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- Radetzki, Marcus, 1967-, et al.
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Genes and insurance : Ethical, legal and economic issues
- 2003
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- The authors of this study emphasize the effectiveness of collectively funded public insurances as opposed to genetic information regulation within the private insurance sector. Genetics has provided tools to determine individuals' risk of future disease, which is of key interest for insurance companies in determining insurance premiums; but persons with high enough risk may remain uninsured. For this reason, genetic information has been regulated. But, regulation may not be the solution, according to the authors, and they call for the resumption of social insurance, a key element of the welfare state.
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- Bröchner, Jan, 1948, et al.
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Quality and legal aspects in public care procurement
- 2016
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Ingår i: TQM Journal. - 1754-2731 .- 1754-274X. ; 28:4, s. 648-663
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the applicability of care quality concepts as contractaward criteria for public procurement of health and social care, using the case of Sweden.Design/methodology/approach – Based on a literature review, European and Swedish legal texts,government regulations as well as 26 Swedish court review cases concerning care procurement havebeen analysed.Findings – Methods used for assessing care quality are seldom useful for predicting the quality to bedelivered by a potential contractor. Legal principles of transparency and equal treatment of tenderersmake it necessary to apply strict requirements for verification.Research limitations/implications – Results refer primarily to a Swedish context but could beapplicable throughout the EU. Further studies of relations between award criteria and public/privatecollaborative practices for improving care quality during contractual periods are desirable.Practical implications – Local and regional procurement officials should benefit from a betterunderstanding of how quality criteria should be designed and applied to the award procedures for carecontracts. Care providers in the private sector would also be able to develop their quality strategies andpresent their abilities more efficiently when tendering for public contracts.Social implications – Issues of quality of health and social care are of obvious importance for socialsustainability. Public awareness of care quality problems is evident and often a cause of media concern.Originality/value – This investigation pinpoints the difference between traditional care qualitythinking and the legal principles underlying contract award in public procurement of care services.
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