Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
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 …
Law and Ointment
Overall HIV seroprevalence reported by the 50 state prison systems was 4.5 times as high as that for the general United States population. Correctional facilities indeed provide access to primary care and prevention services for a good number of 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 …
Obama and Romney Surprisingly Similar on Health
For as much as Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama may differ on economic solutions for the country, their views on health care are strikingly similar. However, a few key differences distinguish the two men. With Mitt Romney essentially Continue Reading …