Constitutions in Times of Financial Crisis

Health workforce in times of financial crisis.

Planning of health workforce is a complex issue even in times of stable socio-economic circumstances. Due to the multiple influences affecting it and due to the high costs of health workforce education and training, health workforce represents an important asset in any country. In contrast, as the demand for health services keeps growing, so does the demand for the different health professional...

Differential pricing: solidarity at times of financial crisis

The financial crisis which has hit Europe (and beyond) in 2008 has been described as a “health system shock” by the WHO which has urged EU Member States to ensure that the national healthcare systems would continue to promote universal access to health services by increasing efficiency in the health sector. The challenge for Member States is to ensure access to innovative medicines for unmet me...

Crisis Transmission: Global Financial Crisis

The aim of this paper is to explore, empirically, the channels of crisis transmission with regard to the Global financial crisis. EMP-based crisis proxy is used for eight countries, which include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Russia. The period considered for estimation was Q1 2001 Q2 2010. Based on the Vector AutoRegression (VAR) and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS...

Justice in Times of Crisis

Times of crisis, times of action.

At the recent Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses (ACEN) Annual Meeting in November 2008 in Ottawa, I had the privilege and honour of becoming president of this dynamic organization. Founded more than 30 years ago, ACEN represents the voice of senior academic nursing leadership in Canada, helping to set directions for healthcare policy and contributing to the alignment and advancement of the n...