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Medicaid politics : federalism, policy durability, and health reform
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ISBN: 1589019350 9781589019355 9781589019348 1589019342 Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press,

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Medicaid, one of the largest federal programs in the United States, gives grants to states to provide health insurance for over 60 million low-income Americans. As private health insurance benefits have relentlessly eroded, the program has played an increasingly important role. Yet Medicaid's prominence in the health care arena has come as a surprise. Many astute observers of the Medicaid debate have long claimed that "a program for the poor is a poor program" prone to erosion because it serves a stigmatized, politically weak clientele. Means-tested programs for the poor are often politically


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Health policy and technology.
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ISSN: 22118845 Year: 2012 Publisher: [England] : Elsevier Ltd.,

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Medical policy --- Medical technology --- Medical policy. --- Medical technology. --- Health Policy --- Biomedical Technology --- Technology Assessment, Biomedical --- Assessment, Biomedical Technology --- Assessment, Technology --- Biomedical Technology Assessment --- Technology Assessment --- Technology Assessment, Health --- Assessment, Health Technology --- Assessments, Biomedical Technology --- Assessments, Health Technology --- Assessments, Technology --- Biomedical Technology Assessments --- Health Technology Assessment --- Health Technology Assessments --- Technology Assessments --- Technology Assessments, Biomedical --- Technology Assessments, Health --- Biomedical Technologies --- Technology, Biomedical --- Technology, Health --- Technology, Health Care --- Health Care Technology --- Health Technology --- National Health Policy --- Health Policies --- Health Policies, National --- Health Policy, National --- National Health Policies --- Policies, Health --- Policies, National Health --- Policy, Health --- Policy, National Health --- Health care technology --- Health technology --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Political aspects --- Government policy --- Biomedical Engineering --- Medical Informatics --- Policy Making --- Technology --- Medical care --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Law and legislation --- Health Policy. --- Biomedical Technology. --- Medical Informatics. --- Computer Science, Medical --- Health Informatics --- Health Information Technology --- Informatics, Clinical --- Informatics, Medical --- Information Science, Medical --- Clinical Informatics --- Medical Computer Science --- Medical Information Science --- Health Information Technologies --- Informatics, Health --- Information Technology, Health --- Medical Computer Sciences --- Medical Information Sciences --- Science, Medical Computer --- Technology, Health Information --- Computational Biology --- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act --- Public Health - General --- Healthcare Policy --- Healthcare Policies --- Policy, Healthcare --- Technology Assessment, Biomediccal. --- Technology Assessment, Biomedical. --- Health Care Policies --- Care Policies, Health --- Health Care Policy --- Policies, Health Care --- Policies, Healthcare --- Policy, Health Care


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Israel journal of health policy research
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ISSN: 20454015 Year: 2012 Publisher: London BioMed Central

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Health --- Medical policy --- Health Policy. --- Research. --- Health. --- Medical policy. --- Israel. --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Personal health --- Wellness --- Laboratory Research --- Research Activities --- Research and Development --- Research Priorities --- Activities, Research --- Activity, Research --- Development and Research --- Priorities, Research --- Priority, Research --- Research Activity --- Research Priority --- Research, Laboratory --- National Health Policy --- Health Policies --- Health Policies, National --- Health Policy, National --- National Health Policies --- Policies, Health --- Policies, National Health --- Policy, Health --- Policy, National Health --- Political aspects --- Government policy --- healthcare --- health systems --- health policy --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Medicine --- Physiology --- Diseases --- Holistic medicine --- Hygiene --- Well-being --- Ethics, Research --- Policy Making --- Medical care --- Law and legislation --- Healthcare Policy --- Healthcare Policies --- Policy, Healthcare --- Human medicine --- Política sanitària. --- Salut. --- Fisiologia --- Medicina --- Condició física --- Descans --- Dieta --- Educació sanitària --- Exercici --- Hàbits sanitaris --- Longevitat --- Nutrició --- Salut pública --- Tècnica Alexander --- Medicina holística --- Política social --- Política farmacèutica --- Reforma dels serveis sanitaris --- Health Care Policies --- Care Policies, Health --- Health Care Policy --- Policies, Health Care --- Policies, Healthcare --- Policy, Health Care


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Safe abortion : technical and policy guidance for health systems
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ISBN: 9241548436 9240689435 Year: 2012 Publisher: Geneva : World Health Organization,

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In view of the need for evidence-based best practicesfor providing safe abortion care in order toprotect the health and human rights of women theWorld Health Organization (WHO) has updated its2003 publication Safe abortion: technical and policyguidance for health systems. In this process the WHO standards for guideline development have beenfollowed including: identification of priority questionsand outcomes; retrieval assessment and synthesis ofevidence; formulation of recommendations; and planningfor dissemination implementation impact evaluationand updating. For the clinical recommendationsp

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Abortion -- Methods. --- Abortion -- Standards. --- Abortion services. --- Abortion. --- Maternal health services -- Administration. --- Maternal health services -- Standards. --- Medical policy. --- Prenatal care -- Standards. --- Abortion --- Abortion services --- Maternal health services --- Prenatal care --- Medical policy --- Investigative Techniques --- Obstetric Surgical Procedures --- Maternal Health Services --- Patient Care --- Public Policy --- Health Services Administration --- Social Welfare --- Social Control Policies --- Sociology --- Health Services --- Surgical Procedures, Operative --- Community Health Services --- Therapeutics --- Health Care --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Social Sciences --- Policy --- Social Control, Formal --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Organization and Administration --- Prenatal Care --- Health Policy --- Methods --- Maternal Welfare --- Abortion, Induced --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Gynecology & Obstetrics --- Standards --- Administration --- Maternal Welfare. --- Health Policy. --- standards. --- methods. --- organization & administration. --- Healthcare Policy --- National Health Policy --- Health Policies --- Health Policy, National --- Healthcare Policies --- National Health Policies --- Policy, Health --- Policy, Healthcare --- Policy, National Health --- Policy Making --- Welfare, Maternal --- Maternal Health --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medical care --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Antenatal care --- Antenatal services --- Pre-natal care --- Pregnant women --- Preconception care --- Health services, Maternal --- Maternal and child health services --- Maternal and infant health services --- Maternal health care --- Maternity care --- Mother and child health services --- Mothers --- Perinatal care --- Safe motherhood programs --- Obstetrics --- Reproductive health services --- Women's health services --- Maternal and infant welfare --- Feticide --- Foeticide --- Induced abortion --- Pregnancy termination --- Termination of pregnancy --- Birth control --- Fetal death --- Reproductive rights --- Abortion clinics --- Abortion facilities --- Birth control clinics --- Government policy --- Care --- Surgery


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Operations research for health care.
ISSN: 22116931 Year: 2012 Publisher: [Oxford] : Elsevier Ltd.,

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Medical care --- Medical policy --- Health services administration --- Operations research --- Health Services Research --- Health Policy --- Delivery of Health Care --- Mathematical models --- Operations Research --- Health administration --- Health care administration --- Health care management --- Health sciences administration --- Health services management --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- National Health Policy --- Health Policies --- Health Policies, National --- Health Policy, National --- National Health Policies --- Policies, Health --- Policies, National Health --- Policy, Health --- Policy, National Health --- Action Research --- Health Services Evaluation --- Healthcare Research --- Research, Medical Care --- Health Care Research --- Medical Care Research --- Research, Health Services --- Evaluation, Health Services --- Evaluations, Health Services --- Health Services Evaluations --- Research, Action --- Research, Health Care --- Research, Healthcare --- Research, Operations --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Delivery of health care --- Delivery of medical care --- Health care --- Health care delivery --- Health services --- Medical and health care industry --- Medical services --- Personal health services --- Administration --- Management --- Government policy --- Operations research. --- Mathematical models. --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Decision Theory --- Game Theory --- Information Theory --- Health planning --- Public health administration --- Policy Making --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Public Health - General --- Healthcare Policy --- Healthcare Policies --- Policy, Healthcare --- Health Services Research. --- Health Policy. --- Delivery of Health Care. --- Health Care Policies --- Care Policies, Health --- Health Care Policy --- Policies, Health Care --- Policies, Healthcare --- Policy, Health Care --- Soins médicaux --- Politique sanitaire --- Services de santé --- Recherche opérationnelle --- Modèles mathématiques


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Governance and decentralization in the Ghana health sector
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ISBN: 0821395890 9786613693372 0821395904 1280782986 Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank,

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Ghana's government has embarked on a decentralization process since the 1980's, but devolution of the health system faces important challenges and weaknesses. Ghana has made significant progress, and several building blocks for a devolved health system have been put in place. However, important weaknesses remain regarding several of the key requirements to successful decentralization. Ghana has along the years put in place several important building blocks for a truly decentralized health system. But these efforts have been hampered, and their effectiveness diminished, by the absence of a...

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Health Policy -- Ghana. --- Regional Health Planning -- economics -- Ghana. --- Regional Health Planning -- organization & administration -- Ghana. --- Health Services Administration --- Africa, Western --- Public Policy --- Health Planning --- Social Sciences --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Africa South of the Sahara --- Health Care --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Social Control Policies --- Policy --- Africa --- Social Control, Formal --- Sociology --- Geographic Locations --- Geographicals --- Organization and Administration --- Health Policy --- Ghana --- Regional Health Planning --- Economics --- Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- World Health --- Health planning --- Health services administration --- Law and legislation --- Comprehensive health planning --- Health care planning --- Health services planning --- Medical care --- Medical care planning --- Public health --- Health administration --- Health care 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Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Healthcare Economics and Organizations --- Health Care Economics --- Health Economics --- Healthcare Economics --- Care Economic, Health --- Economic, Health --- Economic, Health Care --- Economic, Healthcare --- Economics, Health Care --- Health Care Economic --- Health 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