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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Universal Healthcare"”.
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An Examination of Factors Affecting Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Department Services by Patients with "Universal" Healthcare
… department (ED) services by individuals with "universal" healthcare using the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use. Since Air Force Medical Service beneficiaries have free and unlimited use of the full-range of healthcare services, they are ideally suited for this study. The findings of this …
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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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Rising Healthcare Costs in the United States: Contributing Factors and Potential Solutions
United States healthcare costs have been spiraling out of control for the last few decades. With no universal healthcare system in effect, more than forty seven million Americans lack health insurance and cannot afford even the most basic care. This thesis addresses the factors contributing to 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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The Role of Christian Faith in Public Moral Discourse: A Comparison of Selected Works from H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Stanley Hauerwas, and Richard A. McCormick
… their treatment of the issues of euthanasia and universal healthcare. The comparison of the three ethicists begins with an examination of their understanding of the nature of ethics. It then examine how each of these ethicists answers fundamental questions regarding the role of Christian faith in …
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Transitional medical assistance: A classical policy analysis
… upon available data but if Insure Missouri and universal healthcare have successful implementations, TMA will achieve its intended results.
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Clinical and Psychological Outcomes of Flash Glucose Monitoring in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes on Multiple Daily Injections of Insulin: A Population-Based Study in Andalusia, Spain
… at the population level, particularly within universal healthcare systems, remains insufficiently explored. Objectives: This doctoral thesis, presented as a compendium of publications, aimed to evaluate the clinical, economic, and psychological outcomes of the large-scale implementation of FGM …
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Personal Support Workers/Health Care Assistants' Perceptions of Work Effectiveness: A Relationship Marketing and Intercultural Communication Competence Lens into Senior Care in Victoria, CMA, BC.
… among Personal Support Workers (PSWs) and healthcare assistants (HCAs) in Victoria, CMA, British Columbia, Canada. The research centers the experiences of PSWs/HCAs within prevailing organizational and systemic challenges in senior care. The integration of an interdisciplinary lens from RM …
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Interest groups, public opinion, and path dependence: how Canada and the U.S diverged on healthcare policy
… While Canada incrementally developed a system of universal coverage through national public insurance, the United States repeatedly failed to achieve universal healthcare reform and infamously maintains its hybrid public-private system to this day. Scholars of comparative politics have produced …
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Addressing Rural Health Access Inequity by Assessing Potential and Organizational Readiness for Antifragile Electronic Health Project Design in Rural Communities
… equity gap within Canadian and international universal healthcare systems. Electronic health (eHealth) interventions can address that gap, but intervention pilot projects rarely scale to other contexts, or sustain in their original settings. Antifragile design and complexity informed …
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A Comparative Analysis Of Mental Health Reform: Canada, The United Kingdom, And Australia
… political and institutional contexts within universal healthcare systems have influenced these trajectories. Despite being parliamentary democracies, these states exhibit significant variations in mental health governance due to differences in government control and levels of privatization. …
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A Review and Comparison of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Screening in Costa Rica and Guatemala in the Context of the Historical Development and Healthcare Infrastructure of Each Country
… civil war. Both Central American countries have universal healthcare but have vastly different health outcomes. This dissertation will examine breast cancer and breast cancer screening as it pertains to each country's historical sociopolitical development and healthcare infrastructure. METHODS: A …
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Mapping perioperative randomised controlled trials in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
… and anesthesia care is an integral component of universal healthcare coverage. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 93% of the population lacks access to essential surgical services. Post-surgery mortality in Africa is double the global average. The involvement of anesthesiologists is crucial for …
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Communication and collaboration: an exploration of clinical governance Interventions in the Western Cape Department of Health over the past twenty years
… The tension between the increasing cost of healthcare provision and the need to provide a quality level of care to a rising number of people is a global phenomenon. A focus on one over the other could result in a rise in adverse patient outcomes, or a health system too costly to be …
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Injury surveillance in community cricket and the exploration of insurance claims systems
… cricket-related injury not covered by a universal healthcare system, showed fractures to the hands/fingers/thumb and knee sprains were the most common injuries. Fielding was the most common activity at injury onset. Twenty-five percent of claims received loss of income (LOI) payments with …