This article describes key requirements of effective health service management that emerge from a review of Australian developments in the respective roles of government and the market. From a public interest perspective, community and industry ownership and management of funds appear superior to market-driven health management approaches. The clear separation of public interest-based policy an...

martin powell makes the point that the death of the national health service (nhs) is constantly asserted without criteria. this article suggests that the nhs is many things, which makes criteria unstable. the alignment of interests in the structure of the nhs enables both overheated rhetoric and political strength, and that pluralization of provision might actually undermine that alignment over...

The success of Nepal's community-based health programmes in promoting maternal and child health has been achieved due to an overall improvement in service delivery facilities and health support systems. This article assesses the progress made by the Government of Nepal in improving health service delivery by introducing three key components: an improved health logistics management, facility-bas...

a central problem in designing effective models of provider governance in health systems has been to ensure an appropriate balance between the concerns of public sector and/or government decision-makers, on the one hand, and of non-governmental health services actors in civil society and private life, on the other. in tax-funded european health systems up to the 1980s, the state and other publi...

background:  disaster  management  relies  on  the  prediction  of  problems  and  providing necessary preparations at the right time and place. in this study, researchers intended to explore previous experiences of health disaster management. materials and methods: this study conducted using qualitative content analysis method. participants  were  selected  purposefully  and  data  were  colle...

since its establishment in 1948, the history of the national health service (nhs) has been characterized by organisational turbulence and system reform. at the same time, progress in science, medicine and technology throughout the western world have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare. the nhs has become a much loved, if much critiqued, national treasure. it is against this backdrop that ...

in their study, brenna and spandonaro analyzed the mobility into italian regions. in particular, it analyzes the situation of 5 regions, with very different backgrounds. with this paper, we try to better define the meaning of health mobility and to find its underlying causes. furthermore, we propose a strategy that could help in controlling mobility flows that currently are the source of health...

OBJECTIVE To improve the quality and uptake of reproductive health service in rural communities in Tanzania. DESIGN Descriptive study of operational research. SETTING One and a half million people living in urban and rural communities in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. METHOD Design and implementation of a range of service quality improvement measures. INTERVENTIONS Management systems str...