18 research outputs found
Publiczny a prywatny. Próby demonopolizacji płatnika trzeciej strony w Polsce (aspekt polityczny i ekonomiczny)
No full textThis paper is an attempt at an assessment of the discussion and steps taken in order to demonopolize a third party payer in Poland, in particular as regards a patient’s right to choose the payer. For the purpose of this analysis it is assumed that a patient should have the right to choose a third party payer. It is also assumed, however, that a patient’s attitude transforms from being demanding into the attitude of an active and aware patient caring for his own health. The author indicates that the manner of operation of a third party payer should be a result of the system of health protection, its scope and objectives. Finally, the concept of introducing competition is considered, but only in the case of voluntary health insurance policies and a single but decentralized payer in the public health insurance.This paper is an attempt at an assessment of the discussion and steps taken in order to demonopolize a third party payer in Poland, in particular as regards a patient’s right to choose the payer. For the purpose of this analysis it is assumed that a patient should have the right to choose a third party payer. It is also assumed, however, that a patient’s attitude transforms from being demanding into the attitude of an active and aware patient caring for his own health. The author indicates that the manner of operation of a third party payer should be a result of the system of health protection, its scope and objectives. Finally, the concept of introducing competition is considered, but only in the case of voluntary health insurance policies and a single but decentralized payer in the public health insurance
Finansowanie ochrony zdrowia z funduszy strukturalnych Unii Europejskiej
No full textAccepting the argument that the financial means dedicated to health protection are limited,
the author of the paper emphasizes the need to use external sources of financing, in this case
European Union structural funds.
This paper attempts to answer the question of to what extent the sources from the European
Regional Development Fund, and the European Social Fund, have influenced, or can influence
the improved efficiency of the health protection system in Poland.
The paper begins with the fundamental notions of health protection, the levels and forms
of the delivery of health services, the subject range of the system (including the catalogue of
beneficiaries), and the sources of finance. The most important (in the author’s opinion) current
problems related to the organization and financing of health protection are also mentioned. Next, a general description of selected operating programs is presented with the examples
of health protection projects financed from the structural funds that have already been implemented.
The opportunities to fund these types of projects under the present financial perspective
are also indicated.
The subject matter of a detailed analysis presented in the paper concerns the Lubuskie
province
Finansowanie ochrony zdrowia z funduszy strukturalnych Unii Europejskiej
No full textAccepting the argument that the financial means dedicated to health protection are limited, the author of the paper emphasizes the need to use external sources of financing, in this case European Union structural funds. This paper attempts to answer the question of to what extent the sources from the European Regional Development Fund, and the European Social Fund, have influenced, or can influence the improved efficiency of the health protection system in Poland. The paper begins with the fundamental notions of health protection, the levels and forms of the delivery of health services, the subject range of the system (including the catalogue of beneficiaries), and the sources of finance. The most important (in the author’s opinion) current problems related to the organization and financing of health protection are also mentioned. Next, a general description of selected operating programs is presented with the examples of health protection projects financed from the structural funds that have already been implemented. The opportunities to fund these types of projects under the present financial perspective are also indicated. The subject matter of a detailed analysis presented in the paper concerns the Lubuskie province
Following the money: how external forces influence government contracting
No full textSince the 1980’s there has been a steady push to increase the use of private sector actors in providing public services. At the federal level of government, the previous four administrations have each taken steps to reach this goal. One of the primary tools the government utilizes to increase the reliance on private sector actors is a contract. The use of contracts has proliferated in the last 10 years at the U.S. federal level. In the time period from 1996 to 2006 the total number of contract actions has increased more than six times. The total number has increased from 600,000 actions in 1996 to over 3,600,000 actions in 2006. The increase in contracts over this time period requires greater emphasis on studying government contracting. Although there is a rich literature in public administration that examines government contracting, there is little research that looks specifically at external influences on government contracting. This dissertation examines if various influences, including private sector actors, influence the contracting process. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this dissertation answers the primary research question Do private companies affect contracting decisions through various avenues of influence? The findings from both the interviews and the regression analysis suggest that a number of factors influence contracting, including both internal and external forces. The primary contribution of this dissertation is the finding that private sector actors, through campaign contributions, influence government contracting.Ph.D.Includes abstractVitaIncludes bibliographical referencesby Daniel E. Bromber
KB.15: The archive box contains source materials for the ZMO project on Islam, Conflictology, Indian Ocean, and Veterans (Generations Project). It includes research papers, workshop materials, handwritten notes, emails, and reports related to the Indian Ocean Project, conflict studies, Muslim world studies, and veterans' experiences in colonial and post-colonial contexts. These documents provide insights into historical, social, and political dimensions of these topics.
No full textKB.15.01: Indian Ocean Project by the ZMO Contains 1) "Speech act", "Sprachhandlung" and "text" and the theory of human activity. 2) "Agency" reconsidered: between life worlds and world order, ZMO lecture series (2010/2011). 3) Gedanken zur Klausurauswertung by Ulrike Freitag. 4) Interdisciplinarity at ZMO. 5) MittelalterhistorikER (M) und AfrikaNIST (A) im interdisziplinären Dialog. 6) Panel Proposal: "Space on the Move. Perspectives on the Making of the Indian Ocean". 7) Number of emails for "Workshop in Zanzibar". 8) Themen der Sitzung des Indian Ocean Project vom (09/07/2002). 9) Summary of the Project "The Indian Ocean - Space on the Move" (01/2001) with handwritten notes. 10) Protokoll über das Arbeitstreffen der Indian Ocean History Group in Heidelberg (19-20/09/2003). 11) Presentation: Research Programme of the Berlin Indian Ocean History Group by Brigitte Reinwald at Oxford (04/2003). 12) Travelling through the War: Discursive Strategies for Encouraging Transoceanic Mobility in the Swahili Military Press of the King's African Rifles in World War II. 13) A number of emails about "Indian Ocean Workshop 26/04/2003". 14) Handwritten Notes by Katrin Bromber. 15) Seite 2 des Bewilligungsschreibens zum GZ: GWZ 3/8-2 und /10-1 vom (20/12/2002). 15) Report of the Working Groups "Muslim Worlds - World of Islam?". 16) Zukunft Afrika: Visionen im Umbruch. 17) Vielfalt und Veränderung - Aktuelle Forschungen zu Ostafrika an der Universität Bayreuth und am Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin (11-13/01/2002). 18) Die Bedeutung des Leserbriefs für die Zivilgesellschaften Benin, Gambias und Senegals. KB.15.02: Conflictology Project by the ZMO Contains 1) Conflict as centre stage of the research vs. conflict as context. 2) Workshop at the ZMO: Border Zones, Nationalism & Conflict: Kashmir and Kurdistan in Perspective. 3) Research Project: Violence, Memory and Dealing with the Past in Iraq - the Perspectives of women Anfal survivors in Kurdistan. 4) Minutes GV (13/01/2011). 5) Understanding Kashmir as a borderland. 6) Sports and the Ethiopia - Eritrea conflict, or "how enemies are made?". 7) Conflict as Context GV (12/04/2011) by Marloes Janson. 8) Discussion Clubs in context of Conflict Tensions in Kazakhstan by Dina Wilkowsky. 9) Ethnic Identity Matters in times of Conflict by Aksana Ismailbekova. 10) Contribution to the discussion of Conflict Issues by Dina Wilkowsky. 11) Contextualizing the youth bulge: From a politico-demographic argument to a social observation of the youth bulge phenomenon by Sophie Roche. KB.15.03: Muslim Worlds - World of Islam? Project by the ZMO Contains 1) Muslims, Islam, and the Ordering of the World by Katrin Bromber and Benjamin Zachariah. It contains several copies of the article with handwritten notes by members of the project. 2) Brochure for the ZMO Programme: Muslim Worlds - World of Islam?. KB.15.04: Muslim Worlds - World of Islam? Project by the ZMO Contains 1) The Transnational Umma - Myth or Reality? Examples from the Western Diasporas by Garbi Schmidt. 2) Zusammenfassung. With handwritten notes. 3) Printed out email. 4) Libya: Sixty Years Later by Salaheddin H. Sury. 5) Social Worlds of Muslims by Benjamin Zachariah. 6) Conceptualizing the study of the Muslim World by Nora Lafi. 7) Researching Muslim Worlds: regions and disciplines. 8) Handwritten notes by Katrin Bromber. 9) Improving the physical self. Sport, body politics and Ethiopian modernity. (1920-1974) by katrin Bromber. KB.15.05: Veterans from "Generations" Project by the ZMO Contains 1) Generationen from "Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte" by APuZ (2020). 2) Introduction: The geography of nineteenth-century class formation. By Nigel Thrift. 3) Catering for and controlling subject veterans: the Comite des Amities Africaines and North African exservicemen in the interwar period by Donal Hassett. 4) First World War veterans and the state in the French British Caribbean, 1919-1939. By Michael Joseph. 5) "Now it is all over....I am practically No-Body": Indigenous Veterans of Canada and Australia and the Great War for Civilization. By Timothy C. Winegard. 6) Introduction: writing the history of colonial veterans of the Great War. By Donal Hassett and Michelle Moyd. 7) Radical potentials, conservative realities: African veterans of the German colonial army in post-World War in Tanganyika. By Michelle Moyd. 8) Veteran Reading Group (Katrin,Sana), (15/06/2021). 9) Damaged and Deserving: On Care in a Veteran Treatment Court. By Ken MacLeish. 10) List of literature on Africa. 11) Unbecoming Veteranship: Convicted Military Officers in Post-authoritarian Argentina. By Eva van Roekel and Valentina Salvi. 12) Seeking Recognition, Becoming Citizens: Achievements and Grievances among Former Combatants from Three Wars. By Johanna Söderström. 13) The Debts of War: Bifurcated Veterans' Mobilization and Political Order in Post-settlement El Salvador. By Ralph Sprenkels. KB.15.06: Veterans from "Generations" Project by the ZMO Contains 1) The Debts of War: Bifurcated Veterans' Mobilization and Political Order in Post-settlement El Salvador. By Ralph Sprenkels. 2) To Be or Not to Be a Hero: Recognition and Citizenship among Disabled Veterans of the Sri Lankan Army. By Matti Weisdorf and Birgitte Refslund Sorensen. 3) Invisible Veterans: Defeated Militants and Enduring Revolutionary Social Values in Dhufar, Oman. By Alice Wilson. 4) The Good, the Bad, and the Awkward: The Making of War Veterans In Postindependence Mozambique. By Nikkie Wiegink. 5) Liberation Autochthony: Namibian Veteran Politics and African Citizenship Claims. By Lalli Metsola. 6) Veterans' Homecomings: Secrecy and Postdeployment Social Becoming. By Birgitte Refslund Sorensen. 7) Living the Laughscream: Human Technology and Affective Maneuvers in the Iraq War. By Nomi Stone. 8) Bones of Contention: Situating the dead of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese Border War. By Tam Ngo. 9) Spirit map and the medium's message: Searching for war dead in Vietnam. By Gertrud Hüwelmeier with handwritten notes. 10) War Veterans and the World after 1945: Cold War Politics, Decolonization, Memory. Edited by Angel Alcalde and Xose M. Nunez Seixas. 11) South African veterans and the institutionalization of apartheid in South Africa. By Jonathan Fennell. 12) Poppies, Pensions, Passports: The British Legion and transnational civil society action in decolonizing Hong Kong. Daniel Schumacher. 13) Colonial soldiers and postcolonial politics in Guinea, Ivory Coast and Upper Volta, 1958 - 1973. By Riina Turtio. 14) War, mobilization and development in the Islamic Republic of Iran: From the Construction Jihad to the Trench Builders Association, 1979-2013. By Eric Lob. 15) Veterans, decolonization and land expropriation in post-independence Zimbabwe, 2000-2008. By Obert Bernard Mlambo with handwritten notes
A Future for the Dead Sea Basin: Water Culture among Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians
No full textThe Dead Sea basin plays a major role for regional economic development (industry, tourism and agriculture) in the Middle East. This potential is threatened by the steady disappearance of the Dead Sea. Since around 1930 the water level of the Dead Sea has fallen by about 25 m, about half of this alone in the last 20 years. The Dead Sea is a transboundary resource shared by Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. The Dead Sea is the terminal point of the Jordan River watershed and as such, it serves as a barometer for the health of the overall system. Its rapid decline reflects the present water management strategies of the riparian and upstream countries. This includes the different water cultures of the three countries. Throughout history, the Dead Sea basin has served as a source of refuge and inspiration for followers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Today, the religious significance of the Dead Sea is being overshadowed by its rapid disappearance. This may be explained in part by the water cultures of the three countries that influence water policy in the region. Ideology, together with culture and tradition, such as that of Zionism in Israel, has played a central role in water development in the region. In many cases, this has been at the expense of the environment. Elements pertaining to environmental security and water culture and tradition, whereby a sustainably managed environment provides for social, economic as well as environmental benefits are evident with regards the Dead Sea. The decline for example, undermines its potential as a tourist destination, despite the enormous investment in hotel and resort infrastructures in Israel and in Jordan. The decline also raises ethical issues about the exploitation of water resources by present generations at the expense of this natural heritage to future generations. This paper provides an analysis of a European Union funded project whose aims are to synthesize and assess existing physical and socio-economic data and to assess options for a better future for the Dead Sea. It will identify the patterns of water supply and use in the region, and the factors that control these patterns, including those of water culture. The underlying assumption is that solutions for a more sustainable development than today’s scenario will not come from simply providing "more water for more development", but from a new land and water management system, indeed ethic, that is sensitive to social, cultural and ecological resources thereby providing security and stability across cultures, economic sectors and nations.Water Culture, Dead Sea, Stakeholder Analysis
The financing of health care in insurance systems and the sustainability of public finances
No full textPurpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the relationship between the organisation of the state (determined by selected characteristics, i.e. the organisational structure model and the position of the SNG sector) and the organisation of the health care system, and an indication of the possible consequences for the sustainability of public finance.
Research method – The author uses a method of descriptive analysis and the analysis of statistical data on health care expenditure in 12 EU Member States with an insurance model of health care. The quantitative analysis was based on the latest available statistical data (2017) from the OECD, the WHO and Eurostat databases (according to ICHA and SHA2011).
Results – It was concluded that despite the legal separation and theoretical independence from the budget system, the insurance model of health care may pose a threat to the sustainability of public finance. This applies both to the state budget and the SNG sector, which is particularly vulnerable in countries where the decentralisation of public services is not accompanied by an appropriate design of the financing system.
Originality /value / implications /recommendations – This paper discusses the problem of the compatibility of the health care system and state organisation, omitted in literature, including the position of the SNG sector, in the context of fiscal [email protected] of Economics and Finance, University of RzeszówAlińska A., Filipiak B.Z., Kosztowniak A., 2018, The Importance of the Public Sector in Sustainable Development in Poland, “Sustainability”, vol. 10(9), 3278, DOI: 10.3390/su10093278.Bromber P., Hady J., Lachowska H., Leśniowska-Gontarz M., Szaban D., Ślusarczyk B., Zdanowska J., 2020, System ochrony zdrowia w Polsce, CeDeWu, Warszawa.Dercz M., Izdebski H., Rek T., 2013, Prawo publiczne ochrony zdrowia, Wolters Kluwer Polska, Warszawa.Europejska Karta Samorządu Lokalnego z 15 października 1985 r., Dz. U. 1994, Nr 155, poz. 154 z późn. zm.Federalizm fiskalny w teorii i praktyce, 2009, Piotrowska-Marczak K. (red.), Difin, Warszawa.Golinowska S., Tambor M., 2014, Źródła finansowania opieki zdrowotnej, „Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie”, nr 12(3), s. 205-217, DOI:10.4467/20842627OZ.14. 022.3440.IFAC, 2020, International Public Sector Accounting Standards. RPG 1 – Reporting on the Long-Term Sustainability of an Entity’s Finances, New York, https://www.ipsasb. org/publications/2019-handbook-international-public-sector-accounting-prono-uncements [date of entry: 02.03.2020].Kutzin J., Witter S., Jowett M., Bayarsaikhan D., 2017, Developing a national health financing strategy: a reference guide, Health Financing Guidance Series No 3, World Health Organization, https://www.who.int/health_financing/documents/health-finan-cing-strategy/en/ [date of entry: 08.03.2020].Lenio P., 2018, Publicznoprawne źródła finansowania ochrony zdrowia, Wolters Kluwer Polska, Warszawa.Leowski J., 2018, Polityka zdrowotna a zdrowie publiczne, CeDeWu, Warszawa.OECD, 2019, Key Data on Local and Regional Governments in the European Union (broc-hure), OECD, Paris, www.oecd.org/regional/regional-policy [date of entry: 03.03. 2020].OECD, Eurostat, WHO, 2017, A System of Health Accounts 2011. Revised edition, OECD Publishing, Paris, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264270985-en [date of entry: 01.02.2017].OECD, WHO, 2019, State of Health in the EU. Country Health Profile, https://ec.europa.eu/health/state/country_profiles_en [date of entry: 03.03.2020].OECD/UCLG, 2016, Subnational Governments around the world. Structure and finance, OECD, http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/sngs-around-the-world.htm [date of entry: 03.02.2020].Organizacyjne i prawne aspekty systemów ochrony zdrowia wybranych państw, 2019, Urbaniak M. (red.), Difin, Warszawa.Ostrowska D., Warelis A., Sowa P., 2017, Ubezpieczenia zdrowotne w Polsce i na świecie, CeDeWu, Warszawa.Owsiak S., 2017, Finanse publiczne. Współczesne ujęcie, WN PWN, Warszawa.Patrzałek L., 2019, Wyzwania dla finansów jednostek samorządu terytorialnego w Polsce po 2020 r., „Samorząd Terytorialny”, nr 3, s. 5-14.Poniatowicz M., 2018, Koncepcja federalizmu fiskalnego w systemie finansów samorządu tery-torialnego, CeDeWu, Warszawa.Progress Consulting S.R.L. and Living Prospects Ltd., 2012, The management of health systems in the EU Member States – The role of local and regional authorities, EU, DOI: 10.2863/83500.Rabiej E., 2017, Transformacja systemu ochrony zdrowia w Polsce – w drodze do zrównoważo-nego rozwoju, „Studia Biura Analiz Sejmowych. Finansowanie zadań publicznych w Polsce”, nr 4(52), s. 121-142.Suchecka J., 2016, Ekonomia zdrowia i opieki zdrowotnej, Wolters Kluwer Polska, Warszawa.Sygit M., 2017, Zdrowie publiczne, Wolters Kluwer Polska, Warszawa.Thomson S., Foubister Th., Mossialos E., 2009, Financing health care in the European Union. Challenges and policy responses, World Health Organization, http://www. euro.who.int/en/about-us/partners/observatory/publications/studies/old-abst-racts /financing-health-care-in-the-european-union-challenges-and-policy-responses [date of entry: 08.03.2020].Wójtowicz K., 2019, Uwarunkowania i pomiar stabilności fiskalnej jednostek samorządu terytorialnego, Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin.www 1, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Health-care_expenditure_statistics#Healthcare_expenditure_by_financing_scheme [date of entry: 20.02.2020].www 2, http://apps.who.int/nha/database/Select/Indicators/en [date of entry: 08.03.2020].4(102)273
Adding some TEC-variety: 100+ activities for motivating and retaining learners online
No full textThe TEC-VARIETY framework purposely takes into account current technology trends and attempts to stimulate their use in pedagogically effective ways. As such, it rests at the intersection of such exciting educational affordances brought about by emerging learning technologies, intrinsic as well as extrinsic motivation-related theories, and the rapidly shifting perspectives on teaching and learning philosophies and approaches.
For online educators who are frustrated with never-ending waves of technology and the lack of training on how to effectively use them in their courses, we hope that the TEC-VARIETY framework can offer a ray of sunshine and a new beginning for online educators worldwide. As part of that hope, such educators might find activities and strategies that they can make use of to nurture engagement and success online. These strategies can breathe life into current classes and programs that are failing to engage their learners. They tap into learners’ inner resources and desires to learn and grow toward a better future. At the same time, they can invite the global sharing of ideas and knowledge as part of a worldwide community or family of learners
Seeing Dubai in Khartoum and Nouakchott: "Gulfication" on the margins of the Arab world
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