In recent years civil society organisations, associations, institutions and groups have
become increasingly involved at various levels in the governance of healthcare systems …

In most societies resources are insufficient to provide everyone with all the health care they
want. In practice, this means that some people are given priority over others. On what basis …

Attempts to establish a health plan for the occupied Palestinian territory were made before
the 1993 Oslo Accords. However, the first official national health plan was published in 1994 …

Background: Care of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is important and
resource intense. To enable ESRD programs to develop strategies for more cost-efficient …

This new edition examines the economics of health care systems in a non-technical manner.
It is written in a highly accessible manner for economists and non-economists alike. It is very …

Objective Acute renal failure can be treated with continuous renal replacement therapy
(CRRT) or intermittent hemodialysis. There is no difference in mortality, although patients …

This article provides a rounded critique of social impact bonds (SIBs): a newly developed
and innovative financial investment model, developed in the UK and starting to spread …

Background The role of housing as a social determinant of health is well-established, but the
causal pathways are poorly understood beyond the direct effects of physical housing …

Background Health organizations the world over are required to set priorities and allocate
resources within the constraint of limited funding. However, decision makers may not be well …

Abstract Health Policy, 6 (1986) 119–143 contained an article by Henke and Behrens which
purported to estimate the economic costs of illness in the Federal Republic of Germany. The …