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Urology & Nephrology
Matthew T. James, Tayler D. Scory, Ellen Novak, Braden J. Manns, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Aminu K. Bello, Pietro Ravani, Bhavneet Kahlon, Jennifer M. MacRae, Paul E. Ronksley
Summary: Nurse practitioner care for CKD patients is associated with better guideline-concordant care than primary care alone or nephrologist care, with clinical outcomes that are similar or better than primary care alone and similar to care by nephrologists.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eric A. Friedman, Robert Bickford, Charles Bjork, James Campbell, Giorgio Cometto, Alexandra Finch, Catherine Kane, Sarah Wetter, Lawrence Gostin
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Assembly requested WHO to develop a global health and care worker compact to protect their rights. A review found that there is a robust legal and policy framework in place, but these commitments are not being fully met.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Josilene Maria Ferreira Pinheiro, Ketyllem Tayanne da Silva Costa, Clelia de Oliveira Lyra, Flavia Andreia Pereira Soares dos Santos, Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo Vianna, Kenya de Lima Silva, Fabia Barbosa de Andrade
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the care provided to newborns in public maternity hospitals in Natal, Brazil, and identify factors associated with adequate care. The findings revealed shortcomings in the care actions for newborns, highlighting the need for reassessing skills and coordinating actions in the child's healthcare network.
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Critical Care Medicine
Kevin Duan, Maxwell Birger, David H. Au, Laura J. Spece, Laura C. Feemster, Joseph L. Dieleman
Summary: This study estimates healthcare spending for respiratory conditions in the United States from 1996 to 2016, and identifies factors contributing to spending growth. The findings indicate high spending on respiratory conditions, particularly for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The study highlights the importance of addressing service price and intensity, especially for pharmaceuticals, in reducing healthcare spending growth.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leticia Xander Russo, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Jorge Otavio Maia Barreto, Josephine Borghi, Roxanne Kovacs, Garibaldi Dantas Gurgel Junior, Luciano Bezerra Gomes, Juliana Sampaio, Helena Eri Shimizu, Allan Nuno Alves de Sousa, Adriana Falangola Benjamin Bezerra, Airton Tetelbom Stein, Everton Nunes Silva
Summary: The study shows that there is a negative and significant association between PMAQ and hospitalization rates for ACSCs, with an increase in PMAQ participating leading to a decrease in hospitalization rates.
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Urology & Nephrology
Raymond Vanholder, Rosanna Coppo, Willem J. W. Bos, Elaine Damato, Fadi Fakhouri, Alister Humphreys, Ionut Nistor, Alberto Ortiz, Michele Pistollato, Eveline Scheres, Franz Schaefer
Summary: Despite the global impact of rare kidney diseases, research and policy programs often neglect specific curative approaches for these diseases, leading to suboptimal treatment and negative effects on patients, healthcare systems, and society. This article provides specific policy recommendations to address the challenges hindering targeted care for rare kidney diseases, focusing on awareness, diagnosis, management, and therapeutic innovation. A holistic approach is needed, involving greater commitment from stakeholders and partnering with patients with rare kidney diseases in the design and implementation of solutions.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Giorgio Cometto, Samuel Assegid, Geta Abiyu, Mesfin Kifle, Ozge Tuncalp, Shamsuzzoha Syed, Melissa Kleine Bingham, Jennifer Nyoni, Onyema Kester Ajuebor
Summary: The progressive realisation of universal health coverage requires policies and management strategies that enable health workers to provide compassionate and respectful care. This paper explores various policy options, such as competency-based education, supportive supervision, and workforce governance, to enhance the quality of care and support health workers in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Katrine Damgaard Skyrud, Kjersti Helene Hernaes, Kjetil Elias Telle, Karin Magnusson
Summary: The study found that patients with mild COVID-19 experience a significant increase in primary care utilization in the short-term after testing positive, with middle-aged women showing the most prolonged increase in primary care use. There was no long-term elevation in primary care use or specialist care use observed.
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Paul R. Conlin, Carol Greenlee, Dean Schillinger, Aaron Lopata, John M. Boltri, Howard Tracer, Ann Albright, Ann Bullock, William H. Herman
Summary: The National Commission for Diabetes Control and Prevention (NCCC) has submitted its final report on federal programs, recommending improvements in administrative barriers faced by clinicians on behalf of their patients and proposing a national strategy to reduce the incidence of diabetes and improve care for at-risk individuals.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joshua S. Ng Kamstra, Teresa Molina, Timothy Halliday
Summary: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims to expand health insurance coverage in the USA and promote innovation in healthcare delivery, but the market-based protections provided for poor and vulnerable residents are not a perfect substitute for government programs like Medicaid. Changes in policy have led to reduced access to healthcare and increased mortality for residents from Compact of Free Association nations in Hawaii. Challenges such as communication difficulties, administrative barriers, increased healthcare costs, and short enrollment windows must be addressed by policymakers to achieve universal health coverage in the USA.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Evelien Moorkens, Brian Godman, Isabelle Huys, Iris Hoxha, Admir Malaj, Simon Keuerleber, Silvia Stockinger, Sarah Moertenhuber, Maria Dimitrova, Konstantin Tachkov, Luka Voncina, Vera Vlahovic Palcevski, Gnosia Achniotou, Juraj Slaby, Leona Popelkova, Katerina Kohoutova, Dorthe Bartels, Ott Laius, Jaana E. Martikainen, Gisbert W. Selke, Vasileios Kourafalos, Einar Magnusson, Rannveig Einarsdottir, Roisin Adams, Roberta Joppi, Eleonora Allocati, Arianit Jakupi, Anita Viksna, Ieva Greiciute-Kuprijanov, Patricia Vella Bonanno, Vincent Suttorp, Oyvind Melien, Robert Plisko, Ileana Mardare, Dmitry Meshkov, Tanja Novakovic, Jurij Furst, Corinne Zara, Vanda Markovic-Pekovic, Natasa Grubisa, Gustaf Befrits, Robert Puckett, Arnold G. Vulto
Summary: This study surveyed the pricing changes and policy measures in European countries after the entry of adalimumab biosimilars. Results showed that while some countries adopted specific policies for adalimumab, they are not widespread despite adalimumab being the highest selling product globally. Countries with biosimilars on the market seemed to have competition lowering prices, with reported discounts varying widely between countries.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Bodil Aarmo Brenne, Marianne Hedlund, Kari Ingstad
Summary: This study explores how nurses' professional discretion is operationalized in home care services that follow a purchaser-provider organization in Norway. The findings reveal that nurses are dependent on an organizational framework while also needing flexibility and professional discretion to meet the patients' needs. The purchaser-provider model both facilitates and constrains nursing practice and professional responsibility, and the study's results can help home care managers and health policy-makers in understanding the interaction between management logic and health care logic, leading to a more appropriate organization of health care services.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Monika Martens, Josefien van Olmen, Edwin Wouters, Daniel Boateng, Wim Van Damme, Sara Van Belle
Summary: The 'SCale-Up diaBetes and hYpertension care' Project aims to support the scale-up of integrated care for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium through the co-creation, implementation and evaluation of contextualised roadmaps. This study aims to use a realist approach to elicit an initial programme theory (IPT) on how policy dialogues can contribute to successful roadmap implementation and scale-up of integrated care. The results of the study provide insights into the dynamics and theories behind co-created roadmaps and their expected impact in different policy stages.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Andrew J. B. Morton
Summary: The influence of the EU on national healthcare policies in Europe has been limited to internal market law and social policy coordination mechanisms since the 1990s. The recent introduction of EU competition law into healthcare has the potential to be far-reaching and disruptive. EU institutions have begun scrutinizing healthcare systems, with the European Commission and courts having differing stances on the use of EU competition law for this purpose.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLITICS POLICY AND LAW
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Mackwellings Maganizo Phiri, Effie Makepeace, Margaret Nyali, Moses Kumwenda, Elizabeth Corbett, Katherine Fielding, Augustine Choko, Peter MacPherson, Eleanor Elizabeth MacPherson
Summary: Men have a higher prevalence of undiagnosed tuberculosis than women, and various factors such as precarious socioeconomic conditions, gendered social norms, and constraints in the health system contribute to their delayed care-seeking behavior. Interventions to improve men's pathways to care need to address individual level socioeconomic factors and broader structural factors of gendered social dynamics and health systems environment.
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Economics
Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2019)
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Economics
Kurt R. Brekke, Tor Helge Holmas, Karin Monstad, Odd Rune Straume
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2019)
Article
Economics
Luis Sa, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2019)
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Economics
Kurt R. Brekke, Chiara Canta, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
Summary: The study shows that hospitals in more competitive areas have a significant reduction in AMI mortality and a positive impact on all-cause mortality, but may increase readmissions. Additionally, it suggests that competition environment could lead to shorter hospital stays and reduced waiting times.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Kjell Erik Lommerud, Frode Meland, Odd Rune Straume
Summary: The research shows that decentralized wage setting allows trade unions to capture a larger share of rents generated by international outsourcing, leading to lower outsourcing levels. In some cases, both firms and unions prefer decentralized wage setting, which is potentially driven by international outsourcing opportunities.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2021)
Article
Economics
Natalia P. Monteiro, Odd Rune Straume, Marieta Valente
Summary: The theoretical ambiguity regarding whether remote work increases firm labour productivity is empirically examined using a sample of Portuguese firms from 2011 to 2016. The study finds a significantly negative association, on average, between remote access and productivity, but this relationship varies across different categories of firms. Remote access is found to be significantly positive for firms engaging in R&D activities, while it may be detrimental for non-exporting, small firms without R&D activities and a below-average skill level workforce.
INFORMATION ECONOMICS AND POLICY
(2021)
Article
Economics
Ziad Ghandour, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
Summary: This study examines the strategic relationship between hospital investment and service quality provision. It shows that the inability of providers to commit to quality under a fixed pricing system leads to under or overinvestment relative to the optimal solution. The study also analyzes the welfare effects of different policy options.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Luis Sa, Odd Rune Straume
Summary: The study found that different types of patient expectations about hospital quality can affect the level of quality provided by hospitals. Patients with naive expectations may lead to higher quality provision, while patients with rational expectations may result in the highest or lowest quality levels. Additionally, policies to reduce switching costs may lower the quality provided by hospitals.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Kurt R. Brekke, Dag Morten Dalen, OddRune Straum
Summary: The study suggests that implementing two-part pricing, similar to the Netflix model, for pharmaceuticals can lead to higher patient utility and lower drug costs for the health plan. However, the effectiveness of this pricing model depends on the presence of competition and exclusive contracts. Additionally, the choice of payment scheme can influence the incentives for resources to be allocated towards drastic innovations versus incremental innovations.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Ziad Ghandour, Odd Rune Straume
Summary: This study investigates the optimal design of a public funding scheme in a mixed oligopoly setting, focusing on healthcare and education. The findings suggest that including at least one private provider in the public funding scheme is necessary to achieve the best outcome. However, the inclusion of a single private provider is sufficient to induce the desired result. Such inclusion helps eliminate the negative competition externality between private providers, which leads to underprovision of quality.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen, Bjorn Olav Johansen, Odd Rune Straume
Summary: This article examines the incentives of national retail chains to implement national pricing in local markets with varying size and competition intensity. The study finds that, in the presence of quality competition, at least one chain may adopt national pricing as a strategy. Interestingly, the impact of national pricing on consumers can be both beneficial and harmful, regardless of whether it leads to higher or lower prices.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Odd Rune Straume
Summary: Therapeutic reference pricing (TRP) is believed to reduce incentives for 'me-too' innovations in pharmaceuticals, but this paper shows that it also reduces incentives for therapeutic differentiation and leads to less differentiated drugs entering the market. However, TRP can have pro-competitive effects when it comes to innovation incentives. Overall, TRP may lead to lower health benefits unless there are strong incentives for therapeutic differentiation.
Article
Economics
Michele Bisceglia, Roberto Cellini, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
(2020)
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Economics
Kurt R. Brekke, Tor Helge Holmas, Karin Monstad, Odd Rune Straume
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2020)
Article
Economics
Domenico Lisi, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume
JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
(2020)