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Comparing cost-sharing practices for pharmaceuticals and health care services among four central European countries [PDF]

, 2012
The paper reviews the existing cost-sharing practices in four Central European countries namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia focusing on patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals and services covered by the social health insurance.
Baji, Petra, Boncz, Imre, Gulácsi, László, Jenei, György   +3 more
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Attitudes of Germans towards distributive issues in the German health system [PDF]

, 2014
Social health care systems are inevitably confronted with the scarcity of resources and the resulting distributional challenges. Since prioritization implies distributional effects, decisions on respective rules should take citizens’ preferences into ...
Bonzon-Kulichenko, E., Campanero, M., Francisco Nistal, J., Mendez-Barbero, N., Miguel Redondo, J., Offermanns, S., Ortega, S., Sofia Yunes-Leites, P., Urso, K., Vazquez, J., Villahoz, S.   +10 more
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Implementing screening and brief alcohol interventions in primary care : views from both sides of the consultation [PDF]

, 2006
Excessive drinking is a global health problem which is responsible for a wide range of both chronic and acute illness, and which costs the UK National Health Service (NHS) £1.7 billion annually.
Cassidy, Paul, Dallolio, Emma, Heather, Nick, Hutchings, Deborah, Kaner, Eileen, Pearson, Pauline   +5 more
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Socio-economic determinants of attendance at diabetes self-management education program: using Andersen’s behavioral model

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Diabetes self-management education is an effective factor for improving outcomes and quality of life in patients with diabetes. However, little information is available on the factors associated with participation or non-participation in self ...
Javad Javan-Noughabi, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Sajad Vahedi, Tahere Sharifi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trust, openness and continuity of care influence acceptance of antibiotics for children with respiratory tract infections: a four country qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Background. Clinician–parent interaction and health system influences on parental acceptance of prescribing decisions for children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) may be important determinants of antibiotic use. Objective.
Brookes-Howell, L., Butler, Christopher Collett, Cooper, L., Falk Taksdal, T., Fernandez-Vandellos, P., Godycki-Cwirko, M., Hood, K., Krawczyk, J., Melbye, H., Prout, H., Torres, A., Verheij, T., Wood, Fiona Claire, Ystgaard, M. F.   +13 more
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High cost or frequent attender – both spend resources, but are they linked to work disability? A cohort study from occupational health primary care in Finland

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background High use of services is associated with ill health and a number of health problems, but more information is needed on whether high use of services presents a risk for future pensions or disability.
Tiia T. M. Reho, Salla A. Atkins, Nina Talola, Markku P. T. Sumanen, Mervi Viljamaa, Jukka Uitti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stakeholder views on publication bias in health services research [PDF]

, 2020
Objectives: While the presence of publication bias in clinical research is well documented, little is known about its role in the reporting of health services research.
Ayorinde, Abimbola A, Chen, Yen-Fu, Lilford, Richard J, Mannion, Russell, Skrybant, Magdalena, Song, Fujian, Williams, Iestyn   +6 more
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Future challenges and recommendations [PDF]

, 2006
Rapid advances in information technology and telecommunications, and in particular mobile and wireless communications, converge towards the emergence of a new type of “infostructure” that has the potential of supporting a large spectrum of advanced ...
Incardona, F., Jones, V.M., Lymberis, A., Tristram, C., Virtuoso, S.   +4 more
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Acceptability of a mobile health intervention to enhance HIV care coordination for patients with substance use disorders [PDF]

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2017
Persons living with HIV and substance use disorders face barriers to sustained engagement in medical care, leading to suboptimal antiretroviral treatment outcomes. Innovative mobile technology tools such as customizable smartphone applications have the potential to enhance existing care coordination programs, but have not been rigorously studied.We ...
Ryan P. Westergaard, Andrew Genz, Kristen Panico, Pamela J. Surkan, Jeanne Keruly, Heidi E. Hutton, Larry W. Chang, Gregory D. Kirk   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Patient Digital Health Technologies to Support Primary Care Across Clinical Contexts: Survey of Primary Care Providers, Behavioral Health Consultants, and Nurses

JMIR Formative Research, 2022
BackgroundThe acceptance of digital health technologies to support patient care for various clinical conditions among primary care providers and staff has not been explored.
Oleg Zaslavsky, Frances Chu, Brenna N Renn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source