Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Access to Care
A Policy Prescription for 2011
Our blueprint for structuring a multi-payer universal health care system in the United States begins with crafting solutions to age-old problems: defining basic benefits, fixing medical malpractice, and redesigning physician payment. Throughout the past two years, Policy Prescriptions has reviewed Continue Reading …
Unhealthy Competition
Competition among health plans is supposed to yield benefits for “consumers.” However, health care is not a true market. In certain situations, increased choice can lead to detrimental effects on patients. Market-oriented thinkers believe that greater choice on the part Continue Reading …
Lessons From the Spanish Health System
After the fall of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939-75), Spain took on a rapid reorganization of its health care services. After Franco, health protection and care was declared a right of every Spanish citizen and a universal, general, and Continue Reading …
911 versus 7-11
Americans have increasingly been taking their medical ailments around the corner to the local urgent care or retail clinic. These alternatives to emergency departments may help offload some of the strain with ever-rising ED volumes. The delivery of urgent health Continue Reading …
School Based Health Clinics
School-based health clinics bring care to where it is needed. By placing children in proximity to health care providers, communities can avoid emergency room visit and hospitalizations, keep kids in class, and save money. School-based health centers (SBHCs) are thought Continue Reading …