Southern Med Review - Health Action International
... Treatments were thus unaffordable for a large part of Vietnam’s population. Conclusions: Medicines in Vietnam were high in price, and low in both availability and affordability, especially in the public sector. To make public facilities a primary treatment option for the poor, Vietnam must reduce me ...
... Treatments were thus unaffordable for a large part of Vietnam’s population. Conclusions: Medicines in Vietnam were high in price, and low in both availability and affordability, especially in the public sector. To make public facilities a primary treatment option for the poor, Vietnam must reduce me ...
Annual Report 2011–12 Metropolitan Health Service
... Figure 24: Percentage of admitted patients transferred to an inpatient ward within 8 hours of emergency department arrival ................................................................ 117 Figure 25: Average cost per casemix adjusted separation for tertiary hospitals ......... 118 Figure 26: Av ...
... Figure 24: Percentage of admitted patients transferred to an inpatient ward within 8 hours of emergency department arrival ................................................................ 117 Figure 25: Average cost per casemix adjusted separation for tertiary hospitals ......... 118 Figure 26: Av ...
Full
... defined as the bringing of different elements of an organisation (or complex activity) into a relationship that will ensure effectiveness and harmony. In addition, the word synergy, from the Greek word synergia meaning ‘working together’, is used to describe the interaction of elements of the public ...
... defined as the bringing of different elements of an organisation (or complex activity) into a relationship that will ensure effectiveness and harmony. In addition, the word synergy, from the Greek word synergia meaning ‘working together’, is used to describe the interaction of elements of the public ...
Health Systems in Transition, Norway, 2006
... profile is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory’s research directors and staff. In order to facilitate comparisons between countries, the profiles are based on a template, which is revised periodically. The template provides detailed guidelines and specific questions, de ...
... profile is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory’s research directors and staff. In order to facilitate comparisons between countries, the profiles are based on a template, which is revised periodically. The template provides detailed guidelines and specific questions, de ...
ED_TreatmentChart - Canadian Family Physician
... Galie N, Ghofrani HA, Torbicki A, et al. Sildenafil citrate Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. N Engl J Med 2005;353:2148-57.(InfoPOEMs: Sildenafil improves the 6-minute walking distance by approximately 15% & leads to an ...
... Galie N, Ghofrani HA, Torbicki A, et al. Sildenafil citrate Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. N Engl J Med 2005;353:2148-57.(InfoPOEMs: Sildenafil improves the 6-minute walking distance by approximately 15% & leads to an ...
the cost of chronic disease in nova scotia
... Low income groups have higher rates of smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, and cardiovascular risk. Nova Scotia could avoid an estimated 200 deaths and save $214 million per year if all Nova Scotians were as heart healthy as higher income groups This report indicates that Nova Scotia’s high rates ...
... Low income groups have higher rates of smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, and cardiovascular risk. Nova Scotia could avoid an estimated 200 deaths and save $214 million per year if all Nova Scotians were as heart healthy as higher income groups This report indicates that Nova Scotia’s high rates ...
ASSESSING THE RATIONAL USE OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES IN
... that many stakeholders are involved. The system is also infested with insincere and none committed health providers. Many of the health providers lacked basic skill and knowledge in pharmaceutical management. Pharmaceutical management entails the timely availability and appropriate use of safe, effe ...
... that many stakeholders are involved. The system is also infested with insincere and none committed health providers. Many of the health providers lacked basic skill and knowledge in pharmaceutical management. Pharmaceutical management entails the timely availability and appropriate use of safe, effe ...
Health Services Reference Guide
... by 2014 and to assure that each child is given the maximum opportunity to achieve at high levels. The complementary mission of the Kentucky Department of Education, as the national catalyst for educational transformation, is to assure for each child an internationally superior education and love of ...
... by 2014 and to assure that each child is given the maximum opportunity to achieve at high levels. The complementary mission of the Kentucky Department of Education, as the national catalyst for educational transformation, is to assure for each child an internationally superior education and love of ...
2013/ 14 MANITOBA CENTRE
... (CFI) that has dramatically increased the capacity and accessibility of the Population Health Research Data Repository. Our first CFI grant built a lovely office space and began bringing in social databases. Our current CFI grant expanded things rapidly—sevenfold!—and allowed us to set up nine remot ...
... (CFI) that has dramatically increased the capacity and accessibility of the Population Health Research Data Repository. Our first CFI grant built a lovely office space and began bringing in social databases. Our current CFI grant expanded things rapidly—sevenfold!—and allowed us to set up nine remot ...
Prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney
... © Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced without prior written permission from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and r ...
... © Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced without prior written permission from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and r ...
Rural Behavioral Health Programs and Promising Practices
... In particular, the community-based grant programs within ORHP that draw authority from Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act, such as the Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant program, are mandated to “expand access to, coordinate, restrain the cost of, and improve the quality of essenti ...
... In particular, the community-based grant programs within ORHP that draw authority from Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act, such as the Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant program, are mandated to “expand access to, coordinate, restrain the cost of, and improve the quality of essenti ...
UC Irvine Medical Center 2013 Community Health Needs
... The Orange County Health Needs Assessment (OCHNA) is a community-based, not-for-profit collaborative that was created and designed to meet the requirements of SB697 for all not-for-profit hospitals in Orange County; the collaborative is jointly funded by the Health Care Agency of Orange County, the ...
... The Orange County Health Needs Assessment (OCHNA) is a community-based, not-for-profit collaborative that was created and designed to meet the requirements of SB697 for all not-for-profit hospitals in Orange County; the collaborative is jointly funded by the Health Care Agency of Orange County, the ...
Health care trends 2008 - Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
... 1,000 (up from 13.1 in 2000). Among those aged 18 to 64, 20.2 million were considered in poverty with a poverty rate of 10.8 per 1,000 (up from 9.6 in 2000).15,18 In 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines for a family of four in the lower 48 states was $21,200 per year. ...
... 1,000 (up from 13.1 in 2000). Among those aged 18 to 64, 20.2 million were considered in poverty with a poverty rate of 10.8 per 1,000 (up from 9.6 in 2000).15,18 In 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines for a family of four in the lower 48 states was $21,200 per year. ...
integrated community case management of malaria and pneumonia
... Pneumonia symptoms: Caregiver reports of cough accompanied by fast and/or difficult breathing similar to definition used in multiple indicator cluster surveys and demographic health surveys (UNICEF, 2013b). Prompt treatment: Receiving treatment within 24 hours from onset of symptoms (Roll Back Malar ...
... Pneumonia symptoms: Caregiver reports of cough accompanied by fast and/or difficult breathing similar to definition used in multiple indicator cluster surveys and demographic health surveys (UNICEF, 2013b). Prompt treatment: Receiving treatment within 24 hours from onset of symptoms (Roll Back Malar ...
Population-Focused Nurse Practitioner Competencies
... Importance of knowledge and opinions to team members involved in patient care with ...
... Importance of knowledge and opinions to team members involved in patient care with ...
ENSURING VALUE FOR MONEY IN HEALTH CARE
... acceptability among a wide range of stakeholders. Further exploration to reveal how non-quantifiable factors (e.g. preferences, equity concerns) are accounted for in assessments and decision-making will enable the social implications and constraints of efficient and equitable health to be addressed ...
... acceptability among a wide range of stakeholders. Further exploration to reveal how non-quantifiable factors (e.g. preferences, equity concerns) are accounted for in assessments and decision-making will enable the social implications and constraints of efficient and equitable health to be addressed ...
Increasing demand for health facility birth
... on barriers and facilitators for health facility delivery in Northern Ethiopia. Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world and few women give birth in a health facility. The World Health Organization states that the most efficient strategy to reduce maternal mortality is t ...
... on barriers and facilitators for health facility delivery in Northern Ethiopia. Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world and few women give birth in a health facility. The World Health Organization states that the most efficient strategy to reduce maternal mortality is t ...
Leveraging HIV Scale-up to Strengthen Health Systems in Africa
... • Human Resources. Participants agreed that studies are needed to identify trends in the supply of key cadres of health care workers that may reasonably be linked to HIV scale-up, and to assess the degree to which HIV scale-up is having an impact on health care access, quality and/or outcomes in div ...
... • Human Resources. Participants agreed that studies are needed to identify trends in the supply of key cadres of health care workers that may reasonably be linked to HIV scale-up, and to assess the degree to which HIV scale-up is having an impact on health care access, quality and/or outcomes in div ...
Lets Get Moving - Department of Health
... One in four people in England said they would become more active if they were advised to do so by a doctor or nurse.2 The average patient will visit their GP about four times a year, with 78% of people consulting their GP at least once during each year.4 ...
... One in four people in England said they would become more active if they were advised to do so by a doctor or nurse.2 The average patient will visit their GP about four times a year, with 78% of people consulting their GP at least once during each year.4 ...
R F C
... designed to increase access to affordable health insurance and provide funding opportunities for local public health departments, statewide Medicaid grants and programs, and other state provisions. Among the major provisions in PPACA include: expansion of Medicaid eligibility, private health insuran ...
... designed to increase access to affordable health insurance and provide funding opportunities for local public health departments, statewide Medicaid grants and programs, and other state provisions. Among the major provisions in PPACA include: expansion of Medicaid eligibility, private health insuran ...
Implementing Ethical Frameworks for Rationing Scarce Health Resources in Minnesota During Severe Influenza Pandemic (PDF: 275KB/122 pages)
... know the demographics, social and economic conditions, and general health needs of the people whom they serve. However, only the state has the entire picture and thus the capacity to compare mortality and morbidity across regions. Additional information will result from surveillance at the federal a ...
... know the demographics, social and economic conditions, and general health needs of the people whom they serve. However, only the state has the entire picture and thus the capacity to compare mortality and morbidity across regions. Additional information will result from surveillance at the federal a ...
Cost-effectiveness of the promotion of physical activity in health care
... example, if an asset such as capital or time is used for one purpose, the opportunity cost is the value of the next best purpose the asset could have been used for. Physical activity Bodily movements that are produced by the contraction of skeletal muscle accompanied by a substantial increase in ene ...
... example, if an asset such as capital or time is used for one purpose, the opportunity cost is the value of the next best purpose the asset could have been used for. Physical activity Bodily movements that are produced by the contraction of skeletal muscle accompanied by a substantial increase in ene ...
System Overview of Communicable Disease Control in Australia 2012
... Overall, Australia has a solid foundation of medical and scientific expertise in several disease areas, world leading prevention programs such as the immunisation program and sound history of cooperation between the Australian Government and state and territory governments. State and territory gover ...
... Overall, Australia has a solid foundation of medical and scientific expertise in several disease areas, world leading prevention programs such as the immunisation program and sound history of cooperation between the Australian Government and state and territory governments. State and territory gover ...
Blueprint for Change - American Psychological Association
... were in their mid-twenties when mother’s condition was diagnosed. It was both a very sad and a very stressful time. Some of this stress was created by the difficulty of managing the care of a person with a chronic, incurable illness. Additional stress was created when not all medical personnel were ...
... were in their mid-twenties when mother’s condition was diagnosed. It was both a very sad and a very stressful time. Some of this stress was created by the difficulty of managing the care of a person with a chronic, incurable illness. Additional stress was created when not all medical personnel were ...
Health Disparities - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
... bronchodilators instead of controller medications, and to receive care in poorer facilities with irregular follow-up • More likely to be seen by general hospital providers rather than by asthma specialists Asthma disparities in urban environments. Bryant-Stephens T. J Allergy Clin Immunol ...
... bronchodilators instead of controller medications, and to receive care in poorer facilities with irregular follow-up • More likely to be seen by general hospital providers rather than by asthma specialists Asthma disparities in urban environments. Bryant-Stephens T. J Allergy Clin Immunol ...