Search for dissertations about: "thesis on hospital reform"

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2. 1. Care in revolt : Labor conflict, gender, neoliberalism

   Author : Magnus Granberg; Katarina Giritli-Nygren; Siv Fahlgren; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : appropriation; dialectics; feminism; gender; ideal worker; labor conflict; Marxism; neoliberalism; normalization; NPM; real abstraction; real subsumption;

   Abstract : The present thesis is an exploration of normalization processes and the problem of appropriation in labor conflict. More specifically, it analyses the way contemporary labor conflicts in nursing relate to, and thereby help to illuminate, changes in modes of gender normalization under neoliberalism, and how nurse labor conflict thereby sheds light on wider patterns of labor strife. READ MORE

4. 2. Health care pricing and payment reforms in China : the implications for health service delivery and cost containment

   Author : Qingyue Meng; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : China; financing; pricing policy; payment; exemption program; tuberculosis; hospital performance and charges; drug pricing; rational use of drugs;

   Abstract : China's transition into a market economy has exerted some influence on the health sector in terms of a significant growth of facilities, but it has also produced a range of destabilizing social costs. This thesis analyzes the relations between healthcare pricing and payment reforms and the different delivery aspects such as the exemption program for the poor, public health programs for tuberculosis control and the provision of hospital services. READ MORE

5. 3. Health care financing in China : equity in transition

   Author : Lennart Bogg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Equity; gender; health expenditure; health financing; health insurance; health reform; health services; family planning; maternal health; tuberculosis; China;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is 1) to assess equity in the provision, financing and utilization of health services in the study counties, after the launching of the Chinese health reform, in relation to income and health status, 2) to assess equity in utilization, financial barriers to care and poverty impact and the association of financial variables; alternative health insurance systerns and out-of-pocket financing and the association of non-financial variables; gender, age, education, occupation and geographical distance to health facilities. The data collection was carried out from 1993 to 1996. READ MORE

6. 4. Everyday life experiences among relatives of persons with mental disabilities

   Author : Anna-Britta Wilhelmsson; Britt-Marie Berge; Anders Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mental disability; psychiatric care; qualitative content analysis; family involvement in care; relatives experiences;

   Abstract : This thesis, which consists of two articles and a policy analysis of the document SOU (Swedish Government Official Report), laying the ground for psychiatric reform, deals with everyday life experiences among 18 close relatives of persons with mental disabilities. This study was conducted among relatives of people with mental illness within a health care district in Northern Sweden. READ MORE

7. 5. Microeconometric Analyses of Individual Behavior in Public Welfare Systems : Applications in Health and Education Economics

   Author : Daniel Avdic; Per Johansson; Johan Vikström; Colin Cameron; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; causal effect; public policy; health behavior; gender norms; learning-by-doing; health care access; time-to-graduation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1: Women have more absenteeism while simultaneously live longer than men. This pattern suggests that men and women's preferences for sickness absence might differ due to e.g. READ MORE