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Category: International Comparisons
Payment bundles improve surgical efficiency
A project to improve the utilization and efficiency of orthopedic surgery in the public hospital system of New Zealand suggests that bundled payments can be effective. Translating these results to America remain challenging. New Zealand’s tax funded public health system Continue Reading …
Naturalize to Stay Alive
Social determinants possess a tremendous impact on health outcomes. A Belgian study shows the correlation between perinatal death and immigration status. It serves as clarion call to US health and immigration policy makers. Disparities in neonatal mortality and pregnancy outcomes Continue Reading …
Pay-for-performance goes global
Policy makers seek to transform healthcare delivery at home and abroad by shifting payment from volume-based to quality-based methods. This study explores elements common across pay-for-performance in 13 countries. Policy makers at home and abroad have embraced pay-for-performance (P4P) as Continue Reading …
Is it worth it?
The United States consistently spends more than other nations on health care and is rewarded by the World Health Organization as having the #37 health care system. But is the money spent worth it? In the case of cancer care, Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Be like the Netherlands?
Sarah Kliff of the Washington Post posted an article based on the Commonwealth Fund’s recent international comparison on health spending. In it, she points out that the Netherlands (a nation whose entire population is the size of the United States’ non-group Continue Reading …