How do policy levers shape the quality of a national health system?

Poor quality of care may have a detrimental effect on access and take-up and can become a serious barrier to the universality of health services. This consideration is of particular interest in view of the fact that health systems in many countries must address a growing public-sector deficit and respond to increasing pressures due to COVID-19 and aging population, among other factors. In line with a rapidly emerging literature, we focus on patient satisfaction as a proxy for quality of health care. Drawing on rich longitudinal and cross-sectional data for Spain and multilevel estimation techniques, we show that in addition to individual level differences, policy levers (such as public health spending and the patient-doctor ratio, in particular) exert a considerable influence on the quality of a health care system. Our results suggest that policymakers seeking to enhance the quality of care should be cautious when compromising the level of health resources, and in particular, health personnel, as a response to economic downturns in a sector that traditionally had insufficient human resources in many countries, which have become even more evident in the light of the current health crisis. Additionally, we provide evidence that the increasing reliance on the private health sector may be indicative of inefficiencies in the public system and/or the existence of features of private insurance which are deemed important by patients.     

The relationship between lifetime health trajectories and socioeconomic attainment in middle age

A large literature demonstrates the direct and indirect influence of health on socioeconomic attainment, and reveals the ways in which health and socioeconomic background simultaneously and dynamically affect opportunities for attainment and mobility. Despite an increasing understanding of the effects of health on social processes, research to date remains limited in its conceptualization and measurement of the temporal dimensions of health, especially in the presence of socioeconomic circumstances that covary with health over time. Guided by life course theory, we use data from the British National Child Development Study, an ongoing panel study of a cohort born in 1958, to examine the association between lifetime health trajectories and socioeconomic attainment in middle age. We apply finite mixture modeling to identify distinct trajectories of health that simultaneously account for timing, duration and stability. Moreover, we employ propensity score weighting models to account for the presence of time-varying socioeconomic factors in estimating the impact of health trajectories. We find that, when poor health is limited to the childhood years, the disadvantage in socioeconomic attainment relative to being continuously healthy is either insignificant or largely explained by time-varying socioeconomic confounders. The socioeconomic impact of continuously deteriorating health over the life course is more persistent, however. Our results suggest that accounting for the timing, duration and stability of poor health throughout both childhood and adulthood is important for understanding how health works to produce social stratification. In addition, the findings highlight the importance of distinguishing between confounding and mediating effects of time-varying socioeconomic circumstances.     

知识经济时代传统会计之变革

知识经济条件下会计面临着变革。知识经济对公允价值计量、会计目标、会计处理程序与方法、会计报告内容、无形资产和人力资源成本与价值的确认、会计电算化发展等方面产生巨大影响。     

知识经济与就业革命

知识经济的到来 ,对传统的就业方式提出了重大挑战 ,引起了就业领域中就业结构、就业机会、工作制等多方面的转变 ,一场有关就业的文明革命悄然兴起。中国应通过提高劳动者素质 ,转变劳动者就业观念 ,调整国家就业政策等多方面措施 ,改善就业环境 ,刺激就业增长 ,以缓解目前所面临的巨大就业压力 ,迎接知识经济的挑战     

制约学校体育实施健康教育的诸因素分析

本文主要对影响学校体育实施健康教育的因素进行了分类研究 ,为学校体育实施健康教育提供科学的参考依据。     

知识经济时代高校图书馆人力资源的管理开发

本文分析了高校图书馆人力资源管理和开发的现状,提出了加强人力资源管理开发的 措施和加大人员培养力度,建立一支高素质、专业化人才队伍的办法。     

论知识与知识性劳动

本文针对知识经济来临时代一些人对价值源泉的模糊认识,结合新的实际,在马克思主义经济学理论框架内对知识、知识性劳动进行了分析,在新的经济条件下发展了商品二因素理论和劳动二重性理论.在知识经济时代,人类劳动的主体形式从体力劳动转向智力劳动,知识成为当代经济发展的重要因素,但价值的源泉仍旧是人类劳动.本文通过区分知识和知识性劳动,澄清了模糊认识,阐明是知识性劳动创造了价值,而不是知识创造了价值.知识性劳动就是人们不断探索的劳动,从而知识经济的本质是创新,只有坚持劳动价值论,我们才能在知识经济社会中建立一个以人为本的、不断创新的经济运行机制.     

试论心理健康教育是思想政治教育的重要组成部分

心理健康教育定位不当是思想政治教育长期效果较差的重要原因之一.文章分析了心理健康教育和思想政治教育的关系,认为现代思想政治教育应包括思想教育、政治教育、道德教育和心理教育四个方面,其中,心理教育是基础.心理健康教育是最初级、最低起点的教育,同时又是最深层次的教育.因此,心理健康教育是思想政治教育的重要组成部分.     

我国MIS的开发现状及发展趋势

为适应体制转换和市场经济的要求 ,建立管理信息系统 (MIS)对我国企业极具重要性和紧迫感 ,本文分析了我国MIS的开发现状及存在的问题 ,提出了相应的措施 ,并尝试性地指出管理信息系统的发展趋势是知识信息系统 (KIS) ,并随着知识经济向更高阶段———智能经济的发展进化 ,知识信息系统也将向智能信息系统 (IIS)进化。     

高等教育制度改革后贫困大学生心理健康问题浅析

本文阐述了高等教育制度改革后贫困大学生的心理健康问题,分析了贫困大学生心理健康问题的原因,并提出了化解贫困大学生心理健康问题的对策。