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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

Should state and local governments provide direct grants or tax relief to promising startups? Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine How can we avoid creating "digital divides" that could worsen health disparities? Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L.

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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

Personal responsibility was important, some aides argued, but what about the libertarian view that the government had no business requiring people to buy something? Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance.

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Understanding the care for older people in rural China: The role of primary care providers as "the third sphere" [Global health]

Annals of Family Medicine

In contrast, although older villagers seeking health care through the "third sphere" acknowledged the intention of the state and providers to provide care, the increasing sense of entitlement made them dissatisfied with the care they received and expressed a strong desire for both care and government support.

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I Could Do Much Better but the System Doesnt Allow Me [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Government controls the overall financing and regulatory requirements which have two divergent consequences on the sector, constraining overall resources while simultaneously imposing resource intense operational requirements. This invariably results in levels of resource constraints with detrimental consequences for staff and residents.

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Primary care workforce planning within integrated care models: Application of a workforce planning toolkit [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

A set of policy recommendations focused on: 1) HHR governance structure within OHTs, 2) consolidation of the primary care workforce, and 3) data and reporting.' Setting/Data sets: One OHT in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Seven federal and provincial data sets, including professional colleges.

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A Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Caldwell County, North Carolina [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

County governments are struggling to manage the opioid crisis. County budgets are strained as a result. It cost, on average, $800 every time a County EMS truck responds to a 911 call in the United States. In one week, EMS personnel may respond to a 911 call six times at the same address in a one week period.

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Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Its domains include Service Delivery, Workforce, Financing, and Leadership and Governance o Setting or Dataset o Population Studied: The study is set in Sparkbrook in inner-city Birmingham (UK), one of the most ethnically diverse and poorest areas in the UK with high levels of deprivation and unemployment.

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