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Perspective: Lessons from COVID-19 of countries in the European region in light of findings from the health system response monitor

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionDecision-makers initially had limited data to inform their policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The research community developed several online databases to track cases, deaths, and hospitalizations; however, a major deficiency was the ...
Florian Tille, Ewout Van Ginneken, Juliane Winkelmann, Juliane Winkelmann, Cristina Hernandez-Quevedo, Michelle Falkenbach, Michelle Falkenbach, Anna Sagan, Anna Sagan, Marina Karanikolos, Jonathan Cylus, Jonathan Cylus   +11 more
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Psychological distress and dyslipidemia in adult women: A 6-years follow up study in Bogor City, Indonesia

Universa Medicina, 2022
BACKGROUND Dyslipidemia is of global occurrence, with a prevalence 30% or higher in several countries, including Indonesia. One risk factor of dyslipidemia is physical or mental stress, that is more frequent in women.
Sulistyowati Tuminah Darjoko, Sudarto Ronoatmodjo, Srilaning Driyah, Dewi Kristanti, Dwi Hapsari Tjandrarini   +4 more
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Who should be vaccinated first? Comparing vaccine prioritization strategies in Israel and European countries using the Covid-19 Health System Response Monitor

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2021
The rapid rollout of Israel’s vaccination program has led to considerable international interest. In this brief commentary we consider how the criteria for vaccination priority groups differ between Israel and selected European countries.
Jonathan Cylus, Dimitra Panteli, Ewout van Ginneken   +2 more
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Primary care reforms in Central Asia – On the path to universal health coverage?

Health Policy Open, 2023
This article reviews progress in primary care reforms in the four Central Asian countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It draws on the country monitoring work of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, a review of ...
Bernd Rechel, Aigul Sydykova, Saltanat Moldoisaeva, Dilorom Sodiqova, Yerbol Spatayev, Mohir Ahmedov, Susannah Robinson, Anna Sagan   +7 more
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Health in all policies – health of the population in development policies in Poland, with particular focus on health inequalities

Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu, 2021
Introduction Creating an impact on health is a long-term process that involves activities of public policy. In Poland, particular policies are formulated in documents at the central, regional and local levels.
Piotr Tyszko, Krzysztof Kanecki, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Elżbieta Buczak-Stec, Magdalena Bogdan   +4 more
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COVID-19 vaccination effectiveness in the population of Friuli Venezia Giulia, North-East Italy. Control of bias associated with divergent compliance to policies in a test-negative case-control study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Vaccine effectiveness (VE) studies consolidate knowledge of real-world effectiveness in different contexts. However, methodological issues may undermine their conclusions: to assess the VE against COVID-19 within the Italian population, a ...
Valentina Rosolen, Federico Turoldo, Gianna Zamaro, Flavio Del Bianco, Patrizio Pezzotti, Luigi Castriotta, Fabio Barbone   +6 more
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Mobilization of science advice by the Canadian federal government to support the COVID-19 pandemic response

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
The procurement and provision of expert-driven, evidence-informed, and independent science advice is integral to timely decision-making during public health emergencies.
Dominika Bhatia, Sara Allin, Erica Di Ruggiero   +2 more
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The Financial Risks of Unpaid Caregiving During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Self-reported Survey in a Canadian Jurisdiction

Health Services Insights, 2023
As health service delivery shifts from institutions to the home, greater care responsibilities are being imposed on unpaid caregivers. However, gaps remain concerning how these responsibilities are contributing to caregivers’ financial risk.
Husayn Marani, Sara Allin, Sandra McKay, Gregory P. Marchildon   +3 more
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A realist evaluation of the continuum of HIV services for men who have sex with men

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2021
Background Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) represent the risk group that are disproportionately most affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and continue to drop-off from the steps of the continuum of HIV services that have been adopted to ...
Willy Dunbar, Marie Colette Alcide Jean-Pierre, Jacky S. Pétion, Aline Labat, Nathalie Maulet, Yves Coppieters   +5 more
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Development of national framework for health status and health system performance indicators in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
Background: The global shift to value-based care has highlighted the necessity for performance measurement in healthcare. While the implementation may be incomplete, governments and providers have been moving towards value-based models of care delivery ...
Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, Mohammed AlTamimi, Nahar Al-Azmi, Taghred Al-Ghaith, Farah AlMuaither, Reema AlThunayyan, Farah AlDlaigan, Abdulrahman S. Bazaid, Ahlam AlShehri   +8 more
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