Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: International Comparisons
Trading Places
Americans are often pre-occupied worrying about people entering the United States across the Mexican border. Ever wonder if Mexicans worry about the nearly 2/3 of the border population that enters Mexico for health care? The 32 counties in Texas that Continue Reading …
Coordinated Care: Show me the money!
Policy makers are scrambling to find ways to reduce the cost of health care. One mechanism, converting a fee-for-service system to a prospective payment system, faces uphill battles at home and abroad. Proposed changes in health care delivery and financing, Continue Reading …
Socioeconomic Impact on Universal Care
Countries contemplating national health insurance cannot rely on universal health care to eliminate historical disparities in outcomes suffered by disadvantaged groups. Socioeconomic effects still plague nations such as Canada. The inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and health disparities has been Continue Reading …
International Health System Design
Each nation has a uniquely tailored health care system. The Commonwealth Fund’s annual health policy survey provides insights about how the United States compares to the rest of the world’s industrialized democracies. This 2010 Commonwealth Fund health policy survey was 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 …