State Medicine - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Equity, waiting times, and NHS reforms: retrospective study.

Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether observable changes in waiting times occurred for certain key elective procedures between 1997 and 2007 in the English National Health Service and to analyse the distribution of those changes between socioeconomic ... Read more...

A survey of stress, job satisfaction and burnout among haemodialysis staff.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Burnout, psychological distress and job satisfaction experienced by healthcare workers in general are well documented in the literature; however, there is a paucity of research that focuses on the experiences of haemodialysis staff. ... Read more...

'A potential fifth column': conflicts and struggles for control in the context of local NHS privatization.

30 Aug 2009 This article uses case study data to discuss how a new procurement policy (Local Improvement Finance Trust, or LIFT) in English primary care may affect general practitioners' control over their work. LIFT, a series of 51 public-private partnerships, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'State Medicine - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• UK to develop a national strategy for liver disease. 29 Oct 2009
• European health systems face scrutiny in US debate. 22 Oct 2009
• Equity and NHS reforms. What about independent sector treatment centres? 19 Oct 2009
• New horizons for mental health in the UK. 8 Oct 2009
• Knowledge of drinking guidelines does not equal sensible drinking. 8 Oct 2009
• The review of the changes of Britain's National Health Service for the impending change of the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• Questions remain over validity of EUROCARE data. 17 Sep 2009
• Life and Death. No power for the people. 12 Sep 2009
• British lessons on health care reform. 7 Sep 2009
• Equity, waiting times, and NHS reforms: retrospective study. Sep 2009
• Trauma tsar puts nurses at the centre of his plans. 30 Aug 2009
• Are HIECs the answer? 30 Aug 2009
• A survey of stress, job satisfaction and burnout among haemodialysis staff. 30 Aug 2009
• 'A potential fifth column': conflicts and struggles for control in the context of local NHS privatization. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical research in the National Health Service in England. 29 Aug 2009
• NICE set to revise Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators. 20 Aug 2009
• The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre (SLAM BRC) case register: development and descriptive data. 10 Aug 2009
• Measuring agenda for change? 30 Jul 2009
• Safeguard learning. 30 Jul 2009
• Compassion through human connection. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'State Medicine'

Definition: A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.

Descriptor UI: D013222

Alternative terms: State Medicine; Medicine, State; Socialized Medicine; Medicine, Socialized; National Health Service, British; British National Health Service; Service, British National Health; British Health Service, National;

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

Tree Number: N03.858;

Technical Notes: not for med programs of individual states; compulsory system of personal med care under control of a natl govt paying physicians out of public funds; compulsory: do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; specify country, even GREAT BRITAIN despite X ref below; DF: STATE MED