Economics By Design
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Value of Prevention
Prevention has been recognised as an important aspect of public health. It is often said that 'prevention is better than ...
Medical Technology ‘Med Tech’: Health Economic Value Explained
Medical Technology - Med Tech is a rapidly growing sector with numerous innovations emerging every day. This technology has the ...
Pharmaceutical Value Explained
The pharmaceutical industry is a significant contributor to the global economy and to health systems and health care across the ...
The Value Of Care Pathways Explained
Integrated care is increasingly underpinned by formal pre-defined care pathways for individuals with complex needs who need support from a ...
Health Informatics And Information: An Overview
Health informatics, health information and health data are an important and valuable asset for patients who need to know about ...
Health Research And Development: An Overview
Why is there Research And Development in Healthcare? Health research and development is really important to the health sector. It ...
Educating & Training The Healthcare Workforce: An Overview
The Healthcare Workforce The healthcare workforce is an integral part of any successful health system. There are many different professions ...
The Healthcare Workforce: A Simple Guide
The terms healthcare workforce or healthcare professionals cover a vast array of disciplines and professional practices. There are over 350 ...
Stakeholders In Healthcare: An Overview
What Is A Stakeholder In Healthcare? Stakeholders are individuals or groups who have an interest in a sector, such as ...
What Is Social Care? A Simple Guide
In this economic lens we look at what social care is and who might need it, the relationship between social ...
Health Inequalities Explained
Health inequalities are differences in health outcomes, access to care and/or health determinants that exist between different population groups due ...
Wider Determinants of Health Explained
The wider determinants of health are the social, economic and environmental factors that influence our health ...
What are Health System Goals? A Simple Guide
Health system goals are the objectives that a healthcare system sets to improve the population health and the performance of ...
The Health Economics of Patient Safety
Patient safety is a top priority for patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare provider organisations, those that purchase healthcare on behalf of ...
What are Integrated Care Systems? A Simple Guide
This article provides an overview of what is meant by integrated care, the evidence that supports it as a health ...
What Are The Different Types of Healthcare Providers? A Simple Guide
This article looks at the ownership structures of the different types of healthcare providers ...
What are Levels of Care? A Simple Guide
Levels of care describe the severity of an issue and the kinds of health conditions the doctors treat as well ...
What Are Essential Health Benefits? A Simple Guide
Essential Health Benefits: Governments and health insurers use pooled funds to purchase health benefits for their citizens or insured populations ...
Health Financing Explained: Provider Payment Models
Providers (such as hospitals and doctors) need to be paid for the health care services they provide. This can be ...
Health Financing Explained: Strategic Purchasing
Pooled funds are used to provide strategic purchasing of health care services ...
Health Financing Explained: Risk Pooling
Risk Pooling requires funds gathered at scale can be pooled together in a way that allows them to be used ...
Health Financing Explained: Revenue Sources
Revenue sources can be done at scale through government contributions, taxes, social insurance contributions, private insurance contributions, or philanthropic contributions ...
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