This paper argues that a desirable health reform plan should accept some features that the Obama and McCain plans have in common, and combine other features from each of the plans. Useful combinations include the presence of both public and private options and a system of credits that are more generous for lower-income households (Obama) and creation of a system of public subsidies that is ince...

Background Health system reform is essential to make desired Changes. In Iran, first phase of Health Reform Plan (HRP) was implemented in hospitals affiliated with Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MHME) in 2014. Aim The present study was carried out to evaluate the performance of hospitals affiliated with Urmia University of Medical Sciences at the time of the implementation of HRP. ...

since the last few years, criminal policy authorities of iran started to withdraw their previous emphasis on repressive approaches and under the impact of criminological studies and translation of policy initiatives in western countries new concept and vocabulary were entered into official discourse and criminal justice policy of iran. consequently, a list of community-based approaches to crimi...

In the spring of 1989, university students, joined later by workers, civil servants and journalists, held massive demonstrations in the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The demonstrators had two prominent demands—democratic reforms and an end to corruption. Despite the apparent success of the economic reform in rapidly raising the standards of living for the vast majority of Chinese, by the late 19...

Th e symposium with international participation entitled Experiences in the Implementation of Healthcare Reform in the Republic of Croatia took place on October 27-29, 2009 at Plitvice Lakes. Th e Symposium was organized by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia and Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, under the persona...

It is hard to doubt that there is a widespread movement toward change regarding health care in the country. It is hard to detect when it started; it is obvious that we are in the midst of change but difficult to know where, difficult to know how much or how quickly change will cause recognizable difference. Some point to the upset senatorial victory of Harris Wofford in Pennsylvania as being th...

Middle East countries have begun to implement economic reforms to stimulate private investment, promote economic growth and support the transition to market economy. Although, it is difficult to define the direct impact of the accounting system reform on economic transformation, as there are many other conditions that have influence on the transition process. However, with the central position ...

BACKGROUND The Affordable Care Act was modeled on the Massachusetts Health Reform of 2006, which reduced the number of uninsured largely through a Medicaid expansion and the provision of publicly subsidized insurance obtained through a Health Benefits Exchange. METHODS We surveyed a convenience sample of 780 patients seeking care in a safety-net system who obtained Medicaid or publicly subsid...