scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CARE REGULATION AT NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL LEVELS IN LATVIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-454
Author(s):  
Daiga Behmane ◽  
Didzis Rutitis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
National Level ◽  
International Health ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Health Care Regulation ◽  
International Health Care ◽  
Care Regulation

The number of foreign patients who use medical services in Latvia increases every year and health care institutions have to provide quality services. The research problem is related to lack of a unified quality system in Latvian healthcare industry. The aim of the study is to introduce suggestions regarding the implementation of the international requirements to health systems outlined by the Directive 2011/24/EU. Research method is a focus group discussion with 8 Latvian health care experts and executives. Research results indicate that health care provider measures are introduced to a higher grade than national level measures reflecting the need for more comprehensive systemic changes in the governance of the system. Main improvements should be made regarding e-health system on national level, and medical follow-ups on institutional level.

scholarly journals Cross-national comparisons of health indicators require standardized definitions and common data sources

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Tolonen ◽  
Jaakko Reinikainen ◽  
Päivikki Koponen ◽  
Hanna Elonheimo ◽  
Luigi Palmieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
National Level ◽  
International Health ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Obesity Hypertension

Abstract Background Health indicators are used to monitor the health status and determinants of health of the population and population sub-groups, identify existing or emerging health problems which would require prevention and health promotion activities, help to target health care resources in the most adequate way as well as for evaluation of the success of public health actions both at the national and international level. The quality and validity of the health indicator depends both on available data and used indicator definition. In this study we will evaluate existing knowledge about comparability of different data sources for definition of health indicators, compare how selected health indicators presented in different international databases possibly differ, and finally, present the results from a case study from Finland on comparability of health indicators derived from different data sources at national level. Methods For comparisons, four health indicators were selected that were commonly available in international databases and available for the Finnish case study. These were prevalence of obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and asthma in the adult populations. Our evaluation has three parts: 1) a scoping review of the latest literature, 2) comparison of the prevalences presented in different international databases, and 3) a case study using data from Finland. Results Literature shows that comparability of estimated outcomes for health indicators using different data sources such as self-reported questionnaire data from surveys, measured data from surveys or data from administrative health registers, varies between indicators. Also, the case study from Finland showed that diseases which require regular health care visits such as diabetes, comparability is high while for health outcomes which can remain asymptomatic for a long time such as hypertension, comparability is lower. In different international health related databases, country specific results differ due to variations in the used data sources but also due to differences in indicator definitions. Conclusions Reliable comparison of the health indicators over time and between regions within a country or across the countries requires common indicator definitions, similar data sources and standardized data collection methods.

scholarly journals REVIEW OF THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF CLINICAL PHARMACEUTICAL CARE IN PAKISTAN

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 168-173
Author(s):  
Taha Nazir ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Health Care Organizations ◽  
International Health ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
International Health Care

The current clinical and pharmaceutical systems in developing countries potentially need special attention of international health care organizations. The undermined health care facilities are hurting the overall quality of life and international health standards.

Reviews in Medical Ethics

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-435
Author(s):  
Thaddeus Mason Pope ◽  
Joshua J. Gagne ◽  
Aaron S. Kesselheim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The United States ◽  
William Clark ◽  
Health Care Regulation ◽  
Louisiana Purchase ◽  
Lewis And Clark ◽  
Cover Art ◽  
Care Regulation

Through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States expanded its size by over 800,000 square miles. But neither President Thomas Jefferson nor Congress knew exactly what they had bought until 1806, when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned from their famous expedition. One of the most significant contributions of the Expedition was a better perception of the geography of the Northwest. Lewis and Clark prepared approximately 140 maps and filled in the main outlines of the previously blank map of the northwestern United States. Robert I. Field has done much the same for the vast territory of U.S. health care regulation.On the front cover of Fields new book, Health Care Regulation in America: Complexity, Confrontation, and Compromise, is a picture of a giant three-dimensional labyrinth. Rarely is cover art so perfectly appropriate.

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