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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"health service utilisation"”.
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Health service utilisation at the end of life in people with life-limiting illnesses
… to increase knowledge and understanding of the health service utilisation of people with life-limiting illnesses receiving care from a major tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia, in their last year of life. It does so by using linked, routinely collected clinical and administrative datasets, …
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A critical assessment of the Rwandan health financing system: implications for health service utilisation
… many other countries, Rwanda has embraced major health financing reforms to achieve universal health coverage goals and improve access to quality health services without undue financial hardship for its citizens. The public health sector provides most health services in the country, and …
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Mental Health Service Utilisation Disparities Between South Asian, Black Caribbean, and White British Populations in England: A Systematic Review
Background: Inequality in mental health cutting across ethnic groups has existed in England, and the pattern of service uptake varies widely among the South Asian group, Black Caribbean and the White British. Although ethnic minority groups have similar or even greater occurrences of mental health …
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Health service utilisation prior to out-of-hospital natural deaths among children under five in Metro West, Cape Town in 2018: a retrospective analysis of data from the Child Death Review
Background In the Metro West geographical service area within the City of Cape Town district the under-five mortality rate in the Metro West GSA decreased from 25 per 1000 live births in 2010 to 22 deaths per 1000 live births in 2013, but the rate of decrease slowed down in part because of the …
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Comparative Long-term Outcomes of Detoxification and Opioid Maintenance Therapy for the Management of Opioid Dependence
… related to mortality, illicit opioid use and health service utilisation. <br/><br/>The systematic review demonstrated that a majority of studies show a clear superiority of OMT over detoxification in reducing illicit opioid use, but few studies investigated mortality. Our own investigation …
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Maternal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a comparison of health utilisation costs of maternal depression and the cost of intervening through a task-shifting approach
This study assessed the health service utilisation costs of untreated maternal depression in women early in their pregnancy in Khayelitsha, South Africa. In addition, it determined the costs of providing treatment or support to these women through a psychological intervention that was delivered by …
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Local health matters. Health and health service utilsation across geographic regions in Iceland
Reducing health disparities across geographic regions is an important aim and in accordance with the World Health Organization European policy for health. Few Icelandic research has explored regional differences in health. The overall aim of this research was to explore health and health service …
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Attributions and representations of joint pain symptoms in seniors : implications for self-reported health care behaviours
… daily functioning. This study assessed seniors' health care behaviours that are elicited by joint pain symptoms and three sets of predictor factors (demographic, need, & belief). These predictor factors were derived from a review of the empirical research and three theoretical models (the Health …
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Utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services from adolescent friendly health services in Nepal
Adolescent-friendly health services (AFHS) are considered key to addressing the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents. Since 2009 Nepal has been integrating AFHS into its public health facilities. Despite much attention, and attempts to scale up AFHS, utilisation remains suboptimal. …
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Finding sustainable means of financing health care in Ghana, are the people willing to pay?
This study seeks to improve the knowledge of health care financing issues in Ghana as the country seeks a sustainable means of financing health care. To this end an empirical study of Ghanaians' willingness to pay for health services and for health insurance is undertaken thereby applying the …
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Exploring perceptions of help-seeking for mental health care among young adults in Maputo, Mozambique
… barriers, and facilitators to seeking mental health care among young adults in Maputo, Mozambique. In the context of the pandemic, semi-structured interviews were conducted using the voice note feature on the mobile application WhatsApp. Participants were recruited using purposive and snowball …
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Universal Health Coverage by 2030, or the Right to Health? The continued relevance of the Alma Ata principles of voice and equity, through an intersectoral approach, to reducing global inequalities
… the progressive realisation of the right to health for all by the year 2000. The strategy was to be achieved using the principles of Primary Health Care, such as the promotion of equitable access to health, through an intersectoral lens with the active engagement of communities. This target …
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Are people with diabetes on an equal footing? Examining administrative healthcare data for variables associated with diabetes foot-related hospital admissions in Aotearoa New Zealand
… Māori and non-Māori, preceding contacts with the health service as opportunities for earlier intervention, strategies to improve outcomes, and gaps in routine data collection to guide improvements in care. Methods: Hospitalisations caused by DFD in people aged ≥15 years were identified using …
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Population health in Namibia: an analytical approach
… objectives: Namibia aims to improve population health and human development. As there is limited research to date exploring the sociodemographic patterns of disease and healthcare access in the country, this thesis aimed to assess the burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases, the …
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Factors affecting the utilisation of skilled birth attendants for delivery in a western hill district of Nepal
… could be prevented if skilled birth attendant services were available. Only 36 percent of women use skilled birth attendants in Nepal. There are many reasons for non-use of skilled birth attendant services, such as inequalities, lack of access to services, role of gender and culture and lack of …
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From self-stigma to self-worth: understanding self-stigma through developing, implementing and evaluating a selfstigma intervention among people living with HIV and AIDS “Change your thoughts and you change the world”
Background Stigma is a global public health threat that can have consequences for the epidemiology of HIV and other health conditions. Though research has been conducted examining stigma in the context of HIV and AIDS, disability and illness, mental health and physical deformities, much less is …
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Enabling Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications and Learnings from Uganda
Introduction <br>Universal health coverage (UHC), defined by the World Health Organization as all individuals having access to health services they need, of sufficient quality, without suffering financial hardship is important to improve population health, particularly for vulnerable populations. …
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Help-seeking for mental health problems among older adults with chronic diseases: An evaluation and intervention
… them more vulnerable to associated mental health declines. Nevertheless, the intentions of older adults with chronic diseases to seek help from mental health support systems are low. Couched in the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), this thesis aimed to 1) identify antecedents to …
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The management of children's asthma in primary care : Are there ethnic differences in care?
… were to: • describe the asthma-related utilisation of GP, after hours medical care, emergency departments, and hospital admissions among Māori, Pacific, and Other ethnic group children with asthma • ascertain whether differences in medication use, the provision of asthma education, and …