Comparison of primary health care services between urban and rural settings after the introduction of the first urban health centre in Vyronas, Greece

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Comparison of ambulance use in urban and rural patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

  Introduction: Acute Myocardial Infarction is a clinical condition for which delays in seeking care can have significant and adverse consequences on patients’ prognosis . Minimizing AMI treatment delays remains a priority for emergency medical services (EMS). Rural residents often have limited access to local health care providers and hospitals, which may affect their use of the&nbs...

The time measurement and workload of primary health care services in Qom's comprehensive health centers: Based on the Health Reform Plan

 Background and Aim: Promoting health and responding to the health needs of people and communities is the most important mission of any country's health system.In recent years،the concept of health and its determinants and on the other hand the health needs and demographic structure of societies have undergone many changes. Fair access to High quality health care seems impossible without formul...

Addressing the Shortage of Health Professionals in Rural China: Issues and Progress; Comment on “Have Health Human Resources Become More Equal between Rural and Urban Areas after the New Reform?”

Maldistribution of health professionals between urban and rural areas has been a serious problem in China. Urban hospitals attract most of the health professionals with serious shortages in rural areas. To address this issue, a number of policies have been implemented by the government, such as free medical education in exchange for obligatory rural service.

Unit Costing of Health Extension Worker Activities in Ethiopia: A Model for Managers at the District and Health Facility Level

Background Over the last decade, Ethiopia has made impressive national improvements in health outcomes, including reductions in maternal, neonatal, infant, and child mortality attributed in large part to their Health Extension Program (HEP). As this program continues to evolve and improve, understanding the unit cost of health extension worker (HEW) services is fundamental to planning for futur...