The EMPATiE project has analysed patient empowerment (PE) for patients with chronic diseases. It has produced a catalogue of best practices in PE, an analysis of barriers to PE, suggestions on how best to transfer good practices between countries and suggestions for EU collaboration on PE over the next decade. To download the final report, […]
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One of the most striking things about smoking prevalence in Europe has been the relentless increase in smoking by women and girls. This book looks at the best examples of tobacco control policies and programmes worldwide with case studies covering marketing, use of mass media, direct marketing to females, protection from exposure, cessation services and labelling.
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This 2013 European Company Survey by Eurofound: Workplace practices: patterns, performance and well-being, surveyed managers in over 24,000 organisations and in nearly 7,000 of these, employee representatives were also interviewed. It found that establishments that use joint employee-management decision-making on daily tasks, have a moderately structured internal organisation, make a limited investment in human resource management but have
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Almost 3500 participants in Brazil were followed up from birth in 1982 until they were around 30 years old to try and assess whether there were long-term differences between those who had been breastfed and those who had not. The variables that were studied were intelligence—as assessed by a widely used intelligence test (Wechsler Adult
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Pay for performance (P4P) is increasingly used to improve efficiency and service quality in health systems but evidence is limited that it increases value for money, boosts quality of processes in health care, or improves health outcomes. This book uses 12 case studies from P4P programmes in OECD countries to explore the many questions surrounding
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The rising burden of chronic illness, in particular the increase in the number of people with multiple health problems, is a challenge to health systems globally. Associated premature mortality and reduced physical functioning, along with higher use of health services and related costs, are among the key concerns faced by policy-makers and practitioners. Delivery systems
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OECD has launched two more reviews of health care quality – one on Italy and one on Japan. The Italian review shows that the indicators of health system outcomes, quality and efficiency are generally impressive but with profound regional differences. A striking feature of the Japanese health system is its openness and flexibility, with clinics
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Although most people know that being physically active improves health dramatically, levels of physical activity are far too low. This leads to an increased risk of a range of conditions and diseases, such as overweight and obesity, ischaemic heart disease, strokes, diabetes and some types of cancer, notably breast and colon cancer. The World Health Organisation
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A special supplement of the European Journal of Public Health celebrates the culmination of five years of work on the European Collaboration for Health Optimization (ECHO) project. The overall aim of the project has been to build a common knowledge infrastructure, which will ultimately allow for international healthcare performance comparisons. The supplement puts together a
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Over 22,000 cases of measles have been reported in Europe since the start of 2014, so although measles cases have fallen by 50{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} since 2013, large outbreaks still occur. Over the past two decades, the number of measles cases in Europe has fallen by 96{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} but WHO is warning that the region is jeopardising its efforts
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