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Financial risk protection of Thailand’s universal health coverage: results from series of national household surveys between 1996 and 2015

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Thailand, an upper-middle income country, has demonstrated exemplary outcomes of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The country achieved full population coverage and a high level of financial risk protection since 2002, through implementing ...
Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kanjana Tisayaticom, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Vuthiphan Vongmongkol, Shaheda Viriyathorn, Supon Limwattananon   +5 more
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Economic burden and health related quality of life of ultra-rare Gaucher disease in China

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Background The diagnosis and health care of patients with rare diseases present a tremendous challenge worldwide. This study described the health care service utilization through participants’ perspective and estimated the cost of illness (COI), and ...
Xinye Qi, Jiao Xu, Linghan Shan, Ye Li, Yu Cui, Huan Liu, Kexin Wang, Lijun Gao, Zheng Kang, Qunhong Wu   +9 more
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Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool: A decision support tool for health policy makers and implementers

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020
BackgroundPromising health interventions tested in pilot studies will only achieve population-wide impact if they are implemented at scale across communities and health systems.
A. Milat, Karen Lee, K. Conte, A. Grunseit, L. Wolfenden, Femke van Nassau, N. Orr, P. Sreeram, A. Bauman   +8 more
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Effect of an Intensive Multi-Modal Intervention for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on Equity in Children’s Health and Educational Outcomes

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives To determine whether an intensive multi-modal ADHD intervention for children and teens resulted in improved long-term health and educational outcomes and in reduced inequity in these outcomes across the socioeconomic gradient.
Mark Smith, Dan Chateau, Jennifer Enns, Jason Randall, James Bolton, Laurence Katz, Elaine Burland, Alan Katz, Marni Brownell, Collette Raymond   +9 more
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Misconceptions about transmission, symptoms and prevention of HIV/AIDS among adolescents in Ebonyi state, South-east Nigeria

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objectives Nigeria has the second largest number of adolescents and young people living with HIV/AIDS in the world. Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS contribute to spread of HIV, and constrain uptake of preventive services. This paper explored misconceptions
Ifunanya Clara Agu, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Chinyere Okeke, Irene Eze, Chibuike Agu, Uchenna Ezenwaka, Nkoli Ezumah, Obinna Onwujekwe   +7 more
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Development of a social distancing monitoring system in Republic of Korea: results of a modified Delphi process

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Social distancing policies work in different ways and at different levels. In addition, various forms of monitoring systems have been implemented in different countries.
Suin Seo, Jin-Ok Han, Sool Shin, Heeyoung Lee   +3 more
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Health Policy and Privacy Challenges Associated With Digital Technology

JAMA Network Open, 2020
This qualitative study assesses the association between digital technology and emerging challenges for health policy and privacy.
D. Grande, X. Luna Marti, Rachel Feuerstein-Simon, R. Merchant, D. Asch, Ashley B. Lewson, C. Cannuscio   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social Housing and Health in Manitoba

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objective Fourteen years of social housing data (1995-2008) were acquired from the provincial government. This allowed for an unprecedented opportunity to describe the population of individuals living in social housing and, through data linkage, to ...
Mark Smith, Greg Finlayson, Patricia Martens, Jim Dunn, Heather Prior, Carole Taylor, Ruth-Ann Soodeen, Aynslie Hinds, Charles Burchill, Wendy Guenette   +9 more
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Multi-dimensional impacts of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on Sustainable Development Goal achievement

Globalization and Health, 2022
Background Health, social and economic crises triggered by the Coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) can derail progress and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Angkana Lekagul, Anamika Chattong, Putthipanya Rueangsom, Orratai Waleewong, Viroj Tangcharoensathien   +4 more
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Adding A Climate Lens To Health Policy In The United States.

Health Affairs, 2020
Climate change increasingly threatens the ability of the US health care system to deliver safe, effective, and efficient care to the American people. The existing health care system has key vulnerabilities that will grow more problematic as the effects ...
Renee N. Salas, Tynan H. Friend, Aaron S. Bernstein, A. Jha   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source