[Health and political reform: is the Brazilian National Health Care System sustainability in question?].

Mental health care management in the Brazilian National Health System.

This article puts in context and evaluates the historical and political process of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform. The goal is to provide a brief retrospective and analysis of the management mechanisms that have permitted the Psychiatric Reform to advance. This historic process is divided into three periods: the implementation of deinstitutionalization, the expansion of the psychosocial suppo...

Evaluation of the National Health Care Reform Program from the Perspective of Experts

Background: Health is a national priority and it is always a duty of the government to establish a good and fair health system. The National heath care system reform program and evaluation of health system reform plan funding these programs were enforced by the Honorable Minister of Health and Medical Education on May 5th, 2014. Given the importance of this issue, the present study was conduc...

The Politico-Economic Challenges of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme Implementation

Background National/social health insurance schemes have increasingly been seen in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as a vehicle to universal health coverage (UHC) and a viable alternative funding mechanism for the health sector. Several countries, including Ghana, have thus introduced and implemented mandatory national health insurance schemes (NHIS) as part of reform efforts towa...

Morality and Markets in the NHS

Since its establishment in 1948, the history of the National Health Service (NHS) has been characterized by organisational turbulence and system reform. At the same time, progress in science, medicine and technology throughout the western world have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare. The NHS has become a much loved, if much critiqued, national treasure. It is against this backdrop that ...

[Health care reform and the Brazilian Public Health Care System: sustainability issues].