A closer look at European health care reforms.

Primary Care Evaluation Tool

Why evaluate primary care? Although the strengthening of primary care services is a priority of health reforms in many countries throughout the WHO European Region, the backgrounds to and reasons for the reforms vary. In western Europe, emphasis on primary care is expected to provide an answer to rising costs and changing demand resulting from demographic and epidemiological trends. Central and...

Sustainability of Long-term Care: Puzzling Tasks Ahead for Policy-Makers

Background The sustainability of long-term care (LTC) is a prominent policy priority in many Western countries. LTC is one of the most pressing fiscal issues for the growing population of elderly people in the European Union (EU) Member States. Country recommendations regarding LTC are prominent under the EU’s European Semester.   Methods This paper examines challenges related to the financial-...

Agrarian Reforms in West Bengal since 1977: A Closer Look at Actual Facts

A closer look at health care in Canada.

Rebuilding a health care system: war, reconstruction and health care reforms in Kosovo.

This article explores the complexity of a health care system reforms in a post-conflict situation. It describes how the health care system was revamped immediately after the war, and then reorganized with Primary Health Care (PHC) as the fulcrum for change. It highlights the coordination problems, typical of a post-war situation when un-coordinated humanitarian assistance pours in. From the van...