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Trust and Distrust in Dental Professionals: Patient Perceptions and Experiences

open access: yesJournal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate factors that contribute to trust in dentists among patients with socioeconomic barriers and explore how these factors influence patient decisions to undergo dental treatment. Methods Patients at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, participated in one‐on‐one semi‐structured interviews, answering open‐ended ...
Ken He   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics, survival, and related factors of newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients refusing cancer treatments under a universal health insurance program [PDF]

open access: gold, 2014
Chun-Yi Liu   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

Pilot implementation and evaluation of a social risk screening tool for hospitalised patients in Singapore

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Routine in‐hospital screening of social risk factors linked with poor health outcomes is not done in Singapore, where an aging population pays for 25% healthcare costs out‐of‐pocket despite universal coverage. Objective We developed and implemented a social risk screening tool for hospitalised patients and reported the association ...
Orlanda Q. M. Goh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence, contributing factors, and predictors of diagnostic errors in medical inpatients: A retrospective cohort study

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Diagnostic error is a major patient safety concern in hospitals, yet most studies have focused on selected high‐risk subgroups, leaving the broader general internal medicine inpatient population understudied. Objectives To determine the incidence, contributing factors, resulting harm, and predictors of diagnostic error in medical ...
Caterina E. Marx   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reframing healthcare violence as systemic failure

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Healthcare workers face escalating violence despite significant security investments, suggesting current approaches miss fundamental causes. We argue that most healthcare violence stems not from individual pathology but from systemic failures—financial barriers, insurance denials, access delays, and administrative complexity—that create ...
Minal R. Patel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is universal coverage via social health insurance financially feasible in Swaziland?

open access: gold, 2011
Inke Mathauer   +4 more
openalex   +2 more sources

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