ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVOS:
Las enfermedades poco frecuentes, son aquellas que afectan a no más de 5 de cada 10.000 personas. Alrededor del 95% carecen de un tratamiento aprobado. En este contexto el Departamento de Ciclo vital, de la División de Prevención y Control de Enfermedades, requirió una sínt...
Positron emission tomography–computed
tomography (better known as PET-CT) has
revolutionized medical diagnosis since
the first commercial systems reached the market in the
early 2000s.(1) This advanced nuclear imaging technique
combines a positron emission tomography (PET)
scanner and an X-ray computed...
Intersectoral collaboration between the health and the social welfare, education or labour sectors can help to influence the social determinants of health. Funding such collaboration can be difficult as these sectors may be subject to very different regulatory structures, incentives and goals. This revie...
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO
El modelo de asignación de recursos para la APS municipal es un monto per cápita el cual, al multiplicarlo por el número de inscritos de cada comuna, entrega el monto de financiamiento que cada municipio recibe. Luego, este monto basal se ajusta por ruralidad, pobreza, edad, de...
The crisis has given substance to an old and often
hypothetical debate about the financial sustainability of
health systems in Europe. For years it was the spectre
of ageing populations, cost-increasing developments
in technology and changing public expectations that
haunted European policy-makers troubl...
Cette note de politique a été élaborée par l?équipe pays du projet « Soutenir l?utilisation des bases factuelles issues de la recherche (SURE) dans les politiques de santé en Afrique ». Elle porte sur les stratégies de viabilisation de l?assurance maladie universelle au Burkina Faso. Les finance...
Du 19 au 20 janvier 2012, a eu lieu dans la salle de conférence du programme d’appui au développement sanitaire (PADS), le forum délibératif (dialogue politique) de la note de politique sur « les stratégies d’amélioration des allocations budgétaires pour la santé au Burkina Faso ». Il avait...
Economic shocks present policy-makers with three main challenges:o Health systems require predictable sources of revenue. Sudden interruptions to public revenue streams can make it difficult to maintain necessary levels of health care.o Cuts to public spending on health made in response to an economic sh...
Health costs are spiralling out of control all over the world in context of global financial crisis while some countries are still struggling to offer basic health services. The health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is most often unfunded, including the health workforce, which represents the single largest...
There is an increasing focus on improving healthcare in order to ensure higher quality. Training programmes have been developed to teach health professionals and students formal quality improvement methods. This evidence scan explores the following questions: What types of training about formal quality i...
