Le Figaro (06.06.2016) Le projet de loi prévoit notamment de supprimer la visite médicale pour les salariés du tertiaire, et modifie l'esprit de l'avis d'aptitude délivré par le médecin du travail.
Japan Times (04.06.2016) When Heni Karmila sought to find a doctor for her ailing mother using Indonesia’s new health care system, she faced a nine-hour wait in a line outside a crowded public hospital in Jakarta.
Asian Scientist Magazine (31.05.2016) Copying the healthcare systems in developed economies is “not the answer” for quality care in low- to middle-income countries, a study says.
Medical News Today (26.05.2016) In the first analysis of its kind, researchers find that unemployment and reduced public sector healthcare spend in the 2008-2010 global economic crisis is linked to an increase in cancer deaths. They also find universal healthcare coverage appears to protect against this effect.
Rand.org (24.05.2016) Many governments are cutting spending on social welfare programmes, such as unemployment benefits. The UK is scaling back disability benefits and public expenditure more broadly. To look at these questions, a new report by RAND Europe used three decades of data on social expenditure and health outcomes, across 34 countries of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development.
Les Echos (26.05.2016) Il n'est pas improbable qu'une croissance exponentielle des coûts de santé amène à une prise en compte individualisée de certains risques. Associé à l'émergence du numérique, cela va durablement bouleverser le paysage actuel : de nouveaux acteurs vont apparaître et d'autres, historiques, perdre en importance, s'ils ne s'adaptent pas.
Le Monde (25.05.2016) L’aide financière – baptisée « option démographique » – actuellement allouée aux médecins pour les attirer dans les déserts médicaux « n’est pas suffisamment attractive ». Tel est le constat dressé par l’Assurance-maladie dans un document, qu’elle doit présenter mercredi 25 mai aux syndicats de praticiens, lors d’une nouvelle séance de négociations pour la future convention – et que l’Agence France-Presse a pu consulter.
TDG (23.05.2016) La nouvelle grille doit, demande Berne, réduire les rentes de situation et ne pas coûter plus cher aux assurés.
WHO (May 2016) Having a skilled health professional during childbirth can save the life of a woman and her child. But, in many parts of the world and within many countries, the presence of a health worker during childbirth is often a luxury. If a woman is poor, she is even more likely to deliver without support, putting herself and child at risk.
ip-watch (23.05.2016) The World Health Assembly opened today with World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan repeating that this year has a record number of agenda items and over 3,000 participants. She slapped at profit-seeking mechanisms leading to “slow-motion disasters,” which put economic interests above concerns about well-being. In particular, she underlined the lack of research and development for antimicrobial treatments and the rise of chronic non-communicable diseases.
