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Improving allocative efficiency from network consolidation: a solution for the health workforce shortage

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background Public hospitals are facing a critical shortage of health workers. The area-based network consolidations could be the solution to increase the system capacity for human resources by improving local allocative efficiency.
Theepakorn Jithitikulchai
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LionVu: A Data-Driven Geographical Web-GIS Tool for Community Health and Decision-Making in a Catchment Area

Geographies, 2023
In 2018, the Penn State Cancer Institute developed LionVu, a web mapping tool to educate and inform community health professionals about the cancer burden in Pennsylvania and its catchment area of 28 counties in central Pennsylvania.
Nathaniel R. Geyer, Eugene J. Lengerich
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Spatial accessibility and social inclusion: The impact of Portugal's last health reform [PDF]

, 2019
Health policies seek to promote access to health care and should provide appropriate geographical accessibility to each demographical functional group.
Ben‐Akiva M. E., El‐Geneidy A., Law M., Radke J., Remoaldo P., Ribeiro V., Ribeiro V., Rodrigue J.‐P., Saúde M., Saúde M., Saúde M., Simões J., Small K. A.   +12 more
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FACTORS AFFECTING DELIVERY CARE OF URBAN MOTHERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF THE URBAN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROJECT IN BANGLADESH

The Indonesian Journal of Public Health, 2021
Maternal mortality and its associated complications can be avoided by ensuring safe and supervised delivery. In this paper, the authors examined the factors associated with the utilisation of institutional delivery care at the Urban Primary Health Care ...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Sharmin Mizan, Razitasham Safii, Sk Akhtar Ahmad   +3 more
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Assessing the freshwater distribution of yellow eel [PDF]

, 2008
In the global context of the decline in wild species, modeling the distribution of populations is a crucial aspect of ecological management. This can be a major challenge, especially for species, such as the European eel, that have complex life cycles ...
Laffaille, Pascal, Lasne, Emilien
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Enduring mental health in the Baltimore epidemiologic catchment area follow-up study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2019
To estimate the prevalence of enduring mental health (EMH) and examine important correlates of EMH 23 years later in the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Follow-Up study.We estimated the prevalence of EMH among 964 adults with diagnostic data at all four study waves (1981-2004).
Kristin E, Schneider, Calliope, Holingue, Kimberly B, Roth, William W, Eaton   +3 more
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Data-driven community engagement: Using quantitative and qualitative data to set priorities and launch new initiatives in a growing catchment area

Preventive Oncology & Epidemiology
Background: In 2022, the catchment area of the Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium (the Consortium) grew from 13-counties in Western Washington State to include all 39 counties in Washington.Methods: Widening the
Jean A. McDougall, Katherine J. Briant, Elizabeth Carosso, Allison M. Cole, Craig Dee, David R. Doody, Peggy A. Hannon, Vida Henderson, Selisha Johnson, Myra Parker, Stephen M. Schwartz, Jason A. Mendoza   +11 more
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Hierarchical two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method: measuring the spatial accessibility to hierarchical healthcare facilities in Shenzhen, China

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities has drawn much attention in health geography. In China, central and local governments have aimed to develop a well-organized hierarchical system of healthcare facilities in recent years.
Zhuolin Tao, Yang Cheng, Jixiang Liu
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Modelling the impact of local reactive school closures on critical care provision during an influenza pandemic [PDF]

, 2011
Despite the fact that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza strain was less severe than had been feared, both seasonal epidemics of influenza-like-illness and future influenza pandemics have the potential to place a serious burden on health services.
Baguelin, Marc, Eames, Ken T. D., Edmunds, W. John, Hens, Niel, Hoek, Albert Jan Van, House, Thomas A., Keeling, Matthew James, Melegaro, Alessia, Read, Jonathan M., Sadique, Zia, White, Peter J.   +10 more
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Healthcare accessibility in preconflict Syria: a comparative spatial analysis

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction There is scarce information about the allocation of health resources in Syria. Pre-existing inequalities were further intensified after the 2011 conflict which displaced over 50% of the population.
Mark N Lurie, Kevin M Mwenda, Mhd Nour Audi, Guixing Wei   +3 more
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