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Rural versus urban academic hospital mortality following stroke in Canada.

PLoS ONE, 2018
IntroductionStroke is one of the leading causes of death in Canada. While stroke care has improved dramatically over the last decade, outcomes following stroke among patients treated in rural hospitals have not yet been reported in Canada.ObjectivesTo ...
Richard Fleet, Sylvain Bussières, Fatoumata Korika Tounkara, Stéphane Turcotte, France Légaré, Jeff Plant, Julien Poitras, Patrick M Archambault, Gilles Dupuis   +8 more
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Impacts of unifying urban and rural residents’ medical insurance on the hospitalisation expenses of rural patients in eastern China: an interrupted time series analysis

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives This study evaluated the impact of the Urban and Rural Residents’ Basic Medical Insurance scheme on hospitalisation expenses of rural patients in eastern China, which unified separate healthcare systems for urban and rural residents.Design ...
Sha Liu, Min Zhou, Liang Shen, Zhaohui Qin, Lijiang Chen, Wenhao Huang   +5 more
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Prevalence of colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria in communities and hospitals in Kenya

Scientific Reports, 2022
We estimated the prevalence of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales (ESCrE), carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in communities and hospitals in Kenya to identify human
Teresa Ita, Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav, Rachel M. Smith, Robert Mugoh, Charchil Ayodo, Beatrice Oduor, Moureen Jepleting, Walter Oguta, Caroline Ouma, Jane Juma, Godfrey Bigogo, Samuel Kariuki, Brooke M. Ramay, Mark Caudell, Clayton Onyango, Linus Ndegwa, Jennifer R. Verani, Susan Bollinger, Aditya Sharma, Guy H. Palmer, Douglas R. Call, Sylvia Omulo   +21 more
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Do hospital and rail accessibility have a consistent influence on housing prices? Empirical evidence from China

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
This study investigates the interaction between the accessibility of various urban public facilities and the price of urban space by analysing the influence of urban hospitals and rail accessibility on housing prices.
Kaida Chen, Kaida Chen, Hanliang Lin, Fangxiao Cao, Yan Han, Shuying You, Oliver Shyr, Yichen Lu, Xiaodi Huang   +8 more
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A case study of the counterpart technical support policy to improve rural health services in Beijing

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background There is, globally, an often observed inequality in the health services available in urban and rural areas. One strategy to overcome the inequality is to require urban doctors to spend time in rural hospitals.
Jian Weiyan, Chan Kit Yee, Tang Shunv, Reidpath Daniel D   +3 more
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Exploring the perioperative infection control practices & incidence of surgical site infections in rural India

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023
Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) affect around a third of patients undergoing surgeries worldwide, annually. It is heterogeneously distributed with a higher burden in low and middle-income countries.
Anveshi Nayan, Bhakti Sarang, Monty Khajanchi, Nobhojit Roy, Gnanaraj Jesudian, Nandakumar Menon, Mulki Patil, Raman Kataria, Ravikumar Manoharan, Rajesh Tongaonkar, Ya Dev, Anita Gadgil   +11 more
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A history of vision and plans for the transformation of a coastal tourism city into a knowledge city: Australia's Gold Coast [PDF]

, 2016
Many coastal mass tourism centres have attempted to reinvent themselves as they have grown from informal coastal towns into large cities. Lifestyle migration boosts urban growth as these cities become home to ‘permanent tourists’ attracted by the ...
O'Hare, Daniel
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Abstract 1122‐000062: Impact of COVID‐19 on Stroke Care in the United States and Potential Solutions

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2021
Introduction: The emergence of the COVID‐19 pandemic has negatively impacted medical care across the United States, especially so for rural communities.
Sanika S Mhatre
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The Burden of Rabies in Tanzania and Its Impact on Local\ud Communities [PDF]

, 2013
Rabies remains a major public health threat in many parts of the world and is responsible for an estimated 55,000 human deaths annually. The burden of rabies is estimated to be around US$20 million in Africa, with the highest financial expenditure being ...
Cleaveland, Sarah, Ferguson, Heather, Hampson, Katie, Lembo, Tiziana, Sambo, Maganga, Simon, Cleophas, Urassa, Honorati   +6 more
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A targeted public: public services in fifteenth-century Ghent and Bruges [PDF]

, 2010
Though the phrase 'public services' is a nineteenth-century invention, which was supported by a developed rhetoric of political economy, this article shows that the concept, practice and supply of such services could also be found in the medieval city ...
Haemers, Jelle, Ryckbosch, Wouter
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