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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Healthcare resources"”.
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The Burden of Gunshot Injuries on Orthopaedic Healthcare Resources in South Africa
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Barrier to Utilization of Primary Healthcare Resources in Children Two Years of Age and Under
… risk factors/variables associated with access to healthcare providers and under utilization of primary care providers. Respondents who tended to under-utilize primary care services and over utilize emergency care providers were Black, single unsupported parents, from low-income families, with low …
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Allocating healthcare resources on the basis of personal responsibility for ill-health: what role (if any) should public opinion play? A socio-ethical analysis
… responsibility for ill-health, and consequent healthcare need, should be a factor in healthcare priority-setting is increasingly debated. The adoption of such a principle within UK healthcare distribution policy would be both socially and ethically contentious. This study examines the concept …
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A betegség költség és az életminőség szerepe a forrásallokációs döntések során az egészségügyben = The role of the cost of diseases and quality of life in the allocation of healthcare resources
A krónikus megbetegedések közgazdaságtana egészségpolitikai, népegészségügyi forrásallokációs, és finanszírozási szempontból kiemelten fontos kérdés, hiszen ezek betegségterhe, költségei nem csak egyéni, családi, hanem társadalmi szinten is jelentős és folyamatosan egyre növekvő mértékűek. A …
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Retrospective evaluation of the rockall risk scoring system in patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage at a community hospital
… Additionally, we determined adverse outcomes and healthcare resources utilized and evaluated whether certain antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, and NSAIDS affected the Rockall scores. The Rockall scoring system identified 21% of patients as having low Rockall scores, with no significant …
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"Can religious treatment choices justify additional healthcare expenditure and, if so, are there limits to this?"
Access to healthcare is generally regarded as a supportive right to the right to life. Freedom to hold a religious belief and to practice that religion is also held to be a right. The practicing of a religion includes the freedom to live in accordance with the tenets of that religion, but this may …
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Examining complex diabetes and patient illness experiences: utilizing syndemic and health capabilities approach
… encountered when interacting with the healthcare system. Data collected in this study came from multiple sources including secondary data, surveys, and interviews. Findings of this study demonstrate most individuals perceived the cause of their health and psychosocial condition to be …
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Investigating Health Inequality in Primary Care Spatial Accessibility Among Races and Ethnicities in King County Using a Geospatial Approach
Distance to healthcare providers is a significant barrier to health care access in the U.S. Healthcare utilization and disease burden have been found to increase as the distance between patients and primary care physicians increase. Although spatial accessibility to primary care resources has been …
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Implications of a Universal Healthcare System in the United States: Why Individual Health Is Now of National Concern
… paper explores the implications of these new healthcare policies in the United States, given that a universal healthcare system has already being put in place. More specifically, it explores the question "Does the new 'universal healthcare' system bring with it obligations for citizens …
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Stroke Outreach in the Lao Community
… prompted concern regarding access to quality healthcare for non-English speaking Southeast Asians (SEA) in the area. Goals of an initial investigation and subsequent implementation of sustainable stroke health fairs for non-English speaking communities were evaluated to assess primary …
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Incidence, aetiology and short term outcomes of extreme hyperbilirubinaemia, in term infants born in the West Metro area of Cape Town, South Africa between 2019 and 2020
… impairment, which places a financial burden on healthcare resources and caregivers. Objective: To determine the incidence, aetiology and short term outcomes of extreme hyperbilirubinaemia in term infants born in a resource-limited setting. Methods: This is a retrospective observational study …
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Modeling the Early Identification and Intervention of Alzheimer’s Disease
… makers in determining the best use of scarce healthcare resources.
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Implications of Normative Choices in Rating and Preference-Based Approaches to Valuing Health Outcomes
Governments and health systems allocate limited healthcare resources informed by standardized measures of health-related quality of life to compare the value of different treatments. The processes of determining these values and translating subjective human experiences into scores to inform policy …
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The effect of smoking on the severity of mechanisms of acute exacerbations of COPD
… worldwide thus imposing a significant burden on healthcare resources in the future. Acute exacerbations are not only responsible for a decline in the patient’s quality of life, but have a major socioeconomic impact. Following a pilot study that showed current smokers recover lung function much …
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OPTIMISTIC: OPTIMISing care and support for patients with inoperable pancreaTIC cancer and their family carers
… pressures of reduced capacity, constrained resources, and increasing workloads. While healthcare resources are undoubtedly a limiting factor in what can be achieved, several issues raised by the findings are amenable to improvement. These include fundamental aspects of what constitutes a …
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A cross-sectional study of patients presenting to an urban emergency department in Mwanza, Tanzania
Introduction: Tanzania suffers from limited healthcare resources, accentuated by the burden of trauma and infectious diseases. There is limited data on the profile of patients attending Emergency Departments (ED). This study describes patients attending the Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania …
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Advancing accessibility : public transport and urban space
… of interest, such as employment and use of healthcare resources. The concluding part of the dissertation discusses how these findings can inform substantive and procedural dimensions of public transport planning and urban policy.
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Redesigning diabetic foot risk assessment for amputation prevention in low-resource settings: Development of a purely mechanical plantar pressure evaluation device
… in low- and middle-income countries, where many healthcare settings lack the resources to implement recommended diabetic foot risk assessment and risk-based DFU prevention practices. Thus, the objective of this thesis was to redesign diabetic foot risk assessment specifically for low-resource …
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The role of the National Health insurance scheme in shaping equity of access to healthcare in Ghana
… Scheme in Ghana impacts on equity of access to healthcare in Tamale District of northern Ghana. Using mainly a qualitative approach, the thesis specifically examined whether the NHIS promotes equity in health insurance coverage and whether insured members are able to access healthcare equitably. …
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The effect of smoking on the severity, and mechanisms of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
… thus imposing a significant burden on healthcare resources in the<br/>future. Acute exacerbations are not only responsible for a decline in the<br/>patient’s quality of life, but have a major socioeconomic impact. Following a<br/>pilot study that showed current smokers recover lung …
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