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The impact of neighborhood deprivation on patients' unscheduled out-of-hours healthcare seeking behavior: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The use of unscheduled out of hours medical care is related to the social status of the patient. However, the social variance in the patient's preference for a hospital based versus a primary care based facility, and the impact of specific ...
Buylaert, Walter, De Maeseneer, Jan, De Maeyer, Philippe, De Paepe, Peter, Peersman, Wim, Willems, Sara   +5 more
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Review of Smart Hospital Services in Real Healthcare Environments [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2022
Objectives Smart hospitals involve the application of recent information and communications technology (ICT) innovations to medical services; however, the concept of a smart hospital has not been rigorously defined.
Hyuktae Kwon, Sunhee An, Ho-Young Lee, Won Chul Cha, Sungwan Kim, Minwoo Cho, Hyoun-Joong Kong   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Characteristics, Financing Type, Accreditation Status, and Quality of Health Services at Community Health Center, Surakarta [PDF]

Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017
Background: An indicator of quality health service is the extent of patient expectation fulfilment. Perceived quality of health services may be influenced by various factors such as patient socio-demographic factors, financing type, and accreditation status.
Yeni Tri Utami, Didik Tamtomo, Endang Sutisna Sulaeman   +2 more
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Who Serves the Poor? An Equity Analysis of Public and Private Providers of Family Planning and Child Health Services in Kenya

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Understanding differences in the wealth status of patients can inform planning decisions aimed at providing affordable access to high quality care to all. This study assesses differences in the wealth status of clients of family planning and child health
Nirali M. Chakraborty, Dominic Montagu, Dominic Montagu, Joyce Wanderi, Christine Oduor   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Types of health care facilities and the quality of primary care: a study of characteristics and experiences of Chinese patients in Guangdong Province, China

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
BackgroundIn China, most people tend to use hospitals rather than health centers for their primary care generally due to the perception that quality of care provided in the hospital setting is superior to that provided at the health centers.
Ruwei Hu, Y. Liao, Zhicheng Du, Y. Hao, Hailun Liang, Leiyu Shi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Regional health information exchange outside of the centralized national services for public health care in Finland: A national survey

Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2022
Health information exchange (HIE) is the mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community, or hospital system.
Niina Keränen, Timo Tuovinen, Jari Haverinen, Ronja Ruotanen, Jarmo Reponen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care services in Kenya: evidence from the fourth Kenya household health expenditure and utilization survey

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
BackgroundKenya is experiencing persistently high levels of inequity in health and access to care services. In 2018, decades of sustained policy efforts to promote equitable, affordable and quality health services have culminated in the launch of a ...
Stefania Ilinca, L. Di Giorgio, P. Salari, J. Chuma   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

On-site health service delivery models at syringe services programs in the United States: Results of a national cross-sectional survey

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) have many needs for health services, but frequently lack access to and/or do not utilize those services. Syringe services programs (SSPs) are low-stigma environments where health services can be provided, but ...
Czarina N. Behrends, Don C. Des Jarlais, Winston Luhur, Xinlin Lu, Grace J. Corry, Sara N. Glick, Shashi N. Kapadia, David C. Perlman, Bruce R. Schackman   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reviewing the Nature, Necessity, Types, and Problems of Utilization Studies in Health Services to Assess and Control the Consumption of Healthcare Services in Health Insurance Organizations

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2018
Consuming medical services is labeled as utilization. Utilization studies are used by insurance companies to study the behavior of medical service consumers.
Masoud Ferdosi, Mohammad Reza Rezayatmand, Abbas Feizbakhsh, Hamid Reza Dehghani, Golnoosh Aghili-Dehkordi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services? [PDF]

Health Services Research, 2006
Objective. To measure how a change in gatekeeping model affects utilization of specialty mental health services.Data Sources/Study Setting. Secondary data from health insurance claims for services during 1996–1999. The setting is a managed care organization that changed gatekeeping model in one of its divisions, from in‐person evaluation to the use ...
Dominic, Hodgkin, Elizabeth L, Merrick, Constance M, Horgan, Deborah W, Garnick, Thomas J, McLaughlin   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources