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The Malaysian health care system: Ecology, plans, and reforms

Family Medicine and Community Health, 2016
Malaysia is on its way to achieving developed nation status in the next 4 years. Currently, Malaysia is on track for three Millennium Development Goals (MDG1, MDG4, and MDG7).
Andrea Sebastian, Mohamed Ali Alzain, Collins Otieno Asweto, Gehendra Mahara, Xiuhua Guo, Manshu Song, Youxin Wang, Wei Wang   +7 more
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Health-Care Reform and School-Based Health Care [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2008
There is growing recognition that health and health care at school can significantly impact children's health. From childhood obesity interventions to new immunization mandates, schools are at the forefront of child health discussions. The 2008 presidential campaign and the renewed focus on health-care reform raise the possibility that in 2009 school ...
Julia Graham, Lear, Elizabeth A, Barnwell, Donna, Behrens   +2 more
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Injectable Dual‐Crosslinked Poly(oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Methacrylate) Hydrogels Inspired by Mussel Adhesion for Cutaneous Wound Healing and Functional Tissue Regeneration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Injectable POEGMA‐DA hydrogels, dual‐crosslinked via dopamine self‐polymerization and dynamic hydrazone bonds, provide a safer alternative to invasive wound closure methods and toxic bioadhesives. Mimicking skin‐like mechanics, they achieve effective tissue adhesion for acute dermal wounds, supporting improved healing outcomes, including reducing ...
Gurpreet Kaur Randhawa, Meghan Kostashuk, Zhicheng Pan, Nils Nordstrom, Thomas Kalab, Erica Winterhelt, Todd Hoare   +6 more
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Transparent Multifunctional Wearable Strain Sensor With Self‐Healing and Antibacterial Capabilities for Human Motion Detection

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A transparent dual‐network strain sensor integrates robust mechanical properties, room‐temperature self‐healing, and stable performance under sub‐zero conditions and prolonged storage. Its excellent biocompatibility and antimicrobial properties enable safe skin contact.
Wenqing Chen, Wei Huang, Rohit Gupta, Abbas Heydari, Biswajoy Bagchi, Lulu Xu, Yang Xue, Eirini Velliou, Manish K Tiwari   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health in Uruguay: Progress and Challenges in the Right to Health Care Three Years after the First Progressive Government

Social Medicine, 2008
Using a social medicine perspective, this article describes the Frente Amplio [Broad Front] government strategies for creating a more social, productive, democratic, innovative, and culturally integrated Uruguay.
Fernando Borgia
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Beyond “health care reform”

Academic Medicine, 1993
The author discusses the need to make corrections in the U.S. health care system, describes the simplistic and money-oriented definition that many persons have of "health care reform," and discusses the issues he thinks will and will not be dealt with in the coming reforms of the health care system. He maintains that true reform would deal with matters
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Medical Fabrics with Non‐Antibiotic, Supramolecular Antimicrobial Coatings: A Preventive Approach to Combat Biofilm Formation and Bacterial Dissemination

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The study presents an antibiotic‐free strategy using medical fabrics coated with supramolecular assemblies of polyarginine and hyaluronic acid. These coatings showed strong antimicrobial and anti‐biofilm activity in vitro and in vivo, achieving major bacterial load reductions, including against MRSA.
Adjara Diarrassouba, Abdessalem Rekiki, Cécile Loubière, Sabine Kuchler‐Bopp, Lauriane Petit, Cynthia Calligaro, Derry Mercer, Aurore Gaudin, Naomi Canourgues, Emilie Adicéam, Benoit Beitz, Jeremy Welsch, Annabelle Vigué, Markus j. Kettel, Michael Karl, Chloé Guilbaud‐Chéreau, Philippe Lavalle, Nihal Engin Vrana, Skander Hathroubi   +18 more
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Competition and integration in health care reform

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2012
There is a growing but still fragile understanding that competition and integration are not necessarily in conflict and can be used together. In one version, this might mean using competition to drive improvements in performance in planned care, and ...
Chris Ham
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3D‐Printed Gastrointestinal Stents: In Vivo Evaluation in a Swine Small Bowel Perforation Model

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gastrointestinal fistulae and perforations can lead to severe complications including sepsis and patient death. In this work, the efficacy of 3D‐printed gastrointestinal stents composed of poly‐lactic‐acid (PLA) was evaluated in an in vivo swine model.
Gweniviere Capron, Parinaz Fathi, Tor Wolf Jensen, Derek J. Milner, André J. van der Vlies, Regan L. Moody, Elizabeth A. Bangert, Blair Rowitz, Dipanjan Pan, Matthew B. Wheeler   +9 more
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From People-Centred to People-Driven Care: Can Integrated Care Achieve its Promise without it?

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Nicholas Goodwin, Anthony Brown, Hannah Johnson, Robin Miller, K. Viktoria Stein   +4 more
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