medical profession ; Economics

Family and community practitioners sometimes will decide on what community-oriented interventions to propose and implement. The cost and effectiveness of such interventions are often debated by policy makers. A set of formal, quantitative methods for comparing alternative strategies in resource use and expected outcomes is known as health economic analysis. This article presents a tool to help family and community practitioners decide on the cost and effectiveness of such interventions.
Evidence-Based Practice ; Economics, Medical

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Humans ; Medical Tourism/*economics ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures/*economics ; Republic of Korea ; Surgery, Plastic/*economics

This text introduces the economic life span into the medical equipments management, and analyze the medical equipments relevant factors of the economic life span from two aspects, the analytical and economic life span settled in the medical equipments management.
Economics, Medical ; organization & administration ; Equipment Safety ; economics ; Equipment and Supplies ; economics ; standards

A completed system and mechanism of collecting the medical fee will have great contribution to the improvement of population health by mobilizing and resources for efficient activity of the medical finance. But this system also influences on other various objects of the society such as the consolidity, the unanism, the financial assurance and the financial responsibility. In realizing various function of health system, an important target is measuring and assesment of the implementation relating to the differenciation of the plan and the practice, the organization and the development of health activities. The factors manifesting the health activities must be measured include financial resources, the service supplies, other resources and the management
Delivery of Health Care ; Fees, Medical ; Health ; economics

China ; Economics, Medical ; Health Services Administration ; Universities

fertilization and embryo transplantation (IVF-ET) technology is one of the main treatments for infertility. But IVF-ET is expensive and has not be covered by health insurance in most developing countries. Therefore, how to obtain the maximum success rate with the minimum cost is a common concern of clinicians and patients. At present, the economic studies on IVF-ET mainly focus on different ovulation stimulating drugs, different ovulation stimulating protocols, different transplantation methods and the number of transplants. But the process of IVF-ET is complex, the relevant methods of economic study are diverse, and there are no unified standard for outcome indicators, so there is no unified conclusion for more economical and effective protocol by now. Therefore, to analyze the economic studies of IVF-ET, and to explore appropriate evaluation methods and cost-effective protocols will be helpful for reasonable allocation of medical resources and guidance of clinical selection. It would provide policy reference to include the costs of IVF-ET treatment in health insurance in the future.
Economics, Medical ; trends ; Embryo Transfer ; economics ; statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Fertilization in Vitro ; economics ; statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Infertility ; economics ; Insurance, Health ; economics ; statistics & numerical data ; Ovulation Induction

Secondary development of Chinese Patent Medicine (CPM) is an effective and innovation-driven way for the leaping development of Chinese medicine industry with less investment and faster return. Aim to improving the efficacy, safety and batch-to-batch consistency of CPMs, the theory and methodology for the secondary development of CPMs, mode for cultivating superior CPM, approaches to reforming the pharmaceutical technology and the corresponding core technologies were proposed in this paper, which is summarized as 'One objective, Three analyses, Five definitudes and Seven improvements'.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; economics ; Patents as Topic ; Technology, Pharmaceutical ; economics ; legislation & jurisprudence ; methods ; Translational Medical Research ; economics ; legislation & jurisprudence ; methods

Certification ; economics ; standards ; Clinical Competence ; economics ; standards ; Education, Medical, Continuing ; economics ; standards ; Humans ; Specialty Boards ; United States

INTRODUCTION: Medical school fees are rising globally. Student debt and financial background may affect residency choices, but few studies have been conducted in Asia. This study aimed to explore the relationship between financial background, student debt and postgraduate residency choices among medical students in Singapore. METHODS: An anonymised survey of all medical students in Singapore was conducted and had a response rate of 67.9%. RESULTS: 40.5% of our study population would graduate with debt. Medical students with monthly per capita household income < SGD 1,000 were more likely to graduate with debt (unadjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.0, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.6-2.7; p < 0.001) and feel burdened by the cost of medical education (unadjusted OR 2.8, 95% CI 2.0-3.9; p < 0.001). Students with monthly per capita household income < SGD 1,000 (unadjusted OR 1.818, 95% CI 1.338-2.470, p < 0.001; adjusted OR 1.692, 95% CI 1.202-2.381, p = 0.003) and those with debt (unadjusted OR 1.623, 95% CI 1.261-2.090, p < 0.001; adjusted OR 1.393, 95% CI 1.048-1.851, p = 0.022) were more likely to rank at least one economic factor as 'very significant' in influencing their postgraduate training choices. CONCLUSION It is concerning that despite financial aid schemes, the cost of medical education remains a burden to students from lower-income households in Singapore. Student debt and financial background may distort postgraduate career choices, creating an undue push towards high-paying specialties.
Career Choice ; Choice Behavior ; Education, Medical ; economics ; Humans ; Internship and Residency ; economics ; Odds Ratio ; Schools, Medical ; economics ; Singapore ; Social Class ; Students, Medical ; statistics & numerical data ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Training Support