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Public Spending on Health Services and Policy Research in Canada: A Reflection on Thakkar and Sullivan; Comment on “Public Spending on Health Service and Policy Research in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Modest Proposal” [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Vidhi Thakkar and Terrence Sullivan have done a careful and thought-provoking job in trying to establish comparable estimates of public spending on health services and policy research (HSPR) in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their main
Owen Adams
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Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction with Zambia's National Health Insurance Scheme: A Systematic Literature Review using Empirical Evidence from Nigeria and Ghana

Patient Experience Journal
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has become important for African nations as they strive to provide equitable healthcare access to all citizens. Implementing a successful National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is crucial to achieving this goal.
Wesley Kapaya Mwambazi, Abubaker Qutieshat   +1 more
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Aspiration in injections: should we continue or abandon the practice? [version 3; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Aspiration during any kind of injection is meant to ensure that the needle tip is at the desired location during this blind procedure. While aspiration appears to be a simple procedure, it has generated a lot of controversy concerning the perceived ...
Yasir Sepah, Lubna Samad, Arshad Altaf, Muhammad Sohail Halim, Nithya Rajagopalan, Aamir Javed Khan   +5 more
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A Case Study on the Impact of an Adapted Community Jury in Shaping the Nutrition Standards for Hospital Menus in New South Wales Australia

Patient Experience Journal
Community juries are a form of deliberative democracy and can engage community groups in decision-making about healthcare and service delivery issues and priorities.
Tara L Dimopoulos-Bick, Melanie Schier, Kim Crawley, Kim Sutherland   +3 more
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Evaluating healthcare priority setting at the meso level: A thematic review of empirical literature [version 1; referees: 3 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2018
Background: Decentralization of health systems has made sub-national/regional healthcare systems the backbone of healthcare delivery. These regions are tasked with the difficult responsibility of determining healthcare priorities and resource allocation ...
Dennis Waithaka, Benjamin Tsofa, Edwine Barasa   +2 more
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Understanding the nature of health: New perspectives for medicine and public health. Improved wellbeing at lower costs [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2016
Background: Current dilemmas of health care systems call for a new look at the nature of health. This is offered by the Meikirch model. We explore its hypothetical benefit for the future of medicine and public health.
Johannes Bircher, Eckhart G. Hahn
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Exploring the Psychological Aspects of the Occupational and Social Stresses on the Dental Professionals

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Background: Medical professionals face unique mental health challenges due to high professional standards, irregular schedules, disrupted sleep, and strained personal life.
Namdeo Prabhu, Mazen A. A. Albadi, Sama A. F. Alnusayri, Danah A. A. Alderaan, Rakhi Issrani   +4 more
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Patient perspectives on the promptness and quality of care of road traffic incident victims in Peru: a cross-sectional, active surveillance study [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/p2]

F1000Research, 2013
Background: Road injuries are the second-leading cause of disease and injury in the Andean region of South America. Adequate management of road traffic crash victims is important to prevent and reduce deaths and serious long-term injuries.
J Jaime Miranda, Edmundo Rosales-Mayor, D Alex Quistberg, Ada Paca-Palao, Camila Gianella, Pablo Perel, Luis Lopez, Diego Luna, Pablo Best, Luis Huicho, PIAT Working Group   +10 more
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Enhancing rural health service research culture and capacity: a qualitative exploration of student research placements

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: Student research placements may contribute to enhancing health service research capacity and culture. However, little is known about their implementation in rural settings.
Michèle Conlin, Jake Romein, Jaclyn Bishop   +2 more
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Lumboperitoneal shunt insertion without fluoroscopy guidance: Accuracy of placement in a series of 107 procedures [version 2; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2017
Background: Lumboperitoneal (LP) shunts were the mainstay of cerebrospinal fluid diversion therapy for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).
Sabah Al-Rashed, Haider Kareem, Neeraj Kalra, Linda D'Antona, Mouness Obeidat, Bhavesh Patel, Ahmed Toma   +6 more
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