The first section contains web links for practitioner resources for generalized and specific interventions mentioned in the policy brief, as well as further information regarding evaluations of program efficacy. The intervention may have been evaluated by What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a division of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). These evaluations are indicated by the title “IES WW...

introduction: allocation of the new (expensive) drugs for difficult refractory diseases and financial protection of the patients is an important challenge in the national health systems worldwide especially in developing countries.â  trastuzumab (herceptin) as one of the effective but expensive drugs, put major financial burden for the iranian patients and government. so the ministry of health ...

Promoting quality of life in older age is an internationally recognized priority, requiring valid measurement. We present a short version of the established Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief). The full OPQOL-35 was original in being developed from the perspectives of older people, assessed conceptually, and validated with a population sample using gold-standard psychomet...

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This article provides a brief overview of New Zealand's experience in implementing booking systems for elective services in public hospitals. It identifies the basic features of the booking systems policy and explores the rationale and objectives for these policy settings. Progress with implementation of booking systems is explored and some of the challenges and recent developments are also out...

This Issue Brief was prepared for The Commonwealth Fund/John F. Kennedy School of Government Bipartisan Congressional Health Policy Conference, January 15-17, 2004.