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ArticleIsrael journal of health policy research2019

Structural effects of the information revolution on tax-funded European health systems and some potential policy responses.

Richard B Saltman

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Article in Israel journal of health policy research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The more health policies change, the more they change the same way.Israel journal of health policy research · 2019
    Article
  3. Customers' satisfaction with the Iranian health system reform plan.Journal of education and health promotion · 2019
    Article
  4. Establishing Appropriate Agency Relationships for Providers in China.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
    Article
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5 · Who and what money

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Richard B SaltmanDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30338, USA. rsaltma@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1430-6265

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ongoing information revolution has re-configured the policymaking arena for tax-funded health systems in Europe. A combination of constrained public revenues with rapid technological and clinical change has created a particularly demanding set of operational challenges. Tax-funded health systems face three ongoing struggles: 1) finding badly needed new public revenues despite inadequate GDP growth 2) channeling additional funds into new high-quality provider capacity 3) re-configuring the stasis-tied organizational structure and operations of existing public providers. This commentary reviews key elements of this new information-revolution-driven context, followed by a consideration of seven specific policy challenges that it creates and/or worsens for tax-funded European systems going forward.

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Health PolicyEuropeFinancial ManagementGovernment ProgramsHealth Care ReformHumansIncome TaxInformation ScienceEuropean health policyEuropean health systemshealth services reformhealth systems managementTax-funded health systems

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PMID30626436
PMCPMC6327506

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