Mentors seek to prove value for money

BRICS seek value for money as health-care costs rise.

South Africa has set itself the goal of providing universal coverage of health-care services by 2025, with its National Health Insurance system that is being rolled out over 14 years. The challenges are familiar in other low and middle-income countries that have set themselves similar ambitious goals. For Malebona Precious Matsoso, the director-general of the South African National Department o...

Value for Money

How Should Global Fund Use Value-for-Money Information to Sustain its Investments in Graduating Countries?

It has been debated whether the Global Fund (GF), which is supporting the implementation of programs on the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, should consider the value-for-money (VFM) for programs/interventions that they are supporting. In this paper, we critically analyze the uses of economic information for GF programs, not only to ensure accountability to the...

Discharge reductions--value for money?

Through the Nuclear Liabilities Management Authority White Paper, the UK Government and the Regulators have signalled a commitment to further improving the operation of the regulatory regime and to its operating within the principles of proportionality, transparency, consistency and accountability which underpin the Government's approach to regulation in general. Particular emphasis is placed u...

How to Prove the Value Proposition of Spine Surgery

Spine care has come under increased scrutiny due to its substantial contribution to our unfavorable healthcare cost development. Thishasbrought agrowingawareness to thequestionof the relationship of the costs relative to benefits derived from spine interventions. Undoubtedly, this is probably the most pressing “hot button” topic in spine surgery around the world. While there is a general consen...