The complex and technical subject of bank reform has scarcely been more popular. Events in Cyprus have demonstrated banks are a way investing money for return, with all the risk that entails. Van minibus entrepreneur Dave Fishwick created documentary —Bank Dave— which shows banking can be simple entrepreneurial function providing safe return to savers at entrepreneur’s risk. It’s award-winning ...

Korea recently introduced three major health care reforms: in financing (1999), pharmaceuticals (2000), and provider payment (2001). In these three reforms, new government policies merged more than 350 health insurance societies into a single payer, separated drug prescribing by physicians from dispensing by pharmacists, and attempted to introduce a new prospective payment system. This essay co...

Following the resignation crisis of 1999, the European Commission embarked on an ambitious programme of management reform in 2000. In 2003 the reform Progress Review claimed that it had been substantially implemented. From the body of literature which has developed examining the theory and practice of public management reform under different conditions, this paper analyses these claims. Using m...

This paper describes the evaluation of a case study of health service reform in southern Adelaide. A mail survey, interviews and focus groups were used to gain an understanding of health care providers' perceptions and experiences of reform. The paper discusses lessons learnt about health service reform and its impact on people working in the health system. It finds that continual change that i...

Reform of the health care system is a complex process. Opinions vary as to the need for reform and the specific policy changes to be implemented. The Clinton administration has presented a proposal for health care policy reform, but alternative proposals have been recommended. A review of the legislative process indicates the many opportunities to amend or "kill" proposed health reform legislat...

background: today health care system is considered as a important organization to achieve equity and improve the performance so it is necessary for policy makers and decision makers improve performance of health care system. this study was performed to evaluate the health care reform program with emphasis to decrease catastrophic payment of patients hospitalized in public hospitals. methods: th...