Outpatient women health care

Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men Veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq

BACKGROUND The number of women serving in the United States military increased during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), leading to a subsequent surge in new women Veterans seeking health care services from the Veterans Administration (VA). The objective of this study was to examine gender differences among OEF/OIF Veterans in utilization of VA outpatient health...

Health system responsiveness for outpatient care in people with diabetes Mellitus in Tehran

Background: World Health Organization (WHO) defines three goals to assess the performance of a health system: the state of health, fairness in financial contribution and responsiveness. We assessed the responsiveness of health system for patients with diabetes in a defined population cohort in Tehran, Iran. Methods: Total responsiveness and eight domains (prompt attention, dignity, communica...

Health care of refugee women.

BACKGROUND Women refugees have endured major discrimination and poverty in their countries of origin or countries of displacement. This has had a major impact on their physical and psychological health. The experience of resettlement places a further burden on their health. OBJECTIVE This article aims to provide a simple approach to the health assessment and management of women refugees, taki...

Physician Use of Outpatient Electronic Health Records to Improve Care

We applied a model of usage categories of electronic health records for outpatient physicians to a large population of physicians, using an established electronic health record. This model categorizes physician users according to how extensively they adopt the various capabilities of electronic health records. We identified representative indicators from usage statistics for outpatient physicia...

Outpatient mental health care services--a minor's right.