In the case of resource-rich countries, establishing sector-specific registries may be the right place to start.
The assessments of provider perspectives documented in the published literature [ 4- 7] reflect only single states or urban areas; lacking is a perspective on provider participation across a wider sector of registry participants and non-participants, which may provide some valuable "lessons learned" for those seeking to improve provider participation rates.
They are usually not retailers who are heavily represented in the wedding registry sector," says Cheng.
Persons with health qualifications but not working in the public health sector are often excluded from national registries, for instance.
This, the paper says in commendably blunt language, is because it "would not meet the government's objectives of transferring the Land Registry into the private sector".
"Any privileged access to Asic registry data by a private sector owner and/or operator – be it timing, access, or price – would be highly detrimental to competition, innovation, economic outcomes and commercial decision-making," the letter said.
Due to prevailing healthcare systems, particularly in private sectors, it is very challenging to maintain registries.
Education and training are needed for current staff, together with ways to encourage and motivate public and private sectors of the cancer registry program (e.g. physicians, pathology laboratories and surgical services) to complete the cancer case registry forms accurately and remit them to the appropriate center in a timely fashion.
They cover a more representative population than national health registries, which often focus only on the public sector.
Private sector medicine prices were sourced from the South African Medicine Price Registry as at 20 December 2013.
