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Impact of the presence of private hospitals on the spatial equality of healthcare accessibility in Beijing, China

open access: yesGeospatial Health, 2022
Providing equal geographical access to hospitals, either in the public or private healthcare sector, is vital and will benefit public health in general.
Teqi Dai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A history of vision and plans for the transformation of a coastal tourism city into a knowledge city: Australia's Gold Coast [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Intended and unintended impacts of the comprehensive reform of urban public hospitals: A mixed-method study in Hangzhou, China

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectivesPublic hospital reform is a key area in the Chinese healthcare system reform with the aim of controlling excessive growth of medical expenditures.
Tao Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

National trends in total hip arthroplasty for traumatic hip fractures: An analysis of a nationwide all-payer database. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BACKGROUND: Hemiarthroplasty (HA) has traditionally been the treatment of choice for elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures. Ideal treatment for younger, ambulatory patients is not as clear.
Boniello, Anthony J   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Mortality in children aged <5 years with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV-prevalence urban and rural areas of South Africa, 2009-2013.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundSevere acute respiratory illness (SARI) is an important cause of mortality in young children, especially in children living with HIV infection. Disparities in SARI death in children aged
Oluwatosin A Ayeni   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Risk Constellations for the Development of Bipolar Disorders

open access: yesMedicina, 2021
The early recognition of psychiatric disorders has been a focus of research in the last decades and has led to improvements in clinical care, especially in the area of early psychosis.
Eva Burkhardt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring discrepancies in clinical coding between rural and urban hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand in patients who underwent interhospital transfer

open access: yesRural and Remote Health
Introduction: The agreement of clinical coding between rural and urban hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is unknown, and data from comparable international health systems is scarce, dated or inconclusive.
Anna Donaldson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

No longer diseases of the wealthy : prevalence and health-seeking for self-reported chronic conditions among urban poor in Southern India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: The burden of chronic conditions is high in low-and middle-income countries and poses a significant challenge to already weak healthcare delivery systems in these countries. Studies investigating chronic conditions among the urban poor remain
Beerenahalli, Thriveni S   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Quality Indicators in Critical Access Hospitals, Small Rural, and Urban Hospitals

open access: yesOnline Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2023
Purpose:  Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have served their rural communities since they were created in the 1990s. CAHs have been exempt from the multiple organizational performance-based approaches that use financial incentives and thus quality ...
Marianne Baernholdt   +3 more
doaj  

Comparison of Characteristics of Suicide Attempts Registered in Urban and Rural Areas in China

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the characteristics of suicide attempts registered in general hospitals in urban and rural areas in China.Methods: From January 2007 to December 2011, suicide attempts registered in hospitals in five ...
Lingling Li   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

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