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Public Health
Research on public health published by scientists at University of Bergen
June 15th, 2009
"Norway is part of the so-called social democratic welfare state model, which is characterized by its emphasis on solidarity and redistribution among social groups. The concepts of upstream and downstream policy measures may be useful to characterize different approaches to public health policies: upstream measures would be structural measures, in line with the social democratic welfare state model, while downstream measures would be more targeted at individuals or groups at some sort of risk," scientists in Bergen, Norway report. "The aim of this article is to analyze national policies in Norway and how these may be characterized in terms of upstream and downstream...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2009-06-15)
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