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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Public health sector"”.
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Corporate governance in the Victorian public health sector
… and application of corporate governance in a public sector health service provider in Victoria, Australia. The methodological and analytical approach is based on an adaptation of the Glaser and Strauss’ grounded theory, using ethnographic and survey techniques to collect and describe data so …
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Management Accounting Change in the Saudi Public Health Sector: A Neo-Institutional Perspective
… at the institutional level, to improving Health Care Quality (HCQ) within the Saudi Arabian Public Health Sector (SAPHS). Analysing these developments as a form of change consistent with the dynamics found in the emergence of New Public Management (NPM), this study draws on …
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Work satisfaction and retention strategies of medical doctors in the South African public health sector
… fundamental problems facing the South African public healthcare sector is motivation and retention of the healthcare practitioners. Medical doctors in particular, tend to leave the public sector for the private sector, rural settlements for the urban settlements, the Republic of South Africa …
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Assessing eHealth knowledge diffusion within the public health sector in Kenya using social network analysis
High disease morbidity coupled with limited healthcare personnel places the health sector in Kenya under strain, leaving parts of the population with limited access to health services. Electronic health (eHealth), the utilisation of information and communication technologies in healthcare, is an …
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Biomarkers for autoimmunie disease diagnosis in the public health sector: A systematic review and meta-analysis
… severe and mild cases of RA) as compared with healthy controls. Ficolin-3 was significantly upregulated in SLE patients and downregulated in RHD patients, while alpha-2-glycoprotein 1 was significantly upregulated in SLE patients compared to controls. Gelsolin was significantly downregulated in …
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An Investigation into Human Resource Development (HRD) Needs of Nurses. The Case of Public Health Sector, Pakistan.
The research investigates the health services of Pakistan by exploring current Human Resource Development (HRD) practices and social skills training opportunities for the development of nursing staff. The research aims to explore the best practice in social skills and competency development through …
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"Sweet Hearts": A biokinetics primary prevention programme in the South African public health sector: A qualitiative analysis
… reduction and nutrition, thereby improving health. The second chapter details the effect of a 3-month pilot Biokinetics primary prevention program ("Sweet Hearts") on health outcome measures. A total of twenty-seven exercise sessions, combined with nutritional advice and stress reduction …
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The status of assisted reproductive technology in the public health sector in Africa – a multi-country survey
… (ART) centres in Africa existed in the private sector. Over 80% of the South African population accessed medical care at public rather than private institutions; hence availability of a health service in both private and public institutions would ensure equitable access to care. Objectives: To …
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Health technology assessment for levetiracetam in the treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy in the South African Public Health Sector
… treatment of epilepsy in the South African public sector is through pharmacotherapy, with monotherapy being preferred to polytherapy. No cost-effectiveness studies on the first-line treatment of epilepsy have been conducted in the South African context or in similar contexts using the …
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An investigation into the association between role stress and absenteeism among nurses in the South African public health sector
… poses a serious threat to South African health care institutions (Samdi, 2000; McHugh, 2001). This research investigated the association between role stress, and the impact thereof on nurse absence frequency, voluntary and involuntary absence. Data was collected from 230 nurses (N = 230) …
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Out-of-pocket payment for assisted reproductive techniques in the public health sector in South Africa - how do households cope?
… techniques (ART) are poorly covered by health insurances or government funding thereby often inflicting out-of-pocket payment (OPP) on patients. This can create treatment barriers or high financial burdens for households, with unknown consequences of the latter. This is the first study …
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Strategies that occupational therapists in the public health sector in KwaZulu-Natal use to navigate language discordance: a qualitative descriptive study
… a challenge of miscommunication between health professionals and service users, is a concern for occupational therapy, a profession that foregrounds a client-centred partnership. Occupational therapy literature highlights language discordance as one of the biggest challenges encountered …
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A review of the routine monitoring data for antiretroviral patients in the public health sector in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
… therapy (ART) in the Western Cape Province public health service began treatment as early as January 2001. These patients were funded jointly by non-government sources, such as the Desmond Tutu Foundation (DTF) and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), and the state, on account of the then limited …
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Cost utility and budget impact analysis of bortezomib and lenalidomide for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma in the South African public health sector
… and R1 135 323.37, respectively. The associated health benefits in terms of quality-adjusted life years gained from the treatments were 1.14, 1.49 and 2.29. Hence, for every quality adjusted life year gained from BORT relative to DEX, an additional R654 648.52 would need to be spent. In contrast, …
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A survey-based, descriptive study of the occupational health experience of pregnant women doctors working in the public health sector in the Western Cape from 2009-2015
… experiences of pregnant women doctors working in public sector health facilities in the Western Cape and to ascertain whether occupational health laws and guidelines are being implemented for pregnant women doctors. This is being done in order to provide feedback to Western Cape department of …
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Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?
The Malawian sector spent about 3.3% of its GNP on health services in 1995/96. The public sector alone spent about 6.2% of its total revenue on health services and this is much high than most other Sub- Saharan African countries (e.g. Zambia, Kenya, Uganda). Despite such high levels of public …
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Development of a cellphone based monitoring and management-support system for anti-retroviral therapy
… in order to create an effective solution for public health sector clinics.The investigation process is based upon a user-centred HCI (Human Computer Interface) model and it is carried out on five components of the system: cellphonemenu applications, SMS data submission and database …
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Health technology assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa : a cross-national study of Kenya and South Africa
… is concerned with the applications and use of health technology in Sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly in Kenya and South Africa. The focus is on technology planning, deployment, use, management and assessment in the public health sector. The objectives of the study are three-fold: (1) to …
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How and why are different forms of evidence used in policy-making in the South African health sector? A case study of the National Core Standards and the Prevention Of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV policies
PURPOSE The South African public health sector lacks a formal, documented, and nationallyadopted system through which evidence is infused into policy-making processes. It is, therefore, unclear what evidence informs policy formulation and why and how this evidence is used. The main goal of this …
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