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Does Austerity Drives Healthcare Accessibility?

Revista de Gestão em Sistemas de Saúde, 2014
Em presença da crise económica pode ter ocorrido uma adaptação dos sistemas de saúde com impacto na acessibilidade. Com o objetivo de avaliar esta hipótese foram recolhidos dados anuais para oito países europeus – Alemanha, Reino Unido, Espanha, França, Itália, Irlanda, Grécia e Portugal – entre 2005 e 2011. Os países foram agrupados em três grupos, de
Portela, Maria da Conceição Constantino, Fernandes, Adalberto Campos   +1 more
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Health Reform in Massachusetts as of Fall 2010: Getting Ready for the Affordable Care Act & Addressing Affordability [PDF]

, 2012
Provides updated survey findings about trends since fall 2006 in the insurance coverage, healthcare access and use, costs and affordability, financial difficulties, and attitudes toward state healthcare reform among non-elderly adults in ...
Heather Dahlen, Karen Stockley, Sharon K. Long   +2 more
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Optimizing the Access to Healthcare Services in Dense Refugee Hosting Urban Areas: A Case for Istanbul

, 2019
With over 3.5 million refugees, Turkey continues to host the world's largest refugee population. This introduced several challenges in many areas including access to healthcare system.
Basak Bilecen, Charlotte Kelly, CS ReVelle, Franz Aurenhammer, G Akgün, Hatice K Ozdogan, S Isaacman, Umut Gulacti   +7 more
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User fees impact access to healthcare for female children in rural Zambia [PDF]

, 2002
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund favor healthcare user fees. User fees offer revenue and may decrease inappropriate care. However, user fees may deter needed care, especially in vulnerable populations.
Birbeck, GL, Chen, Q, De Vogli, R, Malama, C   +3 more
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of voluntary medical male circumcision in street-connected youth: findings from an education-based pilot intervention in Eldoret, Kenya

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2018
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a critical component of HIV prevention. VMMC policies have achieved initial targets in adult men yet continue to fall short in reaching younger men and adolescents.
O. Galárraga, P. Shah, M. Wilson-Barthes, D. Ayuku, P. Braitstein   +4 more
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Risk of Dysglycemia in Pregnancy amongst Kenyan Women with HIV Infection: A Nested Case-Control Analysis from the STRiDE Study

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2021
Introduction. Gestational diabetes is a common complication, whose incidence is growing globally. There is a pressing need to obtain more data on GDM in low- and middle-income countries, especially amongst high-risk populations, as most of the data on ...
Sonak D. Pastakia, Wycliffe K. Kosgei, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, Benson Kiragu, John N. Hector, Gertrude Anusu, Ponnusamy Saravanan   +6 more
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Social Stigma Related to COVID-19 Disease Described by Primary and Secondary School Teachers and Adolescents Living With HIV in Western Kenya

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Introduction: Understanding community members' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus and the prevalence of associated stigma are critical steps for increasing accurate public health knowledge, encouraging uptake of ...
Ashley Chory, Winstone Nyandiko, Winstone Nyandiko, Celestine Ashimosi, Josephine Aluoch, Roxanne Martin, Whitney Biegon, Dennis Munyoro, Edith Apondi, Edith Apondi, Rachel Vreeman, Rachel Vreeman   +11 more
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Financing Healthcare Services for the Poor [PDF]

, 2014
This paper was written as part of Shujog Research's Financial Innovation for Poverty Reduction Series. It studies the challenges and gaps in the funding of healthcare provision in Asia, and evaluates several innovative financing solutions that can help ...

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Utility of accumulated opioid supply days and individual patient factors in predicting probability of transitioning to long‐term opioid use: An observational study in the Veterans Health Administration

Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2020
Initial supply days dispensed to new users is strongly predictive of future long‐term opioid use (LTO). The objective was to examine whether a model integrating additional clinical variables conferred meaningful improvement in predicting LTO, beyond a ...
Katherine Hadlandsmyth, Hilary J. Mosher, Mark W. Vander Weg, Amy M. O’Shea, Kimberly D. McCoy, Brian C. Lund   +5 more
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What Is the Evidence on Health Reform in Massachusetts and How Might the Lessons From Massachusetts Apply to National Health Reform? [PDF]

, 2010
Examines the gains in health coverage, healthcare access, use, affordability, and quality Massachusetts has seen as a result of health reform, as well as the challenges in sustaining reform as provider capacity remains limited and healthcare costs ...
Sharon K. Long
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