Search for dissertations about: "rationing"

Showing result 16 - 18 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word rationing.

  1. 16. Creating organisational capacity for priority setting in health care : using a bottom-up approach to implement a top-down policy decision

    Author : Susanne Waldau; Lars Lindholm; Urban Janlert; Olle Svensson; Finn Kamper Jörgensen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health care; priority setting; implementation; management systems; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : In this thesis, priority setting to the form of the Swedish parliamental decision on priority setting, 1997, is considered an innovation for implementation in health care. The features of this innovation are investigated. READ MORE

  2. 17. Self-admission as a treatment tool in severe anorexia nervosa

    Author : Mattias Strand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Self-admission to psychiatric inpatient treatment is an innovative collaborative approach to healthcare rationing that invites patients to play a more active role in deciding when they need a higher level of care. In self-admission, patients with a history of high utilization of inpatient treatment are offered the choice to decide for themselves when an episode of brief hospital admission—usually 3-7 days at a time—is warranted. READ MORE

  3. 18. Potential overtreatment during life-limiting illness and end of life in older adults

    Author : Máté Szilcz; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background. A growing body of evidence suggests that older patients are subject to potential overtreatment at the end of life, characterised by disease modifying therapies, preventive medications, and frequent care transitions. READ MORE