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6. Private Health Insurance in Sweden : Implications for the legitimacy of the public health care system
Sammanfattning : The market for private health insurance (PHI) is growing in many countries with public, tax-funded health care systems. In Sweden, this development has generated an at times intense and polarised debate, exposing that the principles on which the public health care system rests in many aspects collide with the construction of PHI. LÄS MER
7. Budgetary control in public health care : a study about perceptions of budgetary control among clinical directors
Sammanfattning : Health care expenditures have increased rapidly in most OECD-countries, and several reforms have been considered for the improvement of cost-containment in the health care sector. Physicians in particular have been recognized to have considerable impact on health care expenditures and as a result they have become increasingly involved in budgetary control with the hope of a more efficient use of resources. LÄS MER
8. Health workforce development post-1990s health sector reforms : the case of medical doctors in Tanzania
Sammanfattning : Background: Health systems in many low- and middle-income countries suffer from critical shortages and inequitable geographical distribution of the health workforce. Since the 1940s, many low- and middle-income countries have passed through different regimes of health sector reforms; the most recent one was in the 1990s. LÄS MER
9. Measuring health literacy : Evaluating psychometric properties of the HLS-EU-Q47 and the FCCHL, suggesting instrument refinements and exploring health literacy in people with type 2 diabetes and in the general Norwegian population
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim was to measure health literacy (HL) in people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and in the general Norwegian population.Methods: Sampling 388 people with T2DM (papers I, II and IV) and 900 individuals (III) in the general Norwegian population a cross-sectional design was applied. LÄS MER
10. Designing ICT-Supported Health Promoting Communication in Primary Health Care
Sammanfattning : Increasing lifestyle-related ill health, escalating health care costs, expanding health inequalities within and between nations, and an aging population are challenges facing governments globally. Governments, especially in industrialized countries like Sweden, are investing in health promotion and health communication, especially in ICT-supported health communication as a way to increase health literacy and empowerment at individual and population levels. LÄS MER