The Affordable Care Act paves the way for groups to develop innovative, affordable health insurance and care options known as Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs). These CO-OPs will be nonprofit, consumer-controlled entities that are designed to serve individuals and small businesses, especially in noncompetitive markets. The CO-OP provision was included in the Affordable Care Act to a...

background: air pollution in tehran, capital of iran is responsible for several diverse negative effects. it has been estab­lished that air pollution can affect human health. these health effects include increased hospital admissions due to the ex­acerba­tion of cardiac and respiratory diseases, as well as symptoms such as headache, cough, eye irritation, nausea, sputum and even death in the mo...

Address: 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA, 2Department of Neurosurgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA, 3Department of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health Medical Center, Un...

/^ERTAIN specific health functions -?a term ^ which may be regarded as embracing personal hygiene and child-welfare?have during the last halfcentury been added to those already possessed by Poor Law Guardians by the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897, the Children Act, 1908 (the regulation of babyfarming and the prevention of cruelty to children), and the Vaccination Acts, 1867 to 1907. Apart from ...

The BMJ launched a strategy to “walk the talk” on patient partnership three years ago. Its key components include patient review of research papers, requiring authors to invite patients to help shape their educational articles, and new patient led content. (www.bmj.com.campaign/patient-partnership). We reported on progress a year ago. Since then, with the help of patient authors, our patient re...

BACKGROUND/AIM The main goal of every health policy is not merely the establishment of the health system sustainability, but the accessability of health services to the whole population, as well. This objective is shared in European Union countries, and the consequence is the implementation of National Health Accounts (NHA). NHA, as a tool for evidence-based management, provides data regarding ...

As an effort has been made in Oxford City to coordinate all Mental Health services under the administrative control of the Medical Officer of Health it is thought that it may be of interest to the workers in other areas to hear of the results of this experiment. The coordinating Committee set out with the idea of treating all forms of mental disability as questions of Public Health to be dealt ...