Sökning: "Health and medical services in society"

Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 105 avhandlingar innehållade orden Health and medical services in society.

1. 31. Designing for Legitimacy : Policy Work and the Art of Juggling When Setting Limits in Health Care

   Författare :Ann-Charlotte Nedlund; Peter Garpenby; Roine Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health care; limit-setting; legitimacy; policy work; mediating institutions; sense making; governance;

   Sammanfattning : Limit-setting in publicly funded healthcare is unavoidable, and increasingly important in the governance and management of the demand for health services. The work of limit-setting takes place in the organising of the provision of health services, where various health workers (professionals, administrators, unit managers, politicians) collectively exercise their skills. LÄS MER

3. 32. Cost-effectiveness analysis of health technologies when evidence is scarce

   Författare :Thor-Henrik Brodtkorb; Jan Persson; Martin Henriksson; Per Carlsson; Ken Stein; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

   Sammanfattning : Given the increasing pressures on health care budgets, economic evaluation is used in many countries to assist decision-making regarding the optimal use of competing health care technologies. Although the standard methods of estimating cost-effectiveness underpinning these decisions have gained widespread acceptance, concerns have been raised that many technologies would not be considered for funding, due to scarcity of evidence. LÄS MER

4. 33. The rough journey to access health care : the case of leishmaniasis in the Bolivian rainforest

   Författare :Daniel V. Eid Rodríguez; Miguel San Sebastián; Isabel Goicolea; Anna-Karin Hurtig; John Porter; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Health-care access; risk factors; population surveillance; capture-recapture; health care seeking behavior; intralesional pentavalent antimonials; economic analysis; cost analysis; budget impact analysis; Bolivia; rainforest; Public health; folkhälsa;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infectious disease transmitted by vectors that cause three main clinical syndromes: cutaneous (CL), mucosal (ML), and visceral (VL). Since VL is not relevant to this thesis, only CL and ML will be further discussed. LÄS MER

5. 34. Enabling disability rights in practise : Understanding how the governance of state-funded personal assistance is fulfilling the Swedish LSS Act

   Författare :Heléne von Granitz; Ulrika Winblad; Karin Sonnander; Ieva Reine; Urban Markström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; disability policy; LSS Act; governance; ICF; participation in society; personal assistance; policy refinement; policy tool; public policy; social security; Sweden; UNCRPD; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

   Sammanfattning : Personal assistance (PA) is stated in Article 19 of the UNCRPD as an internationally recognised disability right and is operationalised as a measure in the Swedish Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (the LSS Act). The Act’s overall policy goal is to promote good living conditions for the eligible persons by enabling participation in society on equal terms with others. LÄS MER

7. 35. Continuous Quality Development by Means of New Understanding : A four year study on an Intensive Care Unit during times of hard work and demanding organisational changes

   Författare :Eva Lindberg; Urban Rosenqvist; Bo Hellgren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health services research; Intensive Care Unit; Mechanical system; Complex Adaptive System; Diminishing resources; Workload; Sickness absenteeism; Sense of Coherence; Stress related symtoms; Organisational Climate; Longitudinal study; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

   Sammanfattning : The present thesis follows an intensive care unit during four year of hard work and demanding organisational changes (1998-2001). The changes were mainly initiated by diminishing resources and a legislative claim to pay regard to the quality aspect of health care service. LÄS MER