Economic evaluation in modern health care systems is seen as a transparent scientific framework that can be used to advance progress towards improvements in population health at the best possible value. Despite the perceived superiority that trial-based studies have in terms of internal validity, economic evaluations often employ observational data. In this review, the interface between econome...

BACKGROUND Measurement of socioeconomic position (SEP) over the life course in population health surveillance systems is important for examining differences in health and illness between different population groups and for monitoring the impact of policies and interventions aimed at reducing health inequities and intergenerational disadvantage over time. While face-to-face surveys are considere...

Introduction: Although the workflow of population health surveys may interfere with the quality of the information produced, this aspect has not been investigated in the context of oral health. Objective: To identify the perception of the Brazilian Oral Health Survey (SBBrasil 2010 Project) coordinators regarding the survey's workflow. Methods: Data was collected using an electronic questio...

Marie Stopes International has been implementing family planning voucher programmes in 11 countries since 2005. Voucher schemes have the potential to expand women’s access to family planning services, especially among poor and underserved populations. To evaluate their effectiveness, we reviewed voucher interventions for family planning and sexual and reproductive health services across our cou...

A Health in All Policies approach requires creating and sustaining intersectoral partnerships for promoting population health. This scoping review of the international literature on partnership functioning provides a narrative synthesis of findings related to processes that support and inhibit health promotion partnership functioning. Searching a range of databases, the review includes 26 studi...

Unprecedented migration, a core dimension of contemporary globalization, challenges population health. In a world of increasing human mobility, many health outcomes are shaped by transnational interactions among care providers and care recipients who meet in settings where nationality/ethnic match is not an option. This review article explores the value of transnational competence (TC) educatio...

Background A variety of forces are leading many hospitals to seek opportunities to join integrated health care systems. Declining reimbursement from government programs and increasing cost sensitivity of employers, along with declining demand for inpatient hospital services, are contributing factors. Accommodating the more fundamental change from fee-for-service reimbursement toward “accountabl...

The contribution of health care to the health of a population has long been controversial. In the 1970s, McKeown and Illich argued that health care had made little contribution to population health and may actually be damaging it. There is, however, a growing body of evidence that health care now has a demonstrable effect on health at a population level, albeit subject to certain methodological...

Eliminating disparities in health is a primary goal of the federal government and many states. Our overarching objective should be to improve population health for all groups to the maximum extent. Ironically, enhancing population health and even the health of the disadvantaged can conflict with efforts to reduce disparities. This paper presents data showing that interventions that offer some o...

BACKGROUND It is accepted knowledge that social and economic conditions--like education and income--affect population health. What remains uncertain is whether the degree of inequality in these conditions influences population health and if so, how. Some researchers who argue that inequalities are important, say there is a relationship between political economy, inequality and population health...