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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, Quan Zhou, Congzhi Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Ting Yuan, Xiaoping Li, Yunxiao Lei, Lin Zhang   +7 more
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Characteristics of the non-urgent demand in the emergency service of a social Security hospital in Peru

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2020
Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients with non-urgent demand to the emergency room of an urban social security hospital. Methods: Observational study in a referral hospital. Stratified random sampling, 120 patients older than 14 years of
Waldo Taype-Huamaní, Lucila De la Cruz-Rojas, Delcio Miranda-Soler, José Amado-Tineo   +3 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, Viroj, Tangcharoensathien   +1 more
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Coverage and development of specialist palliative care services across the World Health Organization European region (2005-2012): results from a European association for palliative care task force survey of 53 countries [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The evolution of the provision of palliative care specialised services is important for planning and evaluation. Aim: To examine the development between 2005 and 2012 of three specialised palliative care services across the World Health ...
Carrasco, José Miguel, Centeno, Carlos, Clark, David, Garralda, Eduardo, Guillen-Grima, Francisco, Lynch, Thomas   +5 more
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Persisting demand and supply gap for maternal and newborn care in eastern Uganda: a mixed-method cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2017
Background The slow progress in reducing maternal and newborn death in low and middle-income countries is attributed to both demand and supply-side factors.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, Elizabeth, Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza, Kiwanuka, Suzanne Namusoke, Waiswa, Peter   +3 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, Shahram Yazdani, Mohammad Hossein Ayati   +2 more
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Access to healthy foods: Part I. Barriers to accessing healthy foods: Differentials by gender, social class, income and mode of transport [PDF]

, 1998
This paper examines the issues of access to food and the influences people face when shopping for a healthy food basket. It uses data from the Health Edu cation Authority's 1993 Health and Lifestyles Survey to examine the barriers people face in ...
Caraher M., Caraher M., Department of Health., Department of Health., Department of Health., Department of Health., Dowler E., Graham H., Healey and Baker., Institute of European Food Studies., Jarvis S., Kemm JR, Martin Caraher, McClements L., Oakley A., Office of Population and Census Surveys., Paul Dixon, Piachhaud D., Raven H., Robertson A., Roy Carr-Hill, Tim Lang, United Nations Association-UK.   +22 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, YuJin Song, JaeHyun Tak, HoYong Kang, Hyoun-Joong Kong, Jeeyoung Hong   +5 more
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An assessment of opportunities and challenges for public sector involvement in the maternal health voucher program in Uganda [PDF]

, 2013
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
AC Gorter, AC Gorter, AJD Barros, B Ammoti-Kaguna, Ben Bellows, C AbouZahr, C Meyer, Charlotte Warren, D Silverman, E Leahy, F Obare, Francis Obare, GB Kyomuhendo, Ian Askew, J Amone, J Bart, JE Lawn, Jerry Okal, JN Orem, K Afsana, L Kanya, Lucy Kanya, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health Uganda, MN Netsayi, MQ Patton, Musoke MGN, N Prata, NM Bellows, NM Bellows, O O’Donnell, OM Campbell, P Ir, R Lozano, R Njuki, Rebecca Njuki, Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team, S Agha, S Ahmed, S Gabrysch, S Nutley, T Abuya, TA Houweling, Teresah Bange, Timothy Abuya, U Thaddeus, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and ICF International Inc, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and ICF International Inc, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Macro International Inc, United Nations, WJ Graham, World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), World Bank   +54 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, Sami Salim Saleh Basha, Linda Lee Eddy, Hiba Salem Judeh, Dalia Rahmi Toqan   +4 more
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