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Showing 1 to 20 of 394 for “"health care system"”.
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Health care system in China
The Chinese health care system is presented in this thesis. In the past ten years, the Chinese health care system has drawn the attention of interested people. However, most studies explored the system in limited aspects. They do not take into account the Chinese health care system as a whole. This …
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Pediatric nurse practitioners and the changing health care system.
Pediatric nurse practitioners and the changing health care system.
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Patient perspectives on health care system navigation : the chronic illness multi-morbidity experience
Meeting the health care needs of people with chronic conditions presents one of the greatest challenges for 21st century health care system renewal. Appropriate redesign of health care delivery with this complex patient population in mind requires information from many sources. Although much is …
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Exploring the Integration Experiences of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) within the Canadian Health Care System
… practice, and their distinct role in promoting health care access to Canada’s diverse population is necessary. A qualitative study using descriptive phenomenology was used to explore the integration experiences of eleven IENs within the Ontario, Canada health care system. Interviews were …
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Applying economics analysis to the U.S. health care system: evidence from nutrition and home health care
… 1: Adequate nutrition plays an important role in healthy aging. Although poor diet is a strong predictor of chronic diseases, the causal impacts of diet quality on health care utilization have rarely been explored. This study fills the gap by applying an instrumental variables (IV) approach, …
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Analysis of National Health Insurance Proposals and Their Potential Impact on the Present Health Care System
… himself and his family from the perils of poor health and the financial burdens that invariably accompany it. | As 1973 fast approaches, the realization is becoming more widespread that there must be a change in the organization and delivery of our health care system to make it available to all …
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The future of primary care : an engineering system approach to fix the U.S. health care system
The ailing U.S. health care system faces two tremendous challenges: a rising health care bill and a growing number of uninsured individuals. Several policies have been enacted to tackle these challenges but they are short-term patchwork solutions rather than long-term holistic solutions needed to …
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Factors Associated with Women's Decisions to Obtain Routine Cervical Cancer Screening in a Prepaid Health Care System
… barriers, psychological barriers, evaluation of health care, threat of illness, knowledge, social network) and the outcome variable of intent to participate in cervical cancer screening examinations. This study also examined whether there were differences in the predictor variables between two …
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Older adult gay & bisexual male veterans' perception of access and cultural competence within the health care system
Previous research has consistently identified health disparities among minority groups, including members of the LGBTQ community. The role of the health care system itself in creating, sustaining, or confronting these disparities has received only modest attention. This qualitative dissertation …
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Quality of Life and the Health Care System in New River Valley, Virginia: Residents' Perceptions and Experiences
… the implementation of one component, Community Health Status Assessment, of a comprehensive, strategic planning tool, Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP), to qualitatively uncover the perceptions of the quality of life and local health care system of 28 residents in …
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UNDERSTANDING HEALTH LITERACY REGARDING THE CANADIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM UPON SETTLEMENT OF ISMAILI MUSLIM CANADIANS: A NARRATIVE STUDY
Health literacy is an individual's ability to read, understand, and use health care information to make informed health decisions for treatment (Kwan, Frankish, & Rootman, 2006). Health literacy studies worldwide have increased dramatically within the past decade in response to concerns about the …
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Diabetes Patient Education Materials in the Veterans Administration Health Care System: Readability Suitability and Cultural Relevance for Older Veterans
… for older veterans. The conceptual framework of health literacy built on the Baum & Christiansen (2005) Person-Environment-Occupational Performance (PEOP) model as adapted by Smith & Hudson (2012) provided the structure for this study. McLaughlin's 1969 Simplified Measures of Gobbledygook (SMOG) …
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Infertility in the public health care system in South Africa : patients' experiences, reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking behaviour
Infertility is a common reproductive health problem in Africa. The experiences of men and women who are unable to conceive, their constructs of infertility, their motives for parenthood, and their health-seeking behaviour are, however, inadequately documented in South Africa. In order to improve …
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The significance of Continuity of Care in the context of chronic ARV care in the Public Health Care system
Continuity of care (COC) is a fundamental concept in Family Medicine. The rollout of antiretrovirals in the primary care setting of the public health care system in South Africa was 'vertically' isolated from the other clinics. This isolation provides a rich environment to research COC. The present …
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