Executive summary Essential medicines satisfy the priority health-care needs of the
population. Essential medicines policies are crucial to promoting health and achieving …

Major difficulties arise when introducing evidence and clinical guidelines into routine daily
practice. Data show that many patients do not receive appropriate care, or receive …

Background Survey research in healthcare is an important tool to collect information about
healthcare delivery, service use and overall issues relating to quality of care. Unfortunately …

Background Overtreatment is a cause of preventable harm and waste in health care. Little is
known about clinician perspectives on the problem. In this study, physicians were surveyed …

Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an
international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on …

Health services throughout the world strive to provide care to people when they are unwell
and assist them to stay well. Primary care services are increasingly at the heart of integrated …

Background The use of blended payment schemes in primary care, including the use of
financial incentives to directly reward 'performance'and 'quality'is increasing in a number of …

Unsustainable growth in healthcare expenditure demands effective cost-containment
policies. We review policy effectiveness using total payer expenditure as primary outcome …

Health services throughout the world strive to provide care to people when they are unwell
and assist them to stay well. Primary care services are increasingly at the heart of integrated …

Abstract The WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services in Barcelona is an
integral part of the World Health Organizations' Regional Office for Europe. The main …