health is central to human wellbeing, economic progress and a prosperous society. “Good Reflecting this, the efficiency of health care system is an important area of Australia’s government policy. In this paper, the Commission has identified and assessed opportunities to improve the operation of health care system.” Source: Australian Government Australia’s Productivity Commission Back to top Cancer & Palliative Care health and social care professionals, service planners and communities “Policy makers, must talk honestly about what sort of care and support we want to give people affected by terminal illness when their needs are becoming more complex, are often being unmet and are set to grow in Source: Marie Curie number.” the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of “A team from Economics and Political Science (LSE) was commissioned by Marie Curie to explore the evidence on equity in palliative care and to consider the economic implications of extending palliative care to those currently under-served.” Source: Marie Curie Back to top Public & Community Health the challenges of improving health outcomes depends on a complex set of “Recognizing factors, many beyond the control of the health care system, a recent report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) stresses the importance of population health measurement to ensure accountability to improve the quality of health care as well as population health outcomes.” Source: Institute of Medicine the Use of Agent-Based Models for Tobacco Regulation describes the complex “Assessing tobacco environment; discusses the usefulness of agent-based models to inform tobacco policy and regulation; presents an evaluation framework for policy-relevant agent-based models; examines the role and type of data needed to develop agent-based models for tobacco regulation; provides an assessment of the agent-based model developed for FDA; and offers strategies for using agent-based models to inform decision making in the future.” Source: National Academies Press *sign up for free account to download economic change and the rise of an individualist culture in “Increasing geographical mobility, the UK have contributed to the loosening of close ties in communities. Communities need to evolve, to reconnect, so that people cultivate the of sociability that has ‘background hum’ Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation been associated with neighbourliness.”
“Good health is central to human wellbeing, economic progress and a prosperous society. Reflecting this, the efficiency of Australia’s health care system is an important area of government policy. In this paper, the Commission has identified and assessed opportunities to improve the operation of Australia’s health care system.” Source: Australian Government Productivity Commission Back to top Cancer & Palliative Care “Policy makers, health and social care professionals, service planners and communities must talk honestly about what sort of care and support we want to give people affected by terminal illness when their needs are becoming more complex, are often being unmet and are set to grow in number.” Source: Marie Curie “A team from the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) was commissioned by Marie Curie to explore the evidence on equity in palliative care and to consider the economic implications of extending palliative care to those currently under-served.” Source: Marie Curie Back to top Public & Community Health “Recognizing the challenges of improving health outcomes depends on a complex set of factors, many beyond the control of the health care system, a recent report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) stresses the importance of population health measurement to ensure accountability to improve the quality of health care as well as population health outcomes.” Source: Institute of Medicine “Assessing the Use of Agent-Based Models for Tobacco Regulation describes the complex tobacco environment; discusses the usefulness of agent-based models to inform tobacco policy and regulation; presents an evaluation framework for policy-relevant agent-based models; examines the role and type of data needed to develop agent-based models for tobacco regulation; provides an assessment of the agent-based model developed for FDA; and offers strategies for using agent-based models to inform decision making in the future.” Source: National Academies Press *sign up for free account to download “Increasing geographical mobility, economic change and the rise of an individualist culture in the UK have contributed to the loosening of close ties in communities. Communities need to evolve, to reconnect, so that people cultivate the ‘background hum’ of sociability that has been associated with neighbourliness.” Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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