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Integrated care: a position paper of the WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services. [PDF]

, 2001
The WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services in Barcelona is an integral part of the World Health Organizations' Regional Office for Europe.
Garcia-Barbero, M, Gröne, O, WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services   +2 more
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Impact of free delivery care on health facility delivery and insurance coverage in Ghana's Brong Ahafo Region. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Many sub-Saharan countries, including Ghana, have introduced policies to provide free medical care to pregnant women. The impact of these policies, particularly on access to health services among the poor, has not been evaluated using ...
Owusu-Agyei, S, Campbell, OM, Lisa Hurt, Campbell, Oona M.R., Tawiah, Charlotte, Charlotte Tawiah, Alexander Manu, Kirkwood Betty R., Soremekun, S, Justin Fenty, Manu Alexander, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Oona M R Campbell, Hill, Zelee, Hurt, Lisa, Kirkwood, BR, Seyi Soremekun, Soremekun, Seyi, Guus Ten Asbroek, Fenty, J, Dzakpasu, Susie, Dzakpasu, S, Fenty Justin, Ten Asbroek, Guus, Campbell, Oona MR, Zelee Hill, ten Asbroek Guus, Ten Asbroek, G, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Hurt, L, Betty R Kirkwood, Owusu-Agyei Seth, Kirkwood, Betty R., Soremekun Seyi, Fenty, Justin, Kirkwood, Betty R, Manu, Alexander, Hill, Z, Susie Dzakpasu, Dzakpasu Susie, Hurt Lisa, Tawiah, C, Campbell Oona M. R., Tawiah Charlotte, Hill Zelee, Manu, A   +45 more
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Association of stay-at-home orders and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in rural and urban United States: a population-based study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective We examined the association between stay-at-home order implementation and the incidence of COVID-19 infections and deaths in rural versus urban counties of the United States.Design We used an interrupted time-series analysis using a mixed ...
Nilay D Shah, Rozalina G McCoy, Benjamin D Pollock, David H Jiang, Darius J Roy   +4 more
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Health care and health care delivery in Greenland

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2010
To describe the health care system and health care delivery in Greenland.This was a literature study that included literature and articles searched in PubMed published from 1989 to 2009 about health care in Greenland.The health care system is a publicly financed governmental responsibility. Its major challenges are limited economic resources, Greenland'
Birgit, Niclasen, Gert, Mulvad
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Inequalities in public health care delivery in Zambia [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Access to adequate health services that is of acceptable quality is important in the move towards universal health coverage. However, previous studies have revealed inequities in health care utilisation in the favour of the rich.
Phiri, Jane, Jane Phiri, Ataguba, John E, John E Ataguba   +3 more
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Utilization of delivery care among rural women in china: does the health insurance make a difference? a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Since 2003, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) has been implemented throughout rural China, usually covering delivery services in its benefit package. The objective of this study was to compare the difference of utilization of delivery
Hemminki, Elina, Long Qian, Yan Hong, Elina Hemminki, Jianmin Gao, Xiao Shengbin, Shen Yuan, Duolao Wang, Gao, Jianmin, Gao Jianmin, Qian Long, Long, Qian, Xiao, Shengbin, Dang, Shaonong, Wang, Duolao, Hemminki Elina, Shen, Yuan, Wang Duolao, Shengbin Xiao, Yuan Shen, Dang Shaonong, Shaonong Dang, Yan, Hong, Hong Yan   +23 more
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Use Pattern of Maternal Health Services and Determinants of Skilled Care During Delivery in Southern Tanzania: Implications for Achievement of MDG-5 targets. [PDF]

, 2007
Almost two decades since the initiation of the Safe motherhood Initiative, Maternal Mortality is still soaring high in most developing countries. In 2000 WHO estimated a life time risk of a maternal death of 1 in 16 in Sub- Saharan Africa while it was ...
Mpembeni, Rose Nm, Leshabari, Melkzedeck T, Mushi, Declare, Killewo, Japhet Z, Jahn, Albrecht, Massawe, Siriel N, Mwakipa, Hassan   +6 more
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An individually-tailored smoking cessation intervention for rural Veterans: a pilot randomized trial

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Tobacco use remains prevalent among Veterans of military service and those residing in rural areas. Smokers frequently experience tobacco-related issues including risky alcohol use, post-cessation weight gain, and depressive symptoms that may ...
Mark W. Vander Weg, Ashley J. Cozad, M. Bryant Howren, Margaret Cretzmeyer, Melody Scherubel, Carolyn Turvey, Kathleen M. Grant, Thad E. Abrams, David A. Katz   +8 more
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Removing financial barriers to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services: the challenges and policy implications for human resources for health. [PDF]

, 2013
The last decade has seen widespread retreat from user fees with the intention to reduce financial constraints to users in accessing health care and in particular improving access to reproductive, maternal and newborn health services.
Barbara McPake, Witter, S, Ensor, Tim, Sophie Witter, David Newlands, Newlands, D., Chirwa, Yotamu, Suzanne Fustukian, Yotamu Chirwa, Martineau, Tim, Tim Martineau, Newlands, D, Tim Ensor, McPake, Barbara, McPake, B, Martineau, Timothy, Fustukian, S, Witter, Sophie, Martineau, T, Chirwa, Y, Newlands, David, Ensor, T, Fustukian, Suzanne   +22 more
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Perinatal outcome after vacuum assisted delivery with digital feedback on traction force; a randomised controlled study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Low and mid station vacuum assisted deliveries (VAD) are delicate manual procedures that entail a high degree of subjectivity from the operator and are associated with adverse neonatal outcome.
Stefhanie Romero, Kristina Pettersson, Khurram Yousaf, Magnus Westgren, Gunilla Ajne   +4 more
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