Healthcare improvement: enforcement or encouragement?

Law Enforcement; a Function of Criminal Liability or Civil Liability

Despite the fact that in investigations and legal writings enough consideration has been paid to the founding principles and rules governing civil and criminal liability as well as damages of crime, the legal or disciplinary responsibility accompanying these two types of legal responsibilities has not been taken seriously into account and the people involved it - in particular, the authorities ...

Quality Improvement in Healthcare

The Swedish healthcare system, although being one of the more efficient care systems in the world with good medical outcomes at a moderate cost, faces tremendous future challenges. An ageing population with more patients suffering from multiple diseases together with accelerating medicotechnical developments is putting increasing pressure on the system. The quality and safety of the system has ...

Competition in Healthcare: Good, Bad or Ugly?

The role of competition in healthcare is much debated. Despite a wealth of international experience in relation to competition, evidence is mixed and contested and the debate about the potential role for competition is often polarised. This paper considers briefly some of the reasons for this, focusing on what is meant by “competition in healthcare” and why it is more valuable to think about th...

Diagnosing the FTC ’ s Merger Enforcement in the Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry has seen a flurry of merger activity in 2009. But, consolidation in this industry is not new, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) has been closely scrutinizing healthcare transactions for years. These transactions, however, come at a juncture when the antitrust enforcement agencies are poised for more aggressive antitrust review and also when healthcare ...

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