Health-care reforms and the pharmaceutical industry

Health care reforms

In large systems, such as health care, reforms are underway constantly. The article presents a definition of health care reform and factors that influence its success. The factors being discussed range from knowledgeable personnel, the role of involvement of international experts and all stakeholders in the country, the importance of electoral mandate and governmental support, leadership and cl...

Managed care and a changing pharmaceutical industry.

Health hazards of the pharmaceutical industry.

Extensive research is conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of candidate drugs prior to marketing and distribution, but few epidemiological studies have examined the occupational health of production workers who manufacture these drugs. This paper reviewed the occupational health research published during 1973-2014 regarding adverse health outcomes in pharmaceutical manufacturing worker...

Proposed Health Care System Reforms

Health care system reform covers a disparate and controversial array of issues, a characteristic apparent in the related literature. The literature on proposed system reforms appears to be strongly driven by the actual public policy environment in Washington. Many articles discussing tax credits and reform proposals constructed using tax credits were published during the time when the Bush Admi...

Rebuilding of the Lebanese health care system: health sector reforms.

The civil war in Lebanon from 1975 to 1992 had a significant negative impact on the public health care system. This paper describes the health care system in Lebanon and its financing as of 2001. The efforts that have been made and are being made to rehabilitate and reform this sector since the end of the war are outlined.