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Quality healthcare services under National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: perspectives from health policy implementers and beneficiaries [PDF]

Public Administration and Policy, 2021
Purpose – This paper aims to examine the factors that affect the quality of healthcare services in the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) at the local level in Ghana from the perspectives of health policy implementers and ...
Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi
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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection among medical laboratory science students in a Ghanaian tertiary institution [PDF]

Journal of Health Research, 2022
Purpose – This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among medical laboratory science students (MLSSs) in the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ghana.
Philip Apraku Tawiah, Albert Abaka-Yawson, Emmanuel Sintim Effah, Kingsley Arhin-Wiredu, Kwabena Oppong   +4 more
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Fraud in healthcare facilities: A Narrative Review

Public Health of Indonesia, 2021
Every country needs to develop Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to promote optimal levels of public health. But in realizing UHC, there must be some problems, one of which is fraud.
Sarah Mauren Michaela, Mieke Nurmalasari, Hosizah Hosizah   +2 more
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Regulation and organizational forms of internal audit of health care facilities

Економіка, управління та адміністрування, 2022
Internal audit is the main form of control, which is a functionally independent assessment of the activities of health care institutions in order to provide recommendations and advice aimed at improving the activities, and the management of economic ...
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Knowledge and preventive practices against malaria among pregnant women in urban and rural public healthcare facilities in nigeria’s federal capital territory

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2022
Background: Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease, and pregnant women are at risk of its adverse consequences. Objectives: The study aimed to determine knowledge and preventive practices against malaria among pregnant women at urban and rural ...
Sabastine N Esomonu, Edmund N Ossai, Apagu D Gadzama, Matthew A Ashikeni, Benjamin S Uzochukwu   +4 more
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Beyond flu: Trends in respiratory infection outbreaks in Ontario healthcare settings from 2007 to 2017, and implications for non-influenza outbreak management

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: Outbreaks cause significant morbidity and mortality in healthcare settings. Current testing methods can identify specific viral respiratory pathogens, yet the approach to outbreak management remains general.
Katherine Paphitis, Camille Achonu, Sandra Callery, Jonathan Gubbay, Kevin Katz, Matthew Muller, Herveen Sachdeva, Bryna Warshawsky, Michael Whelan, Gary Garber, Michelle Murti   +10 more
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Example of Activity-Based Cost Analysis of a Public Hospital Operating in the Kayseri Province: Home Health Unit and Patients Diagnosed with Epidermolysis Bullosa

Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi, 2022
Aim: This study aims to determine the income and expense items of the health care provided for Epidermolysis Bullosa patients in the home health services unit of a public hospital in Kayseri.
İsmail Altıntop, Memiş Karaca, Mustafa Öz Daş, Adem Şengül, Erhan Şimşek   +4 more
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The Missing Quality of Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Delivered in Public-Health Facilities, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Clinics and Practice, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public-health problem. TB prevention and control measures are compromised by poor quality of care delivered to TB patients in health facilities during diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up; thus, this study was ...
Asrat Agalu Abejew, Hussen Abdu, Yimer Seid, Agumas Shibabaw   +3 more
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Disrespect and abuse during childbirth in East Hararghe Zone public health facilities, eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023
BackgroundCompassionate and respectful maternity care during childbirth has been identified as a potential strategy to prevent and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity.
Ahmedin Aliyi Usso, Hassen Abdi Adem, Addisu Alemu, Aminu Mohammed   +3 more
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Outsourcing in health facilities: Challenges in medical university of Isfahan in focus

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Outsourcing is one of the major strategies for keeping competitive gain in today's highly varying markets, especially in health systems. This study endeavored to identify operational challenges of outsourcing health facilities affiliated to
Nasrin Shaarbafchizadeh, Pejman Aghdak, Morteza Sahebi   +2 more
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