HiT Italy Page 1 Italy Health system review Vol. 16 No. 4 2014 Health Systems in Transition
Francesca Ferré • Antonio Giulio de Belvis Luca Valerio • Silvia Longhi Agnese Lazzari • …

This paper compares policies to tackle excessive waiting times for elective surgery in 12
OECD countries. It is found that waiting times may be reduced by acting on the supply of or …

South African nurses care for patients in London, hospitals recruit Filipino nurses to Los
Angeles, and Chinese nurses practice their profession in Ireland. In every industrialized …

Over the past decade, many OECD countries have introduced new policies to tackle
excessive waiting times for elective surgery with some success. However, in the wake of the …

This study presents a broad overview of health-system reforms in OECD countries over the
past several decades. Reforms are assessed according to their impact on the following …

Governments often look to private health insurance (PHI) as a possible means of addressing
some health system challenges. For example, they may consider enhancing its role as an …

Now in its fourth edition, The Economics of Health Reconsidered presents an argument that
still holds true: despite assertions to the contrary, neither economic theory nor evidence …

US citizens spent 5,267percapitaforhealthcarein2002—53percentmorethananyothercountry.Twopossiblereasonsforthedifferentialaresu…
.Servicesthattypicallyhavequeuesinothercou….ThecostofdefendingUSmalpracticeclaimsis …

This paper examines the impact of two reimbursement schemes, fee-for-service and
bundled payment, on the social welfare, the patient revisit rate, and the patient waiting time …

This synthesis seeks to assess and explain the effectiveness of policy interventions to
reduce elective wait times or lists. PubMed, EMBASE, EconLit, and grey literature were …