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Expanding mental health services in low- and middle-income countries: A task-shifting framework for delivery of comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based care

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2023
This paper proposes a framework for comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based care (C4) for accessible mental health services in low-resource settings.
Paul Bolton, Joyce West, Claire Whitney, Mark J.D. Jordans, Judith Bass, Graham Thornicroft, Laura Murray, Leslie Snider, Julian Eaton, Pamela Y. Collins, Peter Ventevogel, Stephanie Smith, Dan J. Stein, Inge Petersen, Derrick Silove, Victor Ugo, John Mahoney, Rabih el Chammay, Carmen Contreras, Eddy Eustache, Phiona Koyiet, Esubalew Haile Wondimu, Nawaraj Upadhaya, Giuseppe Raviola   +23 more
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Online Cancer Services: Types of Services Offered and Associated Health Outcomes

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2005
There are advantages and disadvantages associated with utilization of online health services among individuals living with cancer. Accessing accurate, reliable health-related information online gives patients the power to enhance their understanding of information they obtain from their health care providers.
Doolittle, Gary C, Spaulding, Ashley
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health services in the United States: Origins, evolution, and contemporary landscape.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundLGBT community organizations in the United States have been providing health services since at least the 1970s. However, available explanations for the origins of LGBT health services do not sufficiently explain why health in particular has ...
Alexander J Martos, Patrick A Wilson, Ilan H Meyer   +2 more
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Inequalities in use of health services by type of settlements in Bulgaria

Health Economics and Management, 2017
Introduction: The place of residence and the region form the context for the work, education, and income opportunities for individuals. It can be considered as a determinant of health and of health inequalities. The aim of this study is to analyse the disparities in the use of health services among the inhabitants of the different types of settlements ...
M. Rohova
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Having a family doctor was associated with lower utilization of hospital-based health services [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2015
BackgroundPrimary care in the United States and most countries in Asia are provided by a variety of doctors. However, effectiveness of such diversified primary care in gate-keeping secondary medical services is unknown.
Colman S. C. Fung, Carlos K. H. Wong, D. Fong, Albert Lee, C. Lam   +4 more
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Utilization of public health services and health outcomes among China's migrant population: an equity analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
BackgroundThe equalization of basic public health services is a core component of China's healthcare reform, which is aimed at promoting the health of the general population.
Bo Dong, Qianqian Hu, Yuxin Zhou, Shanshan Cai, Yachao Li, Xuehong Zhang   +5 more
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Sociodemographic and mental health predictors of mental health service use across provider types. [PDF]

PLoS One
Abstract Objective To examine trends in mental health service use across four provider types (family doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers) and identify sociodemographic predictors of provider-specific access in Canada Methods
Pang N, Yeung J.
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Political economy of health in fragile and conflict-affected regions in the Middle East and North Africa region [PDF]

, 2022
The Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), is an epicentre of many different types of conflicts [1]. Twelve countries are facing humanitarian crises with unfortunate results ranging from fragility to massive refugees and displacement.
Fouad M Fouad, Fouad, Fouad Mohammad, Saleh, Shadi, Shadi Saleh, Fouad, Fouad M, Saleh, Shadi S.   +5 more
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Hospice Care Pilot Program Independently Pioneered by Community Health Centers in Shanghai: a Cross-sectional Survey [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background Survival assessment, psychological counseling and other services included in the comprehensive hospice care program conform to the hospice care philosophy, and may be independently delivered to patients to satisfy their needs in a pioneering ...
Xueying LI, Limei JING, Yifan XU, Tianshu CHU, Yunjia ZHAO, Ruiyang CHEN, Xiaohan TENG, Shuijing LI
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Health care demand elasticities by type of service [PDF]

Journal of Health Economics, 2017
We estimate within-year price elasticities of demand for detailed health care services using an instrumental variable strategy, in which individual monthly cost shares are instrumented by employer-year-plan-month average cost shares. A specification using backward myopic prices gives more plausible and stable results than using forward myopic prices ...
Ellis, Randall P., Martins, Bruno, Zhu, Wenjia   +2 more
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