Health Care Expenditure of Rural Households in Pondicherry, India
International Journal of Medical Students, 2013 Background: Shortcomings in healthcare delivery has led people to spend a substantial proportion of their incomes on medical treatment. World Health Organization (2005) estimates reveal that every year 25 million households are forced into poverty by ...
Poornima Varadarajan +2 more
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Classification of health needs: a cluster analysis of older adults in urban areas
BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background In this study, a cross-sectional survey was used to understand and analyze the health status and health needs of the elderly in the community.
Liu Yang +7 more
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Approaches and Components of Health Workforce Planning Models: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: To date, there is still no uniformity in forecasting models for health workforce planning (HWFP). Different countries use various HWFP models, some of which are context-specific.
Somaieh Bosak +2 more
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Customer Discovery as the First Essential Step for Successful Health Information Technology System Development [PDF]
Healthcare Informatics Research, 2018 ObjectivesCustomer discovery (CD) is a method to determine if there are actual customers for a product/service and what they would want before actually developing the product/service. This concept, however, is rather new to health information technology (
Punyotai Thamjamrassri +5 more
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Designing a reproductive health services package in the universal health insurance scheme in Thailand: match and mismatch of need, demand and supply [PDF]
Health Policy and Planning, 2004 In October 2001 Thailand introduced universal healthcare coverage (UC) financed by general tax revenue. This paper aims to assess the design and content of the UC benefit package, focusing on the part of the package concerned with sexual and reproductive health (SRH).
Yot, Teerawattananon +1 more
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Essential Care Needs for Patients' Family Members at the Intensive Care Units in Palestine
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2020 Background: Understanding the needs of families of hospital patients, especially those in intensive care units is key to providing comprehensive, effective support.
Basma Salim Saleh Salameh +4 more
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Health service resource needs for pandemic influenza in developing countries: a linked transmission dynamics, interventions and resource demand model [PDF]
Epidemiology and Infection, 2010 SUMMARYWe used a mathematical model to describe a regional outbreak and extrapolate the underlying health-service resource needs. This model was designed to (i) estimate resource gaps and quantities of resources needed, (ii) show the effect of resource gaps, and (iii) highlight which particular resources should be improved.
Krumkamp, R +8 more
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International Journal of Medical Students, 2016 Culture plays a key role in the way health is perceived and the way healthcare is used. It has been seen that there are many barriers to accessing healthcare, particularly for those who come to the UK with a different background language, religion and ...
Nicole Tan, Shuangyu Li
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Weakening of nurses practice delivering same day-access in primary care
Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2021 Objective To identify and analyze the weaknesses of the nurse's practice in meeting spontaneous demands in primary care units in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Gláucia Bohusch +5 more
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BMC Primary Care, 2022 Abstract Background The aging of the population has made the health problems of the elderly increasingly prominent, and their health needs are increasing. Existing studies on health resource integration approaches are mostly incomplete in assessing the health service capacity from the perspective of the health service ...
Li Gao +7 more
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