51 judgments found.

S.J. v. Försäkringskassan (‘Jelinek’)

Country: Sweden
Year: 2004
Court: Supreme Administrative Court
Citation: RÅ 2004 ref. 41
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing
Human Rights: Freedom of movement and residence, Right to health
Facts:

The plaintiff was diagnosed with a severe inflammatory disease, and she was offered treatments at the hospital in Sweden using a common treatment method for her disease.  After ending two rounds of this treatment process (and learning that doctors recommended a further 6 to 12 treatment rounds), the plaintiff had commenced the new treatment method …Read more

Tags: Access to treatment, Budget, Health expenditures, Health funding, Health insurance, Health regulation, Health spending, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Reimbursement, Social security, Tertiary care
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Shri Prithvi Nath Chopra v. Union of India

Country: India
Year: 2004
Court: High Court - Delhi
Citation: 2004 (74) DRJ 175
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

The Petitioner was a retired Under Secretary in the Central Government. He and his wife were entitled to full medical reimbursement under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). In July 2001 he admitted his wife for an emergency cancer surgery to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, which is recognized under the CGHS. An office memorandum dated 1996 …Read more

Tags: Access to treatment, Cancer, Private hospitals, Public hospitals, Reimbursement, Secondary care, Tertiary care
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De’Lonta v. Angelone

Country: United States
Year: 2003
Court: 4th Circuit Court of Appeal
Citation: 330 F.3d 630 (2003)
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Medicines, Prisons, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Facts:

The Appellant, Ophelia Azriel De’lonta (born Michael A. Stokes), a Virginia inmate suffering from gender identity disorder (GID) (also known as gender dysphoria or transsexualism), brought suit against the Respondents, the Director of and doctors at the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), alleging that they inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on her, in violation of …Read more

Tags: Access to drugs, Access to health care, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Detention, Gender identity, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Inmate, Intersex, Jail, Pharmaceuticals, Secondary care, Sex reassignment, Tertiary care, Torture, Transgender, Transsexual
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Mouisel v. France

Country: France
Year: 2003
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: App. No. 67263/01, 38 Eur. H.R. Rep. 34 (2004).
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Facts:

Applicant, a prisoner serving a 15-year sentence, alleged that France violated his Article 3 rights against inhuman treatment when his appeals for pardon on the grounds of suffering form a worsening state of leukemia were denied. Medical reports showed that Mouisel had leukemia and that the disease continued to worsen. However, Mouisel’s application to the …Read more

Tags: Access to health care, Access to treatment, Cancer, Cruel treatment, Custody, Degrading treatment, Detention, Imprisonment, Incarceration, Inhuman treatment, Inmate, Leukemia, Secondary care, Tertiary care, Torture
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T.V. Rajagopala Rao v. Additional Director of the Central Government Health Scheme

Country: India
Year: 2003
Court: High Court - Andhra Pradesh
Citation: 2003 (3) ALD 476; 2003 (3) ALT 632
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health information, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

Petitioner had health coverage under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).  On January 4, 2000, the petitioner learned that he had blocked arteries and was advised to go to Yashoda hospital, which was a recognized referral hospital under the CGHS. At Yashoda hospital he was instructed to have bypass surgery. After consulting with many doctors, …Read more

Tags: Access to treatment, Emergency care, Heart disease, Private hospitals, Public hospitals, Reimbursement, Secondary care, Tertiary care
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Montgomery v. Pinchak

Country: United States
Year: 2002
Court: 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal
Citation: 294 F.3d 492 (2002)
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, Medicines, Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Facts:

The Appellant, Montgomery, was an inmate at the East Jersey State Prison (the Prison). Montgomery suffered from a heart condition and was HIV-positive. He brought these proceedings against prison administrative officials, the private corporate entity providing medical care to the prison (CMS), and a physician employed by CMS as an independent contractor at the prison. …Read more

Tags: Access to drugs, Access to health care, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Antiretrovirals, ARVs, Cruel and unusual punishment, Detention, First-line treatment, Heart disease, Imprisonment, Inmate, Jail, Noncommunicable diseases, Pharmaceuticals, Second-line treatment, Secondary care, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, STDs, STIs, Tertiary care, Torture
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Shri V.K. Gupta v. Union of India and Anr

Country: India
Year: 2002
Court: High Court - Delhi
Citation: 2002 IIIAD Delhi 1054; 97 (2002) DLT 337
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

Shri V.K. Gupta, the Petitioner, was an employee of the Delhi High Court and was covered by the Central Government Health Scheme. He underwent an open heart surgery at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Ltd. (EHIRC), which was approved by the Registrar of the Delhi High Court. Full reimbursement was denied to the Petitioner …Read more

Tags: Heart disease, Private hospitals, Reimbursement, Secondary care, Tertiary care
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Lalonde v. Ontario (Commission de Restructuration des Services de Santé)

Country: Canada
Year: 2001
Court: Ontario Court of Appeal
Citation: 56 OR (3d) 505; 208 DLR (4th) 577 (Ont CA)
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health information, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Right of access to information, Rights to the benefits of culture
Facts:

Montfort Hospital appealed the Healthcare Services Restructuring Committee’s (HSRC) decision to transfer services away from the hospital. Montfort was a full-service, general hospital in Ontario that operated, trained health-care professionals and provided services in French on a full-time basis, servicing a large francophone population in eastern Ontario. Exercising its authority under the Public Hospitals Act, …Read more

Tags: Access to health care, Access to treatment, Awareness, Budget, Health care professionals, Health care workers, Health education, Health expenditures, Health facilities, Health funding, Health promotion, Health regulation, Health spending, Primary care, Public hospitals, Secondary care, Social security, Tertiary care
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Lt. Col. B.S. Dhanda v. Union of India and Others

Country: India
Year: 2001
Court: High Court - Delhi
Citation: MANU/DE/0868/2001
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to life
Facts:

Lt. Col. B.S. Dhanda, the Petitioner, was an army official who was advised to undergo angiography and other specialized treatment at Escorts Hospital. The medial expenses incurred during this period were cleared by the Army Hospital. On submitting the bills for reimbursement, only a part of the claim was reimbursed. The Petitioner unsuccessfully filed a …Read more

Tags: Access to treatment, Heart disease, Military, Private hospitals, Reimbursement, Secondary care, Tertiary care
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United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers

Country: United States
Year: 2001
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 532 U.S. 483 (2001)
Health Topics: Controlled substances, Health care and health services, Medicines
Facts:

The Respondent, Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative (Cooperative), was a not-for-profit medical cannabis dispensary established after California voters enacted a measure that created “an exception to California laws” that prohibited “the possession and cultivation of marijuana.” The Cooperative had a physician as its medical director, registered nurses as staff during business hours, and dispensed marijuana to …Read more

Tags: Access to drugs, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Drug abuse, Marijuana, Secondary care, Substance abuse, Tertiary care
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