S M McManus,K V Thai
S M McManus
This article presents a review of the conceptual frameworks utilized in comparing health care systems among countries. While much of the available literature remains descriptive, several structural features are becoming widely recognized an...
R Yajima,K Takayanagi
R Yajima
The Japanese health care system is sometimes considered one of the best in the world because it appears to have achieved universal coverage, high quality, and a comparatively low level of expenditure. But under compulsory national health in...
Avoiding fundamental reform: current cost containment strategies in Canada [0.03%]
规避根本性改革：加拿大目前的成本控制策略
P Manga
P Manga
Provincial governments in Canada are trying very hard to contain and possibly reduce health care expenditure. The wide ranging effort and frequent announcements of yet another cost cutting measure, including deinsurance, stand in marked con...
M G Harris,R D Harris
M G Harris
The health of Australians, with the exception of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, compares favourably with other industrialised nations. Since 1984, universal access for citizens to medical and public hospital services has been achi...
Universal coverage and cost control: the United Kingdom National Health Service [0.03%]
全民覆盖与成本控制：英国国家医疗服务体系
A Maynard,K Bloor
A Maynard
The UK NHS has a number of important strengths. Its costs are relatively low compared to the health care systems of other developed countries due in part to cash limited central budgeting. It is extremely popular with the electorate and sur...
F Taroni,R Guerra,M G D&#x;Ambrosio
F Taroni
Health care reform in Italy is transforming its centrally planned, vertically integrated National Health Service into a market-oriented system in which public funders contract directly with individual providers. A model is envisaged in whic...
Medicaid policies for the hospice care needed by people with Alzheimer's disease [0.03%]
阿尔茨海默病患者所需安宁疗护的医疗补助政策
R J Buchanan
R J Buchanan
This study surveyed the state Medicaid programs and the state affiliates of the National Hospice Organization to identify Medicaid policies that improve the quality of hospice care provided to Medicaid recipients with Alzheimer's disease (A...
Epidemiologic transition theory and aging: Hispanic populations of North America and the Caribbean [0.03%]
流行病学过渡理论与老龄化：北美洲和加勒比地区的西班牙人人口
W J Serow,M E Cowart,J Camezon
W J Serow
As the forces of social and economic development combine with epidemiological transitions, population aging will continue to impact world health status and the provision of health services. Epidemiology provides an interdisciplinary link to...
Goals for Alzheimer's care in nursing homes: what kind of differences do special care units expect to make? [0.03%]
阿尔茨海默病护理型疗养院的目标：痴呆特别护理单元期望产生什么样的效果？
R A Kane,N Jordan,L A Grant
R A Kane
Special Care Units (SCUs) for people with dementia have been enthusiastically promoted although many residents with dementia live elsewhere in their nursing home. In response to open-ended questions during personal interviews, coordinators ...
Special care units for Alzheimer's patients: their role in the nursing home market [0.03%]
痴呆患者的特别护理单元：在养老院市场中的作用
V L Phillips,S J Potter,S L Simon
V L Phillips
The Special Care Unit (SCU) is a new, rapidly proliferating mode of caring for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Approximately 10% of nursing homes within the U.S. have SCUs with the number expected to grow substantially in coming years...