How to Develop and Implement a National Drug Policy
How to Develop and Implement a National Drug Policy

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9789241545471

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A drug policy is a crucial ingredient in every country's national health strategy as it provides a strategic framework to identify goals and commitments. This publication discusses the key components of such a policy. Issues covered include: the selection of essential drugs, affordability; finance and supply; regulation and quality assurance; rational use; research; human resources; monitoring and evaluation.

Access to Health Care in America
Access to Health Care in America

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0309047420

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Americans are accustomed to anecdotal evidence of the health care crisis. Yet, personal or local stories do not provide a comprehensive nationwide picture of our access to health care. Now, this book offers the long-awaited health equivalent of national economic indicators. This useful volume defines a set of national objectives and identifies indicatorsâ€"measures of utilization and outcomeâ€"that can "sense" when and where problems occur in accessing specific health care services. Using the indicators, the committee presents significant conclusions about the situation today, examining the relationships between access to care and factors such as income, race, ethnic origin, and location. The committee offers recommendations to federal, state, and local agencies for improving data collection and monitoring. This highly readable and well-organized volume will be essential for policymakers, public health officials, insurance companies, hospitals, physicians and nurses, and interested individuals.

Indicators for Monitoring National Drug Policies
Indicators for Monitoring National Drug Policies

Author: Pascale Brudon

Publisher:

Published: 2000-08-30

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780119863079

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All countries have a pharmaceutical policy of some sort. They want make effective, safe, low cost drugs available and they want to ensure that the drugs are of good quality and used rationally. However there is a need for tools to evaluate the performance of the pharmaceutical sector or monitor the implementation of a national drugs policy. This manual shows the indicators to be used. It is aimed at mangers responsible for drug policies, policy makers and international agencies' experts.

The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women
The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women

Author: Julia Buxton

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2020-11-19

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 183982882X

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Examining the impact of drug criminalisation on a previously overlooked demographic, this book argues that women are disproportionately affected by a flawed policy approach.

Research Handbook on International Drug Policy
Research Handbook on International Drug Policy

Author: David R. Bewley-Taylor

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-09-25

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1788117069

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Analysing arguably one of the most controversial areas in public policy, this pioneering Research Handbook brings together contributions from expert researchers to provide a global overview of the shifting dynamics of drug policy. Emphasising connections between the domestic and the international, contributors illustrate the intersections between drug policy, human rights obligations and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, offering an insightful analysis of the regional dynamics of drug control and the contemporary and emerging problems it is facing.

Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic
Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-09-28

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 0309459575

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Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring.