcomes in the Region, with women and girls often at a severe societal disadvantage. .../...
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Bengoa, R., Kawar, R., Key, P., Leatherman, S., Saturno, P.
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11500677
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This guide provides decision-makers and managers at the country level with a systematic process which will allow them to design and implement effective interventions to promote quality in health systems. Conceived as a capacity-building tool in health-care, this guide focuses particular attention on individuals who have a strategic responsibility for quality. .../...
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Prüss-Ustün, A., Corvalán, C.
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2006
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11500680
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***This book is a winner of the British Medical Association's 2007 annual Medical Book Competition. .../...
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2005
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00208308
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15200061
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These guidelines aim to provide national, provincial and local authorities, mayors, city administrators, health professionals, nongovernmental organizations, and market communities with practical information on how to initiate a Healthy Marketplace programme that draws on the strategies identified in the Ottawa Charter and address the physical, mental and social elements of health.
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14600018
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Investing in health, particularly that of the poor, is central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In support of this strategy WHO's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is actively promoting in countries of the Region community-based initiatives like Basic Development Needs, Healthy Cities, Healthy Villages and Women in Health and Development. .../...
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14600019
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Investing in health, particularly that of the poor, is central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In support of this strategy WHO's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is actively promoting in countries of the Region community-based initiatives like Basic Development Needs, Healthy Cities, Healthy Villages and Women in Health and Development. .../...
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Adam, T., Baltussen, R., Tan Torres, T., Evans, D., Hutubessy, R., Acharya, A., Murray, C.J.L.
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11500542
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Several guidelines on cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) already exist. There are two reasons for producing another set. The first is that traditional or incremental CEA ignores the question of whether the current mix of interventions represents an efficient use of resources. .../...
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11000919
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Musculoskeletal conditions are extremely common and include more than 150 different diseases and syndromes, which are usually associated with pain and loss of function. In the developed world, where these conditions are already the most frequent cause of physical disability, ageing of the most populous demographic groups will further increase the burden these conditions impose. .../...
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Murray, C.J.L., Evans, D.
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2003
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11500549
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National health accounts are a powerful and practical tool for policy-makers interested in evaluating and restructuring their nation's health care financing and in developing and assessing financial interventions to improve people's health. .../...
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11500538
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Health is higher on the international agenda than ever before. Concern for the health of poor people is a central development issue. .../...
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Murray, C.J.L., Salomon, J.A., Mathers, C.D., Lopez, A.D.
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11500492
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With increasing life expectancy, measuring population health levels on the basis of mortality rates alone has become less and less relevant in many populations. At the same time, societies invest substantial resources in promoting healthy life, in addition to preventing premature death. .../...
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Griffiths, A., Bankowski, Z.
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1980
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18300013
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