WHO Director general elections debate The Lancet; Volume 361, Number 9354 25 January 2003 To lead the defense of health as a social right Alexis Benos President of the International Association of Health Policy Medical Dept, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. “The World Health Organisation’s mandate is to get the evidence right and ensure thatContinue reading “WHO-DG to lead defence of health as a social right”
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La investigación participativa como derecho
La investigacion participativa como derecho: posibilidad o utopia? Luis Justo*, Fabiana Erazun**, Jorgelina Villarreal*** * Medico, C?tedra de Bioetica, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina ** Profesora de Filosofia, C?tedra de Etica, Facultad de Filosofia, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina *** Antrop?loga, C?tedra de Bioetica, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina Presentado en la 1 Conferencia InternacionalContinue reading “La investigación participativa como derecho”
Higher mortality in for-profit hospitals
P.J. Devereaux, Peter T.L. Choi, Christina Lacchetti, Bruce Weaver, Holger J. Schünemann, Ted Haines, John N. Lavis, Brydon J.B. Grant, David R.S. Haslam, Mohit Bhandari, Terrence Sullivan, Deborah J. Cook, Stephen D. Walter, Maureen Meade, Humaira Khan, Neera Bhatnagar and Gordon H. Guyatt A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of privateContinue reading “Higher mortality in for-profit hospitals”
Mortality between for profit & not-for profit centres
P. J. Devereaux, MD; Holger J. Sch?nemann, MD, PhD; Nikila Ravindran, BSc; Mohit Bhandari, MD, MSc; Amit X. Garg, MD; Peter T.-L. Choi, MD, MSc; Brydon J. B. Grant, MD; Ted Haines, MD; Christina Lacchetti, MHSc; Bruce Weaver, MSc; John N. Lavis, MD, PhD; Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc; David R. S. Haslam, MD, MSc;Continue reading “Mortality between for profit & not-for profit centres”
Private finance & “value for money”, by A. Pollock et al.
Pollock AM, Shaoul J, Vickers N. Private finance and “value for money” in NHS hospitals: a policy in search of a rationale? British Medical Journal, 2002; 324: 1205-1209 Summary points: The private finance initiative (PFI) brings no new capital investment into public services and is a debt which has to be serviced by future generations.Continue reading “Private finance & “value for money”, by A. Pollock et al.”
2002 IAHP/FADSP Mallorca Conference papers
Re-thinking the basic conditions of health care under the impact of globalisation by H.U. Deppe, University of Frankfurt, Germany The NHS from Thatcher to Blair by Peter Fisher, NHS Consultants Association UK Globalisation and Health: a view from Africa by David Sanders, University of the Western Cape …other papers will be gradually added
Health care under globalisation, by H.U.Deppe
H.U. Deppe Re-thinking the basic conditions of health care under the impact of globalisation addressed to the 12th IAHP and XIV FADSP Conference, Palma de MAllorca 23 May 2002 1. Globalisation is an amorphus concept. The process of capital accumulation got a relevant push by the collapse of the socialist states and the development ofContinue reading “Health care under globalisation, by H.U.Deppe”
The NHS from Thatcher to Blair, by Peter Fisher
Peter Fisher, NHS Consultants Association The NHS from Thatcher to Blair Addressed to the 12th IAHP and XIV FADSP Conference, Palma de MAllorca 23 May 2002 In looking at how the NHS has changed over this period it is possible to see a pattern. Sometimes quickly, sometimes more slowly and with occasional steps in theContinue reading “The NHS from Thatcher to Blair, by Peter Fisher”
A critique of WHO Macroeconomics report, by D Banerji
D Banerji, New Delhi A critique of the report of the WHO commission on Macroeconomics and Health as highlighted in INHP Bulletin 10 March 2002 The Report on of the WHO initiated Commission on Macroeconomics and Health is a very disappointing document. It is ahistorical, apolitical and atheoretical. It is biased. Its contents are soContinue reading “A critique of WHO Macroeconomics report, by D Banerji”
Public services and the private sector
Allyson Pollock, Jean Shaoul, David Rowland and Stewart Player Public services and the private sector, a response to the IPPR Revised with a new foreword by David Hinchliffe MP A Catalyst working paper November 2001 Contents Executive summary Introduction Financing public services Public vs private: the evidence When contracts fail Undermining universal provision: PFI inContinue reading “Public services and the private sector”
International Association of Health Policy 