Are We Prepared for an Aging America? Listen to Health Policy and Management's Dr. Anne Glass speak with WABE's Steve Goss Steve Goss (2011-09-16) Listen Now read more...
Geographic Variation In Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations In France [Global Health & Disparities] Potentially avoidable hospitalizations are studied as an indirect measure of access to primary care. Understanding the determinants of these hospitalizations can help improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of health care delivery. Few studies have tackled the issue of potentially avoidable hospitalizations in France, and none has done so at the national level. We assessed disparities in potentially avoidable hospitalizations in France in 2012 and analyzed their determinants. The standardized rate of potentially avoidable hospitalizations ranged from 0.1 to 44.4 cases per 1,000 inhabitants, at the ZIP code level. Increased potentially avoidable hospitalizations were associated with higher mortality, lower density...
Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine will provide students with an introduction to several methods for conducting economic evaluation of public health programs: programmatic cost analysis, cost of illness analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and cost-utility analysis. Each method is discussed in turn, with a special emphasis on how outcomes are defined, practical application of the methods, policy implications, and the uses and misuses of the methods in the public health arena. Continuing Education Students: read more...
