What price will science pay for austerity?

Pay for performance: will dentistry follow?

BACKGROUND "Pay for performance" is an incentive system that has been gaining acceptance in medicine and is currently being considered for implementation in dentistry. However, it remains unclear whether pay for performance can effect significant and lasting changes in provider behavior and quality of care. Provider acceptance will likely increase if pay for performance programs reward true qua...

Science priorities. Who will pay for public access to research data?

A heart price to pay for anaemia.

Ability to pay for maternal health services: what will it take to meet who standards?

High maternal morbidity and mortality in many developing countries are highly associated with poor access to and quality of health care. Here we review the economic feasibility of the WHO's mother-baby package as a means of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in Tanzania. This paper examines the costs of maternal health care in Tanzania, and how much can we expect households ...

Will austerity cuts dismantle the Spanish healthcare system?

The financial crisis has hit Spain hard. Initially, given its low government debt, Spain seemed safe, but it was forced to bail out its banks when the housing boom they had been fuelling finally collapsed. In the first quarter of 2013, 27% of the labour force were unemployed, including over 57% of the under 25s. Poverty has increased. Twenty one per cent of the Spanish population lived below th...