Serbia is facing a long-term shortage of health professionals, as doctors and nurses leave the country in pursuit of better prospects.
With about 2/3 of the Polish population interested in additional medical service online and 40% of patients actively searching for medical services online the door to this small but growing innovative market is opening.
Polish policymakers have to face indirect costs of a healthcare system and implement reforms. But so far all arguments have been consistently ignored by the Ministry of Health officials, at least officially.
Polish analysts at the UNDP Project Office calculated Human Development Index for each powiat and city with powiat rights. In many regions it differs surprisingly from the most commonly used index – the gross domestic product.
Five steps – and not one more – is supposedly all the Minister of Health needs to reform the health care system. The problem is he presented no details, only catchy slogans. No costs of the reform were mentioned. The one...
If government spending is growing faster than gross domestic product (GDP), can the resulting deficit problem be solved by: (A) decreasing the rate of growth of government spending, (B) increasing tax rates, (C) decreasing the...
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News are now dominated (at least in America) by the upcoming House vote on Obamacare. With Republicans united against it, passage depends on how many moderate or anti-abortion (a key controversy is whether Obamacare will mean...
Ekonomiści CATO Institute Michael D. Tanner i Michael F. Cannon przedstawiają punkt widzenia konserwatystów na zaproponowane przez prez. B. Obamę reformy systemu opieki zdrowotnej (Healthcare). Zastanawiają się m.in. na...
Medicare’s problems are even worse than official projections show due to increasing longevity. To the extent that health reform improves health quality, won’t that make the problem worse? Suggestion to Congress: Why...