Health Policy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia.

30 Oct 2009 This clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians focuses on critical issues concerning the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department (ED)with community-acquired pneumonia. It is an update of the 2001 ... Read more...

Mental health disparities.

30 Oct 2009 Mental health disparities have received increased attention in the literature in recent years. After considering 165 different health disparity conditions, the Federal Collaborative for Health Disparities Research chose mental health disparity as ... Read more...

Participation: a comparative analysis of multiple rehabilitation stakeholders' perspectives.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine how participation is conceptualized by different rehabilitation stakeholder groups. DESIGN: Qualitative case study design. SUBJECTS: A total of 148 participants from different stakeholder groups in 2 US states and the District ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Policy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Conclusion: mental health in the mainstream of public policy. 30 Oct 2009
• Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia. 30 Oct 2009
• Mental health disparities. 30 Oct 2009
• Participation: a comparative analysis of multiple rehabilitation stakeholders' perspectives. 30 Oct 2009
• Implementing evidence-based health policy in Washington State. 27 Oct 2009
• [The health care debate in USA hits the core of the American self comprehension] 24 Oct 2009
• [Help, I'm still family practitioner!] 20 Oct 2009
• [Quick diagnosis guarantee--an absurd political move!] 17 Oct 2009
• Beyond outcomes--the appropriateness of surgical care. 12 Oct 2009
• Strategies for preventing HIV transmission. 12 Oct 2009
• Knowledge of drinking guidelines does not equal sensible drinking. 8 Oct 2009
• Should we screen low risk patients for meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus? 6 Oct 2009
• [More and better evaluations in health care] 6 Oct 2009
• Using effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to make drug coverage decisions: a comparison of Britain, Australia, and Canada. 5 Oct 2009
• Germany to host World Health Summit. Oct 2009
• The politics of contraception: policies lost and regained. 29 Sep 2009
• Straight talk with...Christopher Murray. 29 Sep 2009
• Value of health interventions underestimated by governments. 29 Sep 2009
• 'I am willing to take the risk': politics, policy and the translation of the hospice ideal. 29 Sep 2009
• Canadian health care: a question of access. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Policy'

Definition: Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.

Descriptor UI: D006291

Alternative terms: Health Policy; Health Policies; Policies, Health; Policy, Health; National Health Policy; Health Policies, National; Health Policy, National; National Health Policies; Policies, National Health; Policy, National Health;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; trends;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.825.608.400; N03.706.825.608.428;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: specify state or country or other body if pertinent