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Mental Health Care in California: Painting a Picture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Nearly 1 in 6 California adults has a mental health need, and approximately 1 in 20 suffers from a serious mental illness that makes it difficult to carry out major life activities.

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Experiences and lessons learned from a patient‐engagement service established by a national research consortium in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration

open access: yesLearning Health Systems
Introduction Meaningful engagement of patients in the research process has increased over the past 20 years. Few accounts are available of engagement infrastructure and processes used by large research organizations.
Tracy L. Sides   +7 more
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Decentralization and Public Delivery of Health Care Services in India [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines delivery of public health care services in India, in the broader context of decentralization. It provides an overview of the basic features and recent developments in intergovernmental fiscal relations and accountability mechanisms ...
Singh, Nirvikar
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In adults with multimorbidity, does the provision of social care services have an effect on the use of primary care and secondary care health services? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives: Health and social care is an area of high policy importance in the UK. Integration of health boards with local authority provided social care in Scotland in 2016 is a major structural change in delivery of care.
Henderson, David
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Maternal decision‐making for patients offered prenatal myelomeningocele repair

open access: yesPregnancy
Introduction To explore the decision‐making process for patients offered prenatal myelomeningocele repair. Methods This single‐center prospective cohort study enrolled women who were candidates for prenatal myelomeningocele repair. Participants completed
Laura C. Colicchia   +6 more
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Avoiding admissions : the most cost effective delivery of acute care to residents of aged-care facilities in the Hutt Valley : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Business Studies in Management at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The highest annual costs of health care occur in the last one to two years of life. The most expensive part of health care provision during this period is aged-residential care.
Turner, Nicola Nell
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Effectiveness and Safety of Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban, and Apixaban Versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
BackgroundThe introduction of non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants has been a major advance for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; however, outcomes achieved in clinical trials may not translate to routine practice.
Xiaoxi Yao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Public and the Health Care Delivery System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Analyzes survey results on Americans' views on the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) and its effects on the quality of care, effectiveness, costs, and patient privacy; the efficiency of the system; the impact of rising costs; and other ...

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The organizational dynamics enabling patient portal impacts upon organizational performance and patient health: a qualitative study of Kaiser Permanente. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BackgroundPatient portals may lead to enhanced disease management, health plan retention, changes in channel utilization, and lower environmental waste.
de Bont, Antoinette   +4 more
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Determinants of maternal health care utilisation in India : Evidence from a recent household survey [PDF]

open access: yes
In India, utilisation of basic health services has remained poor. The reasons may be low levels of household income, high illiteracy and ignorance, and a host of traditional factors.
Shariff, Abusaleh, Singh, Geeta
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