Anatomy of health care reform proposals.

The current proliferation of proposals for health care reform makes it difficult to sort out the differences among plans and the likely outcome of different approaches to reform. The current health care system has two basic features. The first, enrollment and eligibility functions, includes how people get into the system and gain coverage for health care services. We describe 4 models, ranging from an individual, voluntary approach to a universal, tax-based model. The second, the provision of health care, includes how physician services are organized, how they are paid for, what mechanisms are in place for quality assurance, and the degree of organization and oversight of the health care system. We describe 7 models of the organization component, including the current fee-for-service system with no national health budget, managed care, salaried providers under a budget, and managed competition with and without a national health budget. These 2 components provide the building blocks for health care plans, presented as a matrix. We also evaluate several reform proposals by how they combine these 2 elements.     

The hall of dragon metamorphoses: A unique,indigenous asylum for chronic mental patients in Taiwan

This paper describes the spontaneous rise of an indigenous asylum for the chronic mentally ill, called Lung Hwa Tang (The Hall of Dragon Metamorphoses), in contemporary Taiwan. Sociocultural factors relevant to the asylum, including the roles played by Chinese families and the current situation of mental health care in Taiwanese communities, are discussed. Despite its detrimental effect on patients, this asylum stands for an alternative mental health care system in the folk sector; it reflects a great demand from the communities for access to modern mental health services, the development of which have been very slow and inadequate in the past four decades in this rapidly developing country.     

美国退伍军人医疗系统成功改革对我国公立医院改革的启示

首先总结了美国退伍军人医疗系统取得卓越成绩的几点做法;然后结合中国公立医院当前改革的实际情况,提出了对我国公立医院改革的启示,如明确我国公立医院的使命、加强对公立医院改革的领导和把以公立医院为重点的卫生系统整体信息化建设提高到国家卫生发展战略的高度等。     

新工科背景下高校生物安全人才培养体系建设北大核心CSCD

近年来,全球生物安全形势日趋严峻,重大传染病疫情、生物技术误用和谬用、生物武器等生物安全威胁不断显现,生物安全已跃升为我国国家安全的重要组成部分;而与此同时,生物安全作为一门新兴的交叉型学科,其教育体系的建立与完善还处于起步阶段。受国内外生物安全形势、生物安全产业发展以及国家安全学学科设立的影响,凸显了我国在生物安全这一交叉领域的人才储备的短板和不足。尤其在新工科建设背景下,更加显现出生物安全人才培养的重要性。本文根据作者在实际教学中的经验,从建立交叉融合课程体系、构建创新性教学模式、探索通识教育改革方案和完善持续改进机制等几个方面,系统介绍了新工科背景下完善生物安全领域人才体系的具体措施。     

Beyond Participation: Politics,Incommensurability and the Emergence of Mental Health Service Users’ Activism in Chile

Although the organisation of mental health service users and ex-users in Latin America is a recent and under-researched phenomenon, global calls for their involvement in policy have penetrated national agendas, shaping definitions and expectations about their role in mental health systems. In this context, how such groups react to these expectations and define their own goals, strategies and partnerships can reveal the specificity of the “user movement” in Chile and Latin America. This study draws on Jacques Rancière’s theorisation of “police order” and “politics” to understand the emergence of users’ collective identity and activism, highlighting the role of practices of disengagement and rejection. It is based on interviews and participant observation with a collective of users, ex-users and professionals in Chile. The findings show how the group’s aims and self-understandings evolved through hesitations and reflexive engagements with the legal system, the mental health system, and wider society. The notion of a “politics of incommensurability” is proposed to thread together a reflexive rejection of external expectations and definitions and the development of a sense of being “outside” of the intelligibility of the mental health system and its frameworks of observation and proximity. This incommensurability problematises a technical definition of users’ presence and influence and the generalisation of abstract parameters of engagement, calling for approaches that address how these groups constitute themselves meaningfully in specific situations.     

中国与澳大利亚医疗各项卫生保障制度的对比研究

通过对中澳两国的现行的医疗保障制度的对比分析,结合我国现阶段医疗卫生发展的现状,从不同的视角探讨分析我国现行的医疗保障制度。由于受宏观经济制度的制约和影响,加之我国的地域特点是南北跨度大,经济、文化等区域发展不均衡,我国的医疗保障制度中存在着诸多的问题：保障制度总体水平不高,人群待遇差距较大;适应流动性方面不足;保证可持续性方面不足等。我国借鉴和吸收了国外的先进经验,建立了全民可及的、人人享有的医疗保障制度,但就如何进一步完善我国现行的各项医疗保障制度,推进我国的医疗卫生事业的不断发展,提出了相应的对策及建议：建立完善的、可持续性的卫生服务体制;借鉴澳大利亚的成功经验,结合我国的国情,加大资金投入,简化报销流程,不断完善我国现代医疗保障制度;加强全科医生的培养,可以在一定程度上解决”看病难、看病贵”的问题。完善我国现代医疗保障制度是一个关系到国计民生的、复杂的、系统的大工程。我国的医疗卫生保障制度的改革面临着巨大的挑战,只有加快经济发展的步伐,借鉴和吸收更多国外成功的经验,不断完善我国的医疗保障制度,才能最终实现全民可及的、免费医疗的卫生保障制度。     

Costs and coverage. Pressures toward health care reform.

Signs of discontent with the health care system are growing. Calls for health care reform are largely motivated by the continued increase in health care costs and the large number of people without adequate health insurance. For the past 20 years, health care spending has risen at rates higher than the gross national product. As many as 35 million people are without health insurance. As proposals for health care reform are developed, it is useful to understand the roots of the cost problem. Causes of spiraling health care costs include "market failure" in the health care market, expansion in technology, excessive administrative costs, unnecessary care and defensive medicine, increased patient complexity, excess capacity within the health care system, and low productivity. Attempts to control costs, by the federal government for the Medicare program and then by the private sector, have to date been mostly unsuccessful. New proposals for health care reform are proliferating, and important changes in the health care system are likely.     

National Health Insurance Development in China from 2004 to 2011: Coverage versus Benefits

BackgroundThe simultaneous improvement of the security capability of China Health Insurance System and its development in the last decade remains uncertain. This study measures the status and trends of reimbursement levels of the China Health Insurance System, as well as to offer policy advice to subsequent insurance reforms.MethodsThe National Reimbursement Ratio was created to determine the reimbursement level of the national health insurance system based on total health expenditure and the covered population. Chinese total health expenditure data from 2004 to 2011 were extracted from China’s Health Statistics according to the standards of the International Classification for Health Accounts by Healthcare Financing.ResultsIn 2011, the medical expenditure per capita in China was USD 130.95 and the National Reimbursement Ratio was 26.39%. The National Reimbursement Ratio showed an intense transition from 2004 to 2011, with a sharp decrease from 98.51% in 2004 to 22.44% in 2009, and then a small increase to 26.39% in 2011.ConclusionThe National Reimbursement Ratio was effective in revealing the reimbursement level of the national health insurance system and in predicting its trends. The challenge to China’s healthcare reform is to switch from increasing insurance coverage to guaranteeing a steady increase in government input and building a powerful supervision mechanism.     

A Qualitative Exploration of Workarounds Related to the Implementation of National Electronic Health Records in Early Adopter Mental Health Hospitals

Aims

To investigate the perceptions and reported practices of mental health hospital staff using national hospital electronic health records (EHRs) in order to inform future implementations, particularly in acute mental health settings.

Methods

Thematic analysis of interviews with a wide range of clinical, information technology (IT), managerial and other staff at two early adopter mental health National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in London, UK, implementing national EHRs.

Results

We analysed 33 interviews. We first sought out examples of workarounds, such as delayed data entry, entering data in wrong places and individuals using the EHR while logged in as a colleague, then identified possible reasons for the reported workarounds. Our analysis identified four main categories of factors contributing to workarounds (i.e., operational, cultural, organisational and technical). Operational factors included poor system integration with existing workflows and the system not meeting users'' perceived needs. Cultural factors involved users'' competence with IT and resistance to change. Organisational factors referred to insufficient organisational resources and training, while technical factors included inadequate local technical infrastructure. Many of these factors, such as integrating the EHR system with day-to-day operational processes, staff training and adequate local IT infrastructure, were likely to apply to system implementations in various settings, but we also identified factors that related particularly to implementing EHRs in mental health hospitals, for example: EHR system incompatibility with IT systems used by mental health–related sectors, notably social services; the EHR system lacking specific, mental health functionalities and options; and clinicians feeling unable to use computers while attending to distressed psychiatric patients.

Conclusions

A better conceptual model of reasons for workarounds should help with designing, and supporting the implementation and adoption of, EHRs for use in hospital mental health settings.     

The Medical System in Ghana

Ghana is a developing country in West Africa with a population of about 25 million. Medical illnesses in Ghana overlap with those in developed countries, but infection, trauma, and women’s health problems are much more prominent. Medical practice in rural Africa faces extremely limited resources, a multiplicity of languages (hundreds in Ghana), and presentation of severe illnesses at later stages than seen elsewhere. Despite these limitations, Ghana has established a relatively successful national medical insurance system, and the quality of medical practice is high, at least where it is available. Ghana also has a well-established and sophisticated administrative structure for the supervision of medical education and accreditation, but it has proven very difficult to extend medical training to rural areas, where health care facilities are particularly short of personnel. Physicians are sorely needed in rural areas, but there are few because of the working conditions and financial limitations. Hospital wards and clinics are crowded; time per patient is limited. This article details some of the differences between medical practice in Ghana and that in wealthier countries and how it functions with very limited resources. It also introduces the medical education and training system in Ghana. The following article describes an attempt to establish and maintain a residency training program in General Medicine in a rural area of Ghana.     

Reform of mental health care in Serbia: ten steps plus one

Disastrous events in the country and the region caused a 13.5% increase in the prevalence of mental and behavioral disorders in Serbia in the last few years, thus making them the second largest public health problem. Due to prolonged adversities, the health system has deteriorated and is facing specific challenges. However, the reform of mental health care has been initiated, with a lot of positive movements such as the preparation of a national policy for mental health care and a law for protection of mentally ill individuals. The transformation of mental health services has started, with an accent on community care, antistigma campaigns and continuing education. Based on an assessment carried out by the National Committee on Mental Health, service provision, number of professionals working in services, funding arrangements, pathways into care, user/carer involvement and other specific issues are reported.     

基于国际经验的我国国家公园遴选探讨

建立科学的遴选方法可以为我国国家公园体系建设提供决策依据。本文通过系统梳理典型国家的国家公园遴选方法,总结国际普遍采用的技术程序和手段,针对我国国情提出了渐进式评价法,采用"全局评价、类型比较"的研究思路开展国家公园建设潜在区域的选择。研究认为,国家公园是我国自然保护地管理体制改革、自然文化资源利用方式转型和优化国土空间利用保护的重要措施,肩负着自然生态保护、资源利用和区域发展的重要作用。国际上国家公园可以划分为地域广阔型、地域限制型和本土特征保护型,3种类型的区别在于分层划分、同级比较和程序复杂性。我国可参考地域广阔型国家的遴选方法,从自然生态系统类型(代表性和重要性)、原真性、生物多样性、自然景观、文化遗产等六大方面进行评价,区分国家公园建设的潜在区域和可建设区域。研究能够为国家公园的科学优选提供理论参考。     

建立适合中国国情的高效双向转诊机制

建立适应我国国情的高效双向转诊机制,对于推进我国的医疗体制改革具有至关重要的作用。本文通过对中西方现行卫生制度的对比,结合我国有中国特色的社会主义国家的国情,对我国的卫生制度中存在的问题进行了深入剖析,探讨如何才能有效地实现高效的双向转诊。目前,我国医疗卫生事业的问题覆盖多个方面：主要表现在医疗资源,医院管理,在岗医护人员的个人职业素质,卫生部门的监管,医疗资源的大量浪费,医院分级不平衡另多数患者普遍选择三级医院就诊,而选择二级以下医院就诊的患者则较少。如何在符合我国国情的基础上改变我国的医疗卫生现状、满足人民群众不断提高的医疗服务需求是我国医疗改革亟待解决的问题。建立高效率的双向转诊制度势在必行。目前,在双向转诊中遇到的问题：1．传统理念导致的对各级医疗机构职能的理解上存在偏差,2．医疗机构自身定位不明确,3．双向转诊制度的各项相关配套政策不完善,4．双向转诊制度的社会认同度低。高效双向转诊机制建立以后,可以节省大量的医疗资源,减少了不必要的浪费,推进了医疗资源的合理配置,减少了因地区差异引起的治疗时机延误,高效的双向转诊制度会使医疗卫生资源配置进一步优化、还可以加强医疗机构之间的协作、降低医疗费用支出、促进社区卫生服务迅速发展等有重大的意义。     

东亚新兴经济体的医院改革

随着社会经济的迅速发展,东亚新兴经济体国家和地区的社会福利状况逐渐引起国际社会的重视。东亚新兴经济体在医院改革中,从整合社会化医疗保险项目、控制行业机构、所有制管制、约束专业权力等多个方面入手,调整医疗服务供给体系与政府、患者、医疗保险支付方之间的关系,以及医疗服务供给体系的内部结构和内部关系,为中国的医疗服务改革提供了很多借鉴。     

中南大学湘雅系统医疗对口支援工作的创新

??????? 目的 探讨大学及附属医院如何在对口支援工作中发挥更好的作用的方法。方法 回顾性分析中南大学及附属医院在国家新医改背景下对医疗对口支援工作模式和机制的创新和效果。结果 该校通过模式和机制创新,医疗对口支援工作取得良好成效。结论 大学及附属医院利用学科建设和人才培养等优势,创新性地开展医疗对口支援工作,可取得更好成效。     

A future vision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program on radiation and tissue banking for Asia and the Pacific and Latin American regions

In order to solve some of the problems that are affecting tissue banking activities in the world, a new program/project proposal could be prepared by the IAEA and interested Member States in order to implement it in 2009. The main objective of the new program/project proposal could be the following: To consolidate tissue banks activities in a selected group of IAEA Member States by increasing the quality of the tissue processing and sterilization methods used. The specific objective to be reached by the new program/project proposal could be the following: To reach international standards in all activities carried out by a selected group of tissue banks, as well as the establishment of a limited regional tissue processing centres in specific regions. The following are the conditions to be met by the interested tissue banks, in order to participate in the new program/project proposal: To process different types of tissues for medical treatment using the ionizing radiation technique for tissue sterilization; To apply at least one of the current version of the IAEA Code of Practice, the IAEA Standards and the IAEA Public Awareness Strategies and to have the support of national health authorities for the use of the remaining IAEA documents in the near future; To have in force agreements with public and private hospitals for the use of the sterilized tissues processed by the bank for medical treatment; To have in place a donor referral system, or has the approval by the national health authorities to adopt such system in the near future; To receive the support from the national health authority to participate in the implementation of the new program/project proposal.     

WPA guidance on steps,obstacles and mistakes to avoid in the implementation of community mental health care

This paper provides guidance on the steps, obstacles and mistakes to avoid in the implementation of community mental health care. The document is intended to be of practical use and interest to psychiatrists worldwide regarding the development of community mental health care for adults with mental illness. The main recommendations are presented in relation to: the need for coordinated policies, plans and programmes, the requirement to scale up services for whole populations, the importance of promoting community awareness about mental illness to increase levels of help-seeking, the need to establish effective financial and budgetary provisions to directly support services provided in the community. The paper concludes by setting out a series of lessons learned from the accumulated practice of community mental health care to date worldwide, with a particular focus on the social and governmental measures that are required at the national level, the key steps to take in the organization of the local mental health system, lessons learned by professionals and practitioners, and how to most effectively harness the experience of users, families, and other advocates.     

Integration of mental health into primary care in Kenya

Integration of mental health into primary care is essential in Kenya, where there are only 75 psychiatrists for 38 million population, of whom 21 are in the universities and 28 in private practice. A partnership between the Ministry of Health, the Kenya Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London was funded by Nuffield Foundation to train 3,000 of the 5,000 primary health care staff in the public health system across Kenya, using a sustainable general health system approach. The content of training was closely aligned to the generic tasks of the health workers. The training delivery was integrated into the normal national training delivery system, and accompanied by capacity building courses for district and provincial level staff to encourage the inclusion of mental health in the district and provincial annual operational plans, and to promote the coordination and supervision of mental health services in primary care by district psychiatric nurses and district public health nurses. The project trained 41 trainers, who have so far trained 1671 primary care staff, achieving a mean change in knowledge score of 42% to 77%. Qualitative observations of subsequent clinical practice have demonstrated improvements in assessment, diagnosis, management, record keeping, medicine supply, intersectoral liaison and public education. Around 200 supervisors (psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and district public health nurses) have also been trained. The project experience may be useful for other countries also wishing to conduct similar sustainable training and supervision programmes.     

Community Mental Health

The distinctive feature of a community mental health program is the comprehensive responsibility assumed for the mental health as well as the psychiatric needs of a particular area. Not only must programs provide psychiatric services but, in addition, they are concerned with assessing the community''s psychiatric and mental health status; with preventive services; with mental health education; with contributions directed toward the solution of certain social problems; as well as with a variety of other indirect services, including, importantly, mental health consultation. This form of consultation can support and help the large number of community care-takers whose contribution is vital to the promotion of community mental health.     

国土空间规划体系下风景园林规划研究

风景园林是绿色发展的重要载体,在国土空间规划变革的背景下,明确其在国土空间规划体系中的任务迫在眉睫。通过回顾国土空间规划的推进历史,总结风景园林规划对接国土空间规划体系的关键点,厘清目前风景园林的定位与职能。提出风景园林规划应有效地纳入国土空间规划体系,其内容不仅包括自然保护地规划与国家公园规划,还应发挥面向全域统筹的风景治理作用,从国土空间的空间格局开发保护、 城乡区域的统筹调适、城镇功能控制区的提升增质3个层面全面参与国土空间规划,从而构建中国特色风景园林规划体系。风景园林规划不仅顺应了国家治理的基本价值导向,而且对坚持生态文明、促进人与自然和谐共生、建设美丽国土空间、面向美好生活意义重大。