Bulletin of the World Health Organization, ISSN 0042-9686, 11/2017, Volume 95, Issue 11, pp. 756 - 763
In most countries, a fundamental shift in the focus of clinical care for older people is needed. Instead of trying to manage numerous diseases and symptoms in...
SYSTEM | TRIALS | IMPACT | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | MANAGEMENT | DISEASE | ADULTS | FRAILTY | ELDERLY-PEOPLE | Activities of Daily Living | Geriatric Assessment | Social Work | Health Services Needs and Demand | Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - organization & administration | Humans | Aged, 80 and over | Aged | Health Status | Health care | Incentives | Disease | Health services | Innovations | Cognitive ability | Payments | Long term health care | Optimization | Return on investment | Investments | Older people | Aging | Frailty | Organizational structure | Mental health services | Budgets | Chronic illnesses | Cadres | Integration | Health | Health care policy | Health care services policy | Social services | Information technology | Health care expenditures | Adoption of innovations | Elderly | Investment
SYSTEM | TRIALS | IMPACT | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | MANAGEMENT | DISEASE | ADULTS | FRAILTY | ELDERLY-PEOPLE | Activities of Daily Living | Geriatric Assessment | Social Work | Health Services Needs and Demand | Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - organization & administration | Humans | Aged, 80 and over | Aged | Health Status | Health care | Incentives | Disease | Health services | Innovations | Cognitive ability | Payments | Long term health care | Optimization | Return on investment | Investments | Older people | Aging | Frailty | Organizational structure | Mental health services | Budgets | Chronic illnesses | Cadres | Integration | Health | Health care policy | Health care services policy | Social services | Information technology | Health care expenditures | Adoption of innovations | Elderly | Investment
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PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 08/2016, Volume 11, Issue 8, p. e0160986
Background With the commitment of the national government to provide universal healthcare at cheap and affordable prices in India, public healthcare services...
HARYANA | HOSPITALS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Health Services - economics | Health Care Costs | Delivery of Health Care - economics | Humans | Public Sector - economics | Community Health Centers - economics | Primary Health Care - economics | India | Services | Demographic aspects | Analysis | Medical care | Management | Public sector | Medical care, Cost of | Health care | Health facilities | Economic analysis | Costs | Physicians | Communities | Confidence intervals | Medical referrals | Capital costs | Consultation | Public health | Health insurance | Medical research | Urban areas | Equipment costs | Financial planning | Health care policy | Health centres | Capital | Health education | Primary care | Health care delivery | Hospitals | Hospital facilities | Scaling | Cost analysis | Human resources
HARYANA | HOSPITALS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Health Services - economics | Health Care Costs | Delivery of Health Care - economics | Humans | Public Sector - economics | Community Health Centers - economics | Primary Health Care - economics | India | Services | Demographic aspects | Analysis | Medical care | Management | Public sector | Medical care, Cost of | Health care | Health facilities | Economic analysis | Costs | Physicians | Communities | Confidence intervals | Medical referrals | Capital costs | Consultation | Public health | Health insurance | Medical research | Urban areas | Equipment costs | Financial planning | Health care policy | Health centres | Capital | Health education | Primary care | Health care delivery | Hospitals | Hospital facilities | Scaling | Cost analysis | Human resources
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Medical Care, ISSN 0025-7079, 05/2017, Volume 55, Issue 7, pp. 723 - 733
BACKGROUND:Overuse, the provision of health services for which harms outweigh the benefits, results in suboptimal patient care and may contribute to the rising...
TOP 5 LIST | cancer care | STAGE BREAST-CANCER | INAPPROPRIATE IMAGING RATES | DIAGNOSED PROSTATE-CANCER | CLINICAL ONCOLOGY | utilization | quality of care | RADIOACTIVE IODINE TREATMENT | health services research | LUNG-CANCER | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | health services | COLORECTAL-CANCER | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | DISTANT METASTASES | AMERICAN SOCIETY | Health Services Misuse | Health Services Research | Humans | Neoplasms | Quality of Health Care
TOP 5 LIST | cancer care | STAGE BREAST-CANCER | INAPPROPRIATE IMAGING RATES | DIAGNOSED PROSTATE-CANCER | CLINICAL ONCOLOGY | utilization | quality of care | RADIOACTIVE IODINE TREATMENT | health services research | LUNG-CANCER | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | health services | COLORECTAL-CANCER | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | DISTANT METASTASES | AMERICAN SOCIETY | Health Services Misuse | Health Services Research | Humans | Neoplasms | Quality of Health Care
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Social Science & Medicine, ISSN 0277-9536, 02/2010, Volume 70, Issue 3, pp. 465 - 472
This study aimed to evaluate whether subjective assessments of unmet need may complement conventional methods of measuring socioeconomic inequity in health...
Equity | Canada | Unmet need | Health care utilization | Access barriers | SYSTEM | MATTER | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | MEDICAL-CARE | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | DISPARITIES | COMMUNITY | USERS | ACCESS | Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data | Age Factors | Cross-Sectional Studies | Attitude to Health | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Health Services - utilization | Socioeconomic Factors | Young Adult | Patient Acceptance of Health Care | Health Services Accessibility | Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data | Adolescent | Healthcare Disparities | Adult | Female | Waiting Lists | Aged | Health Care Surveys | Needs Assessment | Canada Unmet need Health care utilization Equity Access barriers | Medical care | Analysis | Utilization | Health care access | Health services utilization | Health care policy | Community health care
Equity | Canada | Unmet need | Health care utilization | Access barriers | SYSTEM | MATTER | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | MEDICAL-CARE | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | DISPARITIES | COMMUNITY | USERS | ACCESS | Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data | Age Factors | Cross-Sectional Studies | Attitude to Health | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Health Services - utilization | Socioeconomic Factors | Young Adult | Patient Acceptance of Health Care | Health Services Accessibility | Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data | Adolescent | Healthcare Disparities | Adult | Female | Waiting Lists | Aged | Health Care Surveys | Needs Assessment | Canada Unmet need Health care utilization Equity Access barriers | Medical care | Analysis | Utilization | Health care access | Health services utilization | Health care policy | Community health care
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, ISSN 0042-9686, 2001, Volume 79, Issue 7, pp. 665 - 671
User fees are used to recover costs and discourage unnecessary attendance at primary care clinics in many developing countries. In South Africa, user fees for...
Ambulatory care facilities/economics | Primary health care/economics | Health policy | South Africa (source: MeSH) | Preventive health services/utilization | Patient care | Fees and charges | Regression analysis | WOMEN | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | health policy | preventive health services/utilization | South Africa (source : MeSH) | fees and charges | primary health care/economics | regression analysis | ambulatory care facilities/economics | patient care | DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES | Medical policy | South Africa | Medical care, Cost of | Preventive health services [utilization] | Primary health care [economics] | Ambulatory care facilities [economics]
Ambulatory care facilities/economics | Primary health care/economics | Health policy | South Africa (source: MeSH) | Preventive health services/utilization | Patient care | Fees and charges | Regression analysis | WOMEN | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | health policy | preventive health services/utilization | South Africa (source : MeSH) | fees and charges | primary health care/economics | regression analysis | ambulatory care facilities/economics | patient care | DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES | Medical policy | South Africa | Medical care, Cost of | Preventive health services [utilization] | Primary health care [economics] | Ambulatory care facilities [economics]
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Social Science & Medicine, ISSN 0277-9536, 2002, Volume 55, Issue 10, pp. 1849 - 1869
This paper examines the patterns and determinants of maternal health care utilization across different social settings in south India: in the states of Andhra...
Regional variation | Maternal health services | Health care utilization | Health workers | India | maternal health services | MORTALITY DECLINE | health care utilization | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | QUALITY | DETERMINANTS | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | health workers | regional variation | FAMILY HEALTH | EDUCATION | Geography | Women, Working - psychology | Pregnant Women - psychology | Prenatal Care - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Maternal Health Services - statistics & numerical data | Tetanus - prevention & control | Logistic Models | Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data | Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology | Women, Working - statistics & numerical data | Socioeconomic Factors | Tetanus Toxoid - administration & dosage | Delivery Rooms - statistics & numerical data | Pregnancy | Family Characteristics | Health Services Accessibility | Adult | Female | Culture | Health Care Surveys | Home Childbirth - statistics & numerical data | Maternal health services Health care utilization Health workers Regional variation India | Usage | Research | Mothers | Health aspects | Health behavior | Health care
Regional variation | Maternal health services | Health care utilization | Health workers | India | maternal health services | MORTALITY DECLINE | health care utilization | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | QUALITY | DETERMINANTS | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | health workers | regional variation | FAMILY HEALTH | EDUCATION | Geography | Women, Working - psychology | Pregnant Women - psychology | Prenatal Care - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Maternal Health Services - statistics & numerical data | Tetanus - prevention & control | Logistic Models | Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data | Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology | Women, Working - statistics & numerical data | Socioeconomic Factors | Tetanus Toxoid - administration & dosage | Delivery Rooms - statistics & numerical data | Pregnancy | Family Characteristics | Health Services Accessibility | Adult | Female | Culture | Health Care Surveys | Home Childbirth - statistics & numerical data | Maternal health services Health care utilization Health workers Regional variation India | Usage | Research | Mothers | Health aspects | Health behavior | Health care
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Maternal and Child Health Journal, ISSN 1092-7875, 7/2012, Volume 16, Issue 5, pp. 1081 - 1091
To investigate the health care experiences of children with autism spectrum disorder, whether they have unmet needs, and if so, what types, and problems they...
Access problems | Population Economics | Pediatrics | Access to care | Unmet needs | Medicine & Public Health | Gynecology | Maternal and Child Health | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | Sociology, general | Autism spectrum disorder | UNITED-STATES | LIMITATIONS | INSURANCE | IMPACT | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | DISPARITIES | NATIONAL-SURVEY | MANAGED CARE | PARENTAL REPORT | MEDICAL HOME | Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - therapy | Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data | United States | Humans | Disabled Children | Child, Preschool | Logistic Models | Male | Socioeconomic Factors | Insurance Coverage | Child Health Services - utilization | Health Services Needs and Demand | Parents - psychology | Adolescent | Child Health Services - organization & administration | Healthcare Disparities | Female | Child | Health Care Surveys | Insurance, Health | Needs Assessment
Access problems | Population Economics | Pediatrics | Access to care | Unmet needs | Medicine & Public Health | Gynecology | Maternal and Child Health | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | Sociology, general | Autism spectrum disorder | UNITED-STATES | LIMITATIONS | INSURANCE | IMPACT | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | DISPARITIES | NATIONAL-SURVEY | MANAGED CARE | PARENTAL REPORT | MEDICAL HOME | Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - therapy | Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data | United States | Humans | Disabled Children | Child, Preschool | Logistic Models | Male | Socioeconomic Factors | Insurance Coverage | Child Health Services - utilization | Health Services Needs and Demand | Parents - psychology | Adolescent | Child Health Services - organization & administration | Healthcare Disparities | Female | Child | Health Care Surveys | Insurance, Health | Needs Assessment
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PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 03/2014, Volume 9, Issue 3, p. e91781
Background: We assessed overall annual and unit cost of delivering package of services and specific services at sub-centre level by CHWs and cost effectiveness...
COST | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Health Care Costs | Community Health Workers - economics | Delivery of Health Care - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Humans | Primary Health Care - economics | India | Medical personnel | Workers | Primary health care | Analysis | Economic aspects | Health care industry | Medical care, Cost of | Health care | Economic analysis | Costs | Immunization | Statistical analysis | Health | Communities | Statistical methods | Regression analysis | Confidence intervals | Regression models | Cost effectiveness | Occupational health
COST | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | Health Care Costs | Community Health Workers - economics | Delivery of Health Care - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Humans | Primary Health Care - economics | India | Medical personnel | Workers | Primary health care | Analysis | Economic aspects | Health care industry | Medical care, Cost of | Health care | Economic analysis | Costs | Immunization | Statistical analysis | Health | Communities | Statistical methods | Regression analysis | Confidence intervals | Regression models | Cost effectiveness | Occupational health
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, ISSN 0042-9686, 2017, Volume 95, Issue 6, pp. 390 - 390A
The United Nations sustainable development goal (SDG) 3 seeks “to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all and at all ages”.1 To build health-care...
PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | Pregnancy | Delivery of Health Care - standards | Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration | Quality Improvement | Humans | Female | Infant | Child | Infant, Newborn | Quality of Health Care | Measurement | Medical care | Quality management | Health care | Medical malpractice | Health | Physicians | Health services | Income | Sustainable development | Studies | Hospitals | Infectious diseases | Quality | Public health | Quality of care | Theme Issue
PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | Pregnancy | Delivery of Health Care - standards | Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration | Quality Improvement | Humans | Female | Infant | Child | Infant, Newborn | Quality of Health Care | Measurement | Medical care | Quality management | Health care | Medical malpractice | Health | Physicians | Health services | Income | Sustainable development | Studies | Hospitals | Infectious diseases | Quality | Public health | Quality of care | Theme Issue
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Social Science & Medicine, ISSN 0277-9536, 07/2019, Volume 232, pp. 17 - 24
Overuse of health care services has become an increasingly severe problem in China. However, as both academic interests and practical efforts have mainly...
Health care | Utilization | Background | Overuse | SYSTEM | QUALITY | ANTIBIOTIC USE | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | GUIDELINES | KNOWLEDGE | PHYSICIANS | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | RURAL CHINA | COMPETITION | INJECTIONS | FINANCIAL INCENTIVES | Virus diseases | Health care industry | Tracers (Biology) | Analysis | Health care reform | Intervention | Family size | Hospitals | Health services | Health problems | Health care policy | Illness | Patients | Health care services policy
Health care | Utilization | Background | Overuse | SYSTEM | QUALITY | ANTIBIOTIC USE | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | GUIDELINES | KNOWLEDGE | PHYSICIANS | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | RURAL CHINA | COMPETITION | INJECTIONS | FINANCIAL INCENTIVES | Virus diseases | Health care industry | Tracers (Biology) | Analysis | Health care reform | Intervention | Family size | Hospitals | Health services | Health problems | Health care policy | Illness | Patients | Health care services policy
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Value in Health, ISSN 1098-3015, 2014, Volume 17, Issue 7, pp. A422 - A422
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Medical Care, ISSN 0025-7079, 11/2009, Volume 47, Issue 11, pp. 1136 - 1146
Objectives: Building on Andersen's behavioral model for the utilization of health care services, we examined factors associated with utilization of physician...
Health insurance | Hospital utilization rate | Health care surveys | Health care utilization | Physicians | Patient care | Chronic diseases | Hospitalization | Insurance coverage | Health surveys | Canada | Socioeconomic status | Hospitalizations | United States | Doctor contacts or visits | Insurance | insurance | ETHNIC-DIFFERENCES | POLICY SURVEY | INEQUALITIES | COVERAGE | doctor contacts or visits | BEHAVIORAL-MODEL | MEDICAL-CARE | PHYSICIANS SERVICES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | DISPARITIES | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | socioeconomic status | hospitalizations | ACCESS | Office Visits - statistics & numerical data | Age Factors | Humans | Middle Aged | Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data | Male | Insurance Coverage - statistics & numerical data | Health Services - utilization | Socioeconomic Factors | Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data | Young Adult | Adolescent | Sex Factors | Healthcare Disparities | Adult | Female | Aged | Health Status | Physicians, Family - statistics & numerical data
Health insurance | Hospital utilization rate | Health care surveys | Health care utilization | Physicians | Patient care | Chronic diseases | Hospitalization | Insurance coverage | Health surveys | Canada | Socioeconomic status | Hospitalizations | United States | Doctor contacts or visits | Insurance | insurance | ETHNIC-DIFFERENCES | POLICY SURVEY | INEQUALITIES | COVERAGE | doctor contacts or visits | BEHAVIORAL-MODEL | MEDICAL-CARE | PHYSICIANS SERVICES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | DISPARITIES | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | socioeconomic status | hospitalizations | ACCESS | Office Visits - statistics & numerical data | Age Factors | Humans | Middle Aged | Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data | Male | Insurance Coverage - statistics & numerical data | Health Services - utilization | Socioeconomic Factors | Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data | Young Adult | Adolescent | Sex Factors | Healthcare Disparities | Adult | Female | Aged | Health Status | Physicians, Family - statistics & numerical data
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