Is primary care capable of taking a dominant role in running the whole health care system? This challenging question is what makes this book interesting and takes the debate one step ahead in the discussion of solely strengthening primary care, however important. In doing so, it affects the heart of integrated care; how to improve the clinical coherence and coordination that in the end leads to...

OBJECTIVE To present an overview of the methods of economic evaluation in health care, using examples of studies applicable to primary care. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The main concepts discussed in this article were derived from expert opinion and substantiated with well respected textbooks and comprehensive Canadian guidelines. Examples of cost-effectiveness estimates were taken from the publis...

• To understand the basic nature of the US health care system • To outline the key functional components of a health care delivery system • To get a basic overview of health care reform and the Affordable Care Act • To discuss the primary characteristics of the US health care system • To emphasize why it is important for health care practitioners and managers to understand the intricacies of th...

in 2010, the united states adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the affordable care act (aca). implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. the controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most u.s. cit...

BACKGROUND The organisation of Swedish primary health care has changed following introduction of free choice of provider for the population in combination with freedom of establishment for private primary care providers. Our aim was to investigate changes in individual health care utilisation following choice and privatisation in Swedish primary care from an equity perspective, in subgroups def...