Warfarin treatment: home health services versus outpatient clinics

E-Health at Outpatient Clinics in Uganda

Integrative Health Services in School Health Clinics

Objective: Mental health treatment today incorporates neurobiology, genetics, neuro-imaging, and pharmacologic mechanisms, offering more options to patients. For some, these modern approaches are not viable choices due to reasons such as limited access to care, cost, intolerable side effects, and, in the pediatric population, fears of potential long-term effects. With the growing prevalence of ...

Patient attitudinal and behavioral factors associated with warfarin non-adherence at outpatient anticoagulation clinics.

BACKGROUND Warfarin is an anticoagulant effective in preventing stroke, but it has a narrow therapeutic range requiring optimal adherence to achieve the most favorable effects. PURPOSE The goal of this study was to examine specific patient factors that might help explain warfarin non-adherence at outpatient anticoagulation clinics. METHOD In a prospective cohort study of 156 adults, we util...

Client evaluation of assisted outpatient treatment services

Background Complementing the view of treatment professionals and health care experts, the perspective of mentally ill patients themselves on the treatment they receive is a relevant factor in mental health care. Today, the satisfaction of these patients with their treatment is seen as a central aspect of service quality. Patient satisfaction has become an important component of psychiatric ment...

Measurement of Patient Satisfaction as a Quality Indicator of Hospital Health Services: The Case of Outpatient Clinics in General Hospital

Purpose: The measurement of patient satisfaction by the provided health services in outpatient clinic of the General Hospital of Athens. Material-Method: To measure the satisfaction of health service users was chosen a sample of 400 people using the method of stratified random sampling. The data were collected using a weighted structured questionnaire in those who had an appointment with the ho...