Private Sector - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

2 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To compare quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and randomised controlled trials investigating quality of care in for-profit versus ... Read more...

Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands.

4 Jul 2009 The current escalation in costs of Australia's health care system does not appear to be sustainable. Sustainable financing requires direct engagement of consumers - instead of the current political process driven by special interest groups, targeted ... Read more...

Paying for obesity: a changing landscape.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Coverage for obesity related services is highly variable. Despite this, health plans, purchasers, and states have mounted numerous recent initiatives. OBJECTIVE: To identify the range of approaches being used to address coverage and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Private Sector - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Incitament and bonus systems lead in the wrong direction] 30 Aug 2009
• Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. 2 Aug 2009
• Editorial: Biotech in the financial crisis. 30 Jul 2009
• Private healthcare sector shows resilience amid economic gloom. 30 Jul 2009
• [A conference in China on private health care in low income countries] 30 Jul 2009
• Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands. 4 Jul 2009
• Ethics. Private money, public disclosure. Jul 2009
• Boardroom tensions rise as investors push for liquidation. 30 May 2009
• Paying for obesity: a changing landscape. 30 May 2009
• International experience of paying for expensive medicines. 27 May 2009
• HSJ investigation: NHS subsidises private treatment. Trusts in the dark over cost of private patients. 26 May 2009
• Healthy competition--the why and how of "public-plan choice". 26 May 2009
• Building momentum as Democrats forge health care reform. 11 May 2009
• Associations say no to industry funding. 11 May 2009
• Availability, price and affordability of asthma medicines in five Indian states. 29 Apr 2009
• Paying for additional care in the private sector. 29 Apr 2009
• Obama says more money. 28 Apr 2009
• An analysis of trends and determinants of health insurance and healthcare utilisation in the Russian population between 2000 and 2004: the 'inverse care law' in action. 25 Apr 2009
• Growth and profitability in small privately held biotech firms: preliminary findings. 3 Apr 2009
• White paper. The five myths of generic competition. A Pharma Matters report. March 2009. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Private Sector'

Definition: That distinct portion of the institutional, industrial, or economic structure of a country that is controlled or owned by non-governmental, private interests.

Descriptor UI: D017149

Alternative terms: Private Sector; Sector, Private; Private Enterprise; Enterprise, Private; Enterprises, Private; Private Enterprises;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; manpower;

Tree Number: I01.791; N04.452.633.390;

History Note: 93

Technical Notes: IM; specify nature of private endeavor (IM); specify geog if pertinent