In: Health policy, 2013, vol. 109, no. 2, p. 105-112
This article addresses three topics. First, it reports on the international interest in the health care reforms of Switzerland and The Netherlands in the 1990s and early 2000s that operate under the label “managed competition” or “consumer-driven health care.” Second, the article reviews the behavior assumptions that make plausible the case for the model of “managed competition.”...
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In: Health policy, 2012, vol. 106, no. 1, p. 37-49
This paper explores leadership and governance arrangements in seven developed health systems: Australia, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. It presents a cybernetic model of leadership and governance comprising three fundamental functions: priority setting, performance monitoring and accountability arrangements. The paper uses a structured survey to examine...
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In: Health policy, 2013, vol. 109, no. 3, p. 209-225
This article considers the potential for insurer competition to improve health system performance by strengthening purchasing. Economic theory suggests that insurer competition will enhance efficiency if: (1) people have free choice of insurer, (2) competition is based on price and quality rather than risk selection and (3) insurers have tools to influence health care costs and quality. The...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2011 ; 2011COM006.
Public information campaigns have played an important role in increasing awareness of organ donation and the need for more organ donors. In a recent study, it was found that awareness and knowledge, regarding organ donation, represented only two of several factors in people’s decisions to engage in organ donation-related behaviors (Schulz et al., 2006). In addition, it was noted that the...
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In: Journal of computer-mediated communication, 2010, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 625-645
A website was designed in order to help patients with chronic lower back pain (cLBP) to cope with their condition, relying on the concept of health literacy. A sample of 748 chronic or potentially chronic LBP patients were asked to regularly visit the site for a period of 12 months. The intervention was evaluated quantitatively (both preuse and postuse surveys, logfiles) and qualitatively....
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In: Health policy, 2009, vol. 92, no. 2-3, p. 187-196
Internet and e-commerce have profoundly changed society, the economy, and the world of health care. The web offers opportunities to improve health, but it may also represent a big health hazard since it is a basically unregulated market with very low consumer protection. In this paper we analyze marketing and pricing strategies of online pharmacies (OPs). Our analysis shows that OPs use...
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In: Health communication, 2010/25/6/7/548-551
An essay is provided on developments in the field of health communication in Europe. The authors believe that the field of health communication is at its very beginnings in Europe compared to the status of health communication in the U.S. The authors draw this conclusion based on several factors including the existence of relevant journals, professional societies, and university-level...
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In: Patient education and counseling, 2007, vol. 67, no. 3, p. 261-266
Many people are concerned about their family history of breast cancer, and are anxious about the possibility of developing breast cancer themselves. The majority of these people are likely not to be at significantly increased risk of developing inherited breast cancer. All women are at risk of developing sporadic breast cancer, and this risk increases with age. The UK National Institute of Health...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2007 ; 2007COM005.
A consistent branch of research in health communication has been focused on the study of the pharmacist - patient relationship. In past decades, the pharmacist and his role in the health care setting has shifted from a product oriented approach, where the primary focus was the production and compound of medicines, to a more patient oriented approach, with main focus becoming the understanding and...
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In: Health Policy, 2006, vol. 78, no. 1, p. 77-92
This paper investigates the determinants of regional variations in outpatient antibiotic consumption using Swiss data. The analysis contributes to the debate on appropriate antibiotic use by improving the understanding of its determinants, and may help to define more effective health care policies to reduce the resistance phenomenon. Findings suggest that Switzerland exhibits relatively low...
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