Geographic patterns of sarcoidosis have been detected and studied on a global scale. However, the associations between these disease patterns and population characteristics have not been determined. The authors studied the geographic pattern of sarcoidosis in South Carolina and its relation to socioeconomic status (SES) and health status indicators. Hospitalization rates for the period 1985-199...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate outcomes of patients who undergo surgery with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING More than 120 hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from 2005 to 2008. PATIENTS There were 4128 adult DNR patients and 4128 age-matched and procedure-matched non-DNR patients. ...

RESULTS 8 correlated indicators met our analysis criteria: teenage pregnancy rate, neonatal mortality, mother mortality, measles immunization rate, post-neonatal mortality, AIDS incidence, male systolic blood pressure and cervical cancer mortality. The factor analysis reduced this set to 3 components or iHPIs, which could be grouped in ‘mother & child mortality’, ‘prevention’ and ‘AIDS incidenc...

AIM The purpose of the study was to evaluate the differences and factors that are interlinked with mortality rates of the population aged 40-59 years in the subjects of the Russian Federation. MATERIALS AND METHODS To calculate mortality rates used by Rosstat data on population and number of deaths in the age groups 40-59 years among men and women in the regions of Russia, as well as indicato...

BACKGROUND The early decades of the 21st century are considered to be the era of human resources for health (HRH). The World Health Report (WHR) 2006 launched the Health Workforce Decade (2006-2015), with high priority given for countries to develop effective workforce policies and strategies. In many countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), particularly those classified as Low and ...

BACKGROUND For more than three decades, the main health indicators of the rural population of Iran have been gathered using a 'vital horoscope'. In this study, we use information derived from the vital horoscope to assess trends over time and geographic patterns of inequality in these health indicators. METHODS Nine main health indicators were derived from official annual reports of the Minis...

OBJECTIVES Racial differences in self-rated health at older ages are well documented. African Americans consistently report poorer health, even when education, income, and other health status indicators are controlled. The extent to which neighborhood-level characteristics mediate this association remains largely unexplored. We ask whether neighborhood social and economic resources help to expl...

BACKGROUND An estimated 35 million people have been displaced by complex humanitarian emergencies. International humanitarian organisations define policies and provide basic health and nutrition programmes to displaced people in postemergency phase camps. However, many policies and programmes are not based on supporting data. We aimed to identify associations between age-specific mortality and ...

Health has multiple dimensions. In a broad sense, health can be considered in terms of physical, mental and social well-being, but this may be difficult to measure, particularly in whole populations. The earliest population indices of health were based on readily available and unambiguous indicators, such as mortality; and these were applied to particular age groups, such as the first year of l...

introduction: hospitals are the best ground for providing health promotion and prevention services besides health care services. this study aimed to determine the impact of establishing standards of health promoting hospitals on hospitals' indicators in one of the public hospitals of iran. materials and methods: this research was a case-control study that included fatemieh (case group) and...