References for Fall Worcester Medicine 2024

South Korea’s National Health Insurance System: An Overview by Moonwon Hwang, MD

References:

[1] National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 1, CDC

[2] Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED), Avoidable mortality. https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=96018, Date accessed: April 17, 2024

[3] International Comparisons of Health Prices and Volumes: New Findings © OECD 2017

Healthcare Systems and its Challenges in Africa by Hawa Abu, MD PhD MPH and Jafaru Samuel Abu, MBA, MSc, CNA

References:

  1. Alma Ata WHO Chron. 1978 Nov;32(11):428-30. Author. International Conference on Primary Health Care. PMID: 11643481.
  2. World Bank annual report 2015 (English). Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880681467998200702/World-Bank-annual-report-2015
  3. OpenAI. (2020). ChatGPT (Version 3.5) [foundational language model] https://chat.openai.com/chat.
  4. Buseh AG, Stevens PE, Bromberg M, Kelber ST. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa: challenges, opportunities, and policy priority areas. Nurs Outlook. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):30-40. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.12.013. Epub 2014 Dec 17. PMID: 25645480;
  5. Obinna OO., Jenny M, Benjamin U, Francisco M, Akin A, Thomas AB, Roger W, Simon DT. Identifying Key Challenges Facing Healthcare Systems in Africa And Potential Solutions. International Journal of General Medicine. 2019, 12:395-403. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S223882

Navigating Healthcare in India: A Story of Resilience and Optimism by Arunava Saha, MD

References:

  1. Kumar, A. (2023). The transformation of the Indian healthcare system. Cureus, 15(5), e39079. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39079

Healthcare Delivery in Malaysia by Yi Xiang Teo, MD

References:

  1. Healthcare Costs in Malaysia. The Centre. Accessed June 5, 2024. https://www.centre.my/post/healthcare-costs-in-malaysia
  2. Balqis-Ali NZ, Anis-Syakira J, Fun WH, Sararaks S. Private Health Insurance in Malaysia: Who Is Left Behind? Asia Pac J Public Health. 2021;33(8):861-869. doi:10.1177/10105395211000913
  3. Kefeli Z. Moral Hazard and the Impact of Private Health Insurance on the Utilisation of Health Care in Malaysia. J Ekon Malays.

Nursing in Armenia: Today and Tomorrow by Nancy A. Barsamian, DNP, MPH, RN 

References:

  1. Davtyan, N., Bazarchyan, A., Aghazaryan, A. & Hovhannisyan, L. (2018). National Health Accounts of Armenia, National Institute of Health after Avdalbekyan, S., MoH, R. A., https://nih.am/assets/pdf/atvk/05173b927ad1a7e359c509240a87e892.pdf
  2. Sahakyan, S., Akopyan, K., & Petrosyan, V. (2020). Nurses role, importance and status in Armenia: A mixed method study. Journal of Nursing Management28(7), 1561–1569. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13109

The Philippine Health Care System

Phillip Ong

References:

  1. Philippine National Health Account. (2024, August 13). Households Share 44.4 Percent of the Country’s Total Health Spending in 2023. https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/pnha#:~:text=Households%20Share%2044.4%20Percent%20of%20the%20Country’s%20Total%20Health%20Spending%20in%202023&text=On%20a%20per%20capita%20basis,PhP%2010%2C238%20expense%20in%202022.
  2. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation. (2022). Elevating Care: Enhancing and Innovating Health Care Services for All Filipinos. (Annual Report 2022). chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/about_us/annual_report/AR2022_v1.pdf
  3. Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations. Department of Social Welfare and Development. https://aics.dswd.gov.ph/malasakit-centers/