Publications by authors named "Oriana Ruffini"
Article Synopsis
- Local governments play a critical role in establishing healthy, fair, and environmentally sustainable food systems, leading to the development of a new benchmarking tool called Local Food-EPI+.
- This tool was created by adapting an existing national policy index and includes 61 indicators across 10 key food policy areas to guide local governments in assessing their policies.
- Pilot testing showed the Local Food-EPI+ tool is practical and effective for helping local governments enhance their food policies, improve community health, and prioritize sustainability actions.
Issue Addressed: Climate change is a defining public health issue of the 21st century. Food systems are drivers of diet-related disease burden, and account for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Local governments play a crucial role in improving both the healthiness and environmental sustainability of food systems, but the potential for their actions to simultaneously address these two issues is unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Performance-linked remuneration for pharmacists' dispensing in which payment may be adjusted based on an outcome of the service, has been introduced by some funders in the US. However, in most countries, pharmacists' dispending is still remunerated on a set fee-for-service (sFFS) basis.
Objective: To assess sFFS and performance-linked payment concepts and identify quality-focused funding principles for dispensing within an Australian context.