Dr Yamila de Armas has occupied an array of posts since finishing her residency in family medicine in her home province of Cienfuegos in 1992. She has served as a family doctor; polyclinic, municipal and provincial health director; medical school dean; and twice vice minister of public health. But few would doubt her toughest job is the one she has now: deputy director of the Havana City Provin...

Primary health care (PHC) constitutes the fundamental pillar of Cuba's universal public health system. The doctor-and-nurse teams next door, community polyclinics, maternity homes, mental health centers, seniors' day centers-all form part of a network of over 12,000 facilities dedicated to resolving some 80% of population health problems, compared to under 200 facilities at other levels of care...

Background: Health practices in pregnancy could be defined as the activities affecting the health of mothers, fetus and newborns. Objective: To determine knowledge requirements and health practices of adolescent pregnant women. Design: Descriptive study Methodology: The population is composed of adolescents women applying to pregnancy polyclinics of state hospitals for routine antenatal colsult...

OBJECTIVE This study compared the efficacy and safety of warfarin in specialized international normalized ratio (INR) outpatient clinic (INR-C) and in general cardiology outpatient clinic (General-C). METHODS Herein, 381 consecutive patients with a regular follow-up at INR-C (n=233) or General-C (n=148) for at least 1 year were retrospectively included. While INR-C patients were followed by a...

BACKGROUND: In Indonesia, the health sector has experienced a very significant development. Fair and equitable care is one way to fulfill rights of each individual. Therefore, puskesmas are required provide good service quality through conformity standards with customer needs. The creation will certainly create satisfaction for users when using assurance non-assurance. AIM: This study was know ...

OBJECTIVES To provide current data on the demography and diagnosis of patients encountered at the Internal Medicine Outpatient Department of Qassim University Polyclinics (QUP), Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).  METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at QUP, Qassim, KSA, during the period November 2014 and December 2015. The record files of the study patients who were sam...