The more that health care expenditures are financed by general taxation, the greater discretion governments likely to exercise when timing increases in expenditures. Vote-maximising time occur economic upturns, voters not as aware of required increase taxation. In recessions, they have an incentive sustain on diverting from other public expenditure programmes perceive low priority. this way, go...

OBJECTIVES This study analyses the effect of the Andean countries' June 2003 negotiation of antiretroviral drug (ARV) prices. The objectives were to assess the problems faced during the negotiation process, to evaluate the impact of the negotiation on ARV prices, and to identify factors that could make it difficult for countries to implement the results of the negotiation. METHODS Price infor...

Many factors affect the current and future practice of dietetics in the United States. This article provides an overview of the most important population risk factors and trends in health care and public policy that are anticipated to affect the current dietetics workforce and future of dietetics training and practice. It concludes with an overview of the state of the current workforce, highlig...

abstractaccording to public choice theory, the features of the tax structure effect on voters' perceptions from the tax burden, so they pay more cost for public goods, lower than the estimate. in this study has been investigated the relationship between tax and public expenditures in the iranian economy during 1360-1390 based on public choice theory to examine the level of government spend...

In this study, we examine whether and to what extent the health insurance system in Turkey provided adequate protection against high out of pocket expenditures in the period prior to "The Health Transformation Programme". Furthermore, we examine the distribution of out of pocket expenditures by demographic characteristics, poverty status, health service type, access to health care and self-repo...

‘C HILD welfare services furnished by the States and localities are financed from Federal, State, and local funds. A study of expenditures made by State and local public welfare agencies for child welfare services in the year ended June 30, 1956, shows that, although the States vary in the amounts expended, some patterns become apparent when they are grouped according to region, urban-rural cha...

Reductions in provider reimbursement rates for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries are frequently used to contain public health care spending both at the national and the state level. However, reimbursement cuts also lower the profitability of providing services to beneficiaries, which may lead providers to cut back on doctors, nurses, and other key inputs for the production of health care qual...