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Showing 1 to 20 of 279 for “"Healthcare services"”.
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Toward A Healthcare Services Ecosystem
This research examines the healthcare services ecosystem and the impact and role service interventions made by providers and patients have on this ecosystem. Each area has an important role in contributing to the value and sustainability of the ecosystem. Healthcare, as a community service, …
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The experiences of autistic adults accessing healthcare services
Background: Autistic adults experience high rates of metal health difficulties and face significant barriers to accessing appropriate mental health care. Empirical research and recent professional guidelines emphasise the importance of modifying standard mental health interventions to best meet the …
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Realising the right to healthcare services in South Africa
… for the entitlement for having to access healthcare services for all people in the Republic. The need for such provision is a central part of the national vision for healthcare transformation. Therefore, our constitution provides that: “everyone has the right to have access to health care …
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Essays on the provision and regulation of healthcare services
Changes in healthcare regulation can have unintended consequences on the provision of healthcare services and health outcomes of individuals. This dissertation quantifies the indirect effects of changes in healthcare regulation in three different settings. In the first chapter, I examine the …
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Specialist Healthcare Services for Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
… Patients with persistent symptoms have extended healthcare needs requiring ongoing care in outpatient services. However, guidance on mild TBI care in the outpatient setting is limited, and the standard of care in England remains unclear. This thesis aims to address how to plan care provision and …
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Patterns and Predictor of Police Officers' Utilization of Healthcare Services
… their job, yet officers generally tend to avoid healthcare services. This study investigated police officers’ healthcare-use behaviors, demographic differences in provider use, and perceived barriers to accessing healthcare. An online survey of 278 voluntary United States police officers at all …
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Refugee children's access to critical healthcare services in South Africa
… children, and their access to critical healthcare services in South Africa. It sought to analyse refugee children's access to critical healthcare services from a human rights approach focusing on the key principles of non-discrimination and human dignity. The study found that although …
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Pre-hospital paediatric healthcare services in emergency departments: perspectives for optimisation /
… the status of pre-hospital pediatric healthcare services in emergency departments (EDs), service utilization determinants and directions for optimizing. Analyzing the Nacional Health Insurance information system's data of long-term ambulatory service utilization in EDs for children, …
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Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
… in a role to fill critical gaps in the current healthcare delivery system. The following dissertation examines the impact of state NP practice regulations on access to care. The specific aim of this study is to examine the relation between different levels of state NP practice regulation and …
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Exploring the application of Inclusive Design to the improvement of healthcare services
An ageing population is demanding more of healthcare services worldwide, particularly for long-term conditions. In the UK, the challenge of limited healthcare service resources and the influence of the Equality Act on services have increasingly led to the consideration of people’s access to …
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Young women's access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Cape Town
… struggle to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services. This study aimed to describe young women's experiences to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Cape Town, South Africa. This study employed a qualitative research design, specifically a phenomenological …
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Trade in healthcare services by a developing country: the case of Botswana
… to harness benefits from trade in health services. It finds that the health sector is still dominated by public sector provision amidst a gradually developing private sector that is mainly supported by domestic investments. The participation of foreign firms is predominantly through …
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The impact of user charges on patient choice of healthcare services in Ireland
… consumer choice to ascertain how user charges in healthcare impact on patient behaviour in Ireland. Quantitative data is collected from a subset of the population in walk-in Urgent Care Clinics and General Practitioner surgeries to assess their responses to user charges and whether user charges …
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Active purchasing mechanisms of private healthcare services: experiences of public and private purchasers in Kenya
… that all citizens can access relevant health services whenever they need care in a manner that ensures they are not exposed to financial hardship. Health financing systems are critical to achieving UHC- one of the building blocks of a health system, health financing is concerned with the …
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Occupational Therapy Faculty Perspectives On The Use Of Telehealth As A Delivery Method For Healthcare Services
<p>The use of telehealth for healthcare delivery is on the rise and is expected to increase due to the expansion of technological advances and the shortage of healthcare professionals to serve rural and remote communities. The use of telehealth by occupational therapists (OT) is relatively new, and …
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Middle Eastern voluntary immigrant parents' experiences of child healthcare services in Northern Ireland: a qualitative study
… immigrant parents’ experiences of child healthcare services in Northern Ireland.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Aim of the Study</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The aim of the study is to explore the experiences of immigrant parents in relation totheir engagement with child healthcare services …
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Identifying and Prioritizing Essential Healthcare Services for A Private Start-Up Healthcare Hub in Laxmipasha, Bangladesh
… study identifies and prioritizes essential healthcare services for developing a private start-up healthcare hub in Laxmipasha, Bangladesh, a rural community with significant gaps in healthcare access. Using secondary data from national and international sources, the research analyzed disease …
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Utilization of healthcare services among older adults: The role of spousal caregiving and psychological well-being
… has not been examined as a potential barrier to healthcare services use, and it is also unclear how similar or different the association is between caregivers and non-caregivers. This study aims to, first, describe and compare the levels (higher or lower) of PSW between older spousal caregivers …
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Value of contracting as an active purchasing mechanism of healthcare services : a South African case study
… purchasing is a way of ensuring that the healthcare interventions that are provided, improves the health systems responsiveness. Contracting for health services, as a component of strategic purchasing, has been promoted as an important mechanism to improve the efficiency of resource use, …
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