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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE RECURRENCY OF DIARRHEAL DISEASES AMONG THE UNDER FIVES ADMITTED AT PEDIATRIC WARD OF MASINDI GENERAL HOSPITAL. A CROSS-SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background. The study aimed to determine the individual factors, the health center factors, and the community factors affecting the recurrence of diarrheal diseases among the under-fives admitted at the pediatric ward of Masindi General Hospital ...
Benjamin Evans Muhumuza , Alexander Biryabarema   +1 more
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPTAKE OF SAFE MALE MEDICAL CIRCUMCISION AMONG MALES AGED 18 TO 49 YEARS AT MASAKA REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Introduction: Objectives: To determine the factors associated with the uptake of Safe Male Medical Circumcision among males aged 18-49 years at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.
Gilbert Kabanda, Lydia Anywar
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE TO ANTIHYPERTENSIVES AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING HYPERTENSIVE CLINIC OF MBALE REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL MBALE DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY .

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background: Adherence to antihypertensive medication is a major challenge today, this study was meant to determine the factors associated with adherence to AHM.
MERCY ALIRO, Florence Namutebi
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Behavioral Health and the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) Initiative: findings from the 2014 CPC behavioral health survey

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Incorporating behavioral health care into patient centered medical homes is critical for improving patient health and care quality while reducing costs.
Kara Zivin, Benjamin F. Miller, Bruce Finke, Asaf Bitton, Perry Payne, Edith C. Stowe, Ashok Reddy, Timothy J. Day, Pauline Lapin, Janel L. Jin, Laura L. Sessums   +10 more
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National travel distances for emergency care

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Most emergency department (ED) patients arrive by their own transport and, for various reasons, may not choose the nearest ED. How far patients travel for ED treatment may reflect both patients’ access to care and severity of illness.
Anagha Tolpadi, Marc N. Elliott, Daniel Waxman, Kirsten Becker, Elizabeth Flow-Delwiche, William G. Lehrman, Debra Stark, Layla Parast   +7 more
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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS ATTENDING HEALTH CARE AT ST ELIZABETH MAGALE HEALTH CENTER IV, NAMISINDWA DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Introduction:  Malaria remains a major public health problem associated with slow economic development and it accounts for 27.7% of deaths among children under the age of five in Uganda (MOH, NMCP 2014 - 2020). The study, therefore, seeks to determine
Jude Moya, Lydia Anywar
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Spectrum of histomorphological diagnosis in cystoscopic bladder biopsies

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2017
Background:  Urinary bladder lesions are the main source of significant clinical symptoms which are more disabling than lethal. Bladder tumors constitute one of the most common urological pathology.
R Thapa, M Lakhey, AD Bhatta
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS MANAGEMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE AMONG CARETAKERS OF SICKLERS AT PAEDIATRIC WARD IN MBALE RRH. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Introduction: Purpose of the study: The study aims at assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards the management of sickle cell disease among caretakers of sicklers at the pediatric ward in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. Methods: A cross-
Deborah Namajja , Henry Kasujja
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A STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 AMONG PATIENTS AGED 30-60 YEARS ATTENDING HEALTH SERVICE AT BUKEDEA HEALTH CENTER IV IN BUKEDEA DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background: Type2 diabetes mellitus is a type of diabetes mellitus that is very prevalent in Uganda and affects a wide percentage of the adult population.
William Otigo , Daisy Kiyingi
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Detecting Medicare abuse [PDF]

Journal of Health Economics, 2005
This paper identifies which types of patients and hospitals have abusive Medicare billings that are responsive to law enforcement. For a 20% random sample of elderly Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized from 1994 to 1998 with one or more of six illnesses that are prone to abuse, we obtain longitudinal claims data linked with social security death ...
David Becker, Daniel Kessler, Mark McClellan   +2 more
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