More than half of all of the children in the world, which die before the age of five, die in Africa. Wider availability of several highly effecti - ve interventions such as oral rehyd - ration therapy in cases of diarrhoea could prevent large proportion of these child deaths. Unfortunately these interventions are usually not available in African countries. Ho - wever both availability of different life-saving health interventions and child mortality varies a lot across African countries. The purpose of this article is to explore what are determinants of child mortality and availability of these interventions in Africa. Both a review of existing research and a statistical analysis of data from 41 African countries point to the quality of governance and control of corruption as the most significant determinant of health system performance and availability of these life-saving interventions in Africa., Jan Klusáček, and Literatura
The study deals with expectations of patients - future consumers of health care services provided in hospitals. Authors of this study propose about how the fulfilled or unfilled expectations can influence the patient’s satisfaction with provided health care. There is also suggested to what categories those expectations most often belong and to what extent is possible in common conditions of Czech hospitals the patient’s expectations comply, Kalábová L., Křečková Tůmová N., Zlámal J., and Literatura
Článek v širším historickém kontextu pojednává o dlouhodobě připravované reformě zdravotnictví v Nizozemsku, která byla završena v roce 2006. Analyzuje příčiny, které k reformě vedly a seznamuje s reformní strategií a jejím postupem. S odstupem několika let mapuje dopady reformy na dostupnost zdravotní péče, chování poskytovatelů i zdravotních pojišťoven a na pacienty. Nastiňuje ekonomické důsledky reformy a některé etické souvislosti., The article is focused on the long-planned health care reform in the Netherlands completed in 2006 in a broader historical context. The aim of the text is: firstly, to analyse the causes of the reform and secondly, to discuss reform strategy as well as its progress. After several years since reforms implementation there are mapping their impact on the access to health care and behaviour of health providers, insurance companies and patients. The article outlines the economic consequences of the reform and some ethical issues., Helena Hnilicová, Karolína Dobiášová, and Literatura