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Theoretical Underpinnings of the Political Priorities of Municipal Healthcare Services in NorwayHow a Rawlsian Heuristic Can Aid Political Decision-Making in Municipal Healthcare Services

Tidsskrift for Omsorgsforskning
This paper aims to discuss the current criteria for municipal priorities in municipal healthcare services in Norway in light of major theories from political philosophy on social justice, such as John Rawlsʼs theory of justice and utilitarianism.
Daniel Rød, Vegard Stensen, Martin Sollund Krane   +2 more
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Privatisation of ambulance, emergency and firefighting services in Europe – a growing threat? [PDF]

, 2009
This paper examines the extent of privatisation in the ambulance, emergency and firefighting services in Europe, and the companies ...
Lethbridge, Jane
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Nursing competence in municipal in-patient acute care in Norway: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing, 2020
Background The primary health care services are becoming increasingly complex, which presents challenges for the municipal nursing services. In Norway, municipal in-patient acute care (MipAC) has been introduced in all municipalities, and the competence ...
Torunn Kitty Vatnøy, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Tor-Ivar Karlsen, Bjørg Dale   +3 more
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How did providers of home care for older adults manage the early phase of the Covid-19 pandemic? A qualitative case study of managers’ experiences in Region Stockholm

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background In the spring of 2020, the Covid-19 outbreak sent a shock wave through the Swedish society and placed an extraordinary pressure on the health and social care system for older people.
Janne Agerholm, Bo Burström, Pär Schön, Ann Liljas   +3 more
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Moving Care to the Community: An International Perspective [PDF]

, 2013
Medical treatments that were once provided in hospital are being increasingly administered in the community. Within health systems, there is a renewed focus on delivering general health care in the community, freeing hospitals to provide more complex ...

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Improving maternal and child nutrition services in community based health planning and services zones in the jirapa municipality of northern ghana-challenges and strategies: the perspective of community health officers

BMC Nutrition
Background The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative plays a key role in delivering maternal and child health nutrition services in Ghana.
Francis Xavier Tengepare, Dennis Chirawurah, Stephen Apanga   +2 more
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Improving Social Work in Brazil [PDF]

, 2013
As part of efforts to improve social work provision, INGO EveryChild commissioned Dr Andrew Bilson, Professor of Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, to complete a literature review on the role of social workers in responding to ...
Adriana Pacheco Graham
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Social services delivery through community-based projects [PDF]

The World Bank is financing an increasing number of community-based social services projects. The objective of this paper is to review and categorize the extent, scope and mechanisms of these projects in the current Bank portfolio, and to identify good ...
Dinah McLeod, Maurizia Tovo
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Children in an Urban Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
One in four children being born in today‟s Tanzania is likely to be growing up in an urban area. It is projected to be one in three in the short time span of one generation.
Riggio, Eliana
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International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Japan, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

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