Introduction The Future of Pediatric Education II (FOPE II) Project was a 3-year, grant-funded initiative, which continued the work begun by the 1978 Task Force on the Future of Pediatric Education. FOPE II takes a more in-depth look at issues relating to primary and subspecialty care, the role and education of nonpediatrician providers of child health care, and the financing of pediatric educa...

Among the healthcare financing techniques that exist, output-based financing or vouchers is a strategy that is growing in popularity. There is a need of an in-depth analysis of the impacts of vouchers on health indicators, particularly for Pakistan. Assessment of the existing evidence on how much the vouchers impact on health and healthcare utilization can be of greater value to the policy make...

The Health Care Financing Administration conducts research, demonstration, and evaluation projects under legislative authorities included in the Social Security Act, the Public Health Service Act, and the Rural Health Service Act. When the Congress feels that additional information is necessary to make legislative changes to a specific area of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, it directs HCFA...

Public-private partnerships scheme are increasingly being employed as an alternative government procurement for delivering public services the past two decades. The collaboration between and private in energy infrastructure development has become interesting topic to be researched especially implementation of PPP sector. This study aims analyze what main theme research development. Using System...

Following 25 years of landmark progress, health psychology faces even greater change in the foreseeable future. Evolving patterns of health and illness and developments in medicine and related fields will shape the future of health psychology. The articles in this special section discuss these future issues in several areas: the biopsychosocial model, changes in demographics, prevention, clinic...

This article examines the meaning of federalism for health care financing (HCF) and is based on two considerations. First, federal institutions are embedded in their national context and interact with them. The design and performance of HCF policy will be influenced by contexts, the workings of the federal institutions, and the interactions of these institutions with different elements of the c...

Introduction The Future of Pediatric Education II (FOPE II) Project was a 3-year, grant-funded initiative, which continued the work begun by the 1978 Task Force on the Future of Pediatric Education. FOPE II takes a more in-depth look at issues relating to primary and subspecialty care, the role and education of nonpediatrician providers of child health care, and the financing of pediatric educa...

The paper was prepared under the research program "Transforming Government in Economies in Transition" (GET) sponsored by the Ford Foundation (Grant No950-1503), project "Enterprise Financing and the Role of the Government". Earlier draft entitled: “Do Governors Protect Firms From Paying Federal Taxes?” We are very grateful to Ahmed Ahmedov, David Brown, Sergei Guriev, Evgeny Orlov, Elena Palts...

A common application of spreadsheets is the development of models that deliver projections of the future financial statements of companies established to pursue ventures that are subject to project financing. A survey of 11 such spreadsheets prepared by a range of organisations shows that the amount of self-testing included in such models ranges between one formula of testing for each three for...