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Improving mental health outcomes: achieving equity through quality improvement [PDF]

, 2014
20.05. 15 KB. paper re-submitted to include updated metadataObjective To investigate equity of patient outcomes in a psychological therapy service, following increased access achieved by a quality improvement (QI) initiative.
Barnes, R, Green, J, Emmi Honeybourne, John Green, Poots, A, Ruth Barnes, Bell, D, Woodcock, T, Green, SA, Derek Bell, Honeybourne, E, Alan J. Poots, Stuarta Green   +12 more
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Factors associated with lack of access to dental services among Brazilian adults [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between individual and contextual variables and lack of access to dental services among the Brazilian adult population.
Márcio Vinicius de Gouveia Affonso, Aylene Bousquat, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Paulo Frazão   +3 more
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Reducing avoidable inequalities in health: a new criterion for setting health care capitation payments [PDF]

, 2002
Traditionally, most health care systems which pretend to any sort of rationality and cost control have sought to allocate their limited funds in order to secure equal opportunity of access for equal need.
Katharina Hauck, Hauck, K., Shaw, R., Smith, P.C., Peter C. Smith, Rebecca Shaw   +5 more
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Locomotion difficulty and need for home care: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To investigate home visits by physicians or nurses for consultations and procedures and associated factors in families with people with mobility difficulties and need for home care.
Rogério da Silva Linhares, Elaine Thumé, Maria Laura Vidal Carrett, Everton José Fantinel, Maria Aurora Dropa Chrestani Cesar, Elaine Tomasi   +5 more
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Contribution of primary health care teams to equity in universal access to health services [PDF]

Archives of Preventive Medicine, 2019
Since Alma Ata Declaration, 40 years ago, the Health Service Systems has undergone signifi cant changes, but those achievements are unevenly distributed, with an increasing number of people without coverage by basic health services. Advances in technology, including the arrival of big data, together with the adoption of evidence-based care models have ...
G Bergonzoli, LM García Zapata
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Vertical equity of healthcare in Taiwan: health services were distributed according to need [PDF]

, 2013
[[abstract]]Introduction To test the hypothesis that the distribution of healthcare services is according to health need can be achieved under a rather open access system.
王秀英;Wang, Shiow-Ing;楊志良;Yaung, Chih-Liang, Wang, SI;Yaung, CL, Shiow-Ing Wang, Wang Shiow-Ing, Yaung Chih-Liang, Chih-Liang Yaung   +5 more
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Factors associated with seeking and access to oral health services among Brazilian adolescents and young adults [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
Objective: To investigate individual and contextual factors associated with seeking and access to oral health services among Brazilian adolescents and young adults.
Rênnis Oliveira da Silva, Carolina Thaiza Costa Pazos, Ana Beatriz Vasconcelos Lima Araújo, Nilcema Figueiredo, Gabriela da Silveira Gaspar, Paulo Sávio Angeiras de Goes   +5 more
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Mapping mental health service access: achieving equity through quality improvement [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2012
Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPTs) services deliver evidence-based care to people with depression and anxiety. A quality improvement (QI) initiative was undertaken by an IAPT service to improve referrals providing an opportunity to evaluate equitable access.QI methodologies were used by the clinical team to improve referrals to the ...
Green, S. A., Poots, A. J., Marcano-Belisario, J., Samarasundera, E., Green, J., Honeybourne, E., Barnes, R.   +6 more
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Performance evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests for Chagas disease in Jutiapa, Guatemala [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Chagas disease remains a public health problem in Guatemala, with ongoing transmission, both regionally and globally. Diagnosis is complex and often inaccessible.
Karla Lange, Andrea Marchiol, Rafael Herazo, Marianela Menes, Carlota Monroy, Antonieta Rodas, Belter Alcántara, Karen Carrillo, María Jesús Pinazo   +8 more
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The Right to Health, Judicialization, and Equity in SUS [PDF]

, 2022
The three principles of the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS) – universality, integrality, and equity – underlie most analyses of the Brazilian public health system.
Vanessa Elias de Oliveira
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