background : china has become an aging society, and the mental health problem of the elderly is increasingly becom-ing prominent. this paper aimed to analyze the effect of air pollution and rural-urban difference on mental health of the elderly in china. methods : using the data from the china health and retirement longitudinal survey (charls, 2013), after control-ling the social demography var...

background: health workforce shortages in rural and remote areas are a global challenge that almost every health system has to deal with. this study aimed to discover neurosurgeons’ job preferences and propose policy interventions that could possibly increase their retention in rural, remote, or underserved areas. methods: a discrete choice experiment (dce) was conducted in november 2014 with a...

We examined the relationship between race-specific rural mortality and the health infrastructure of rural counties in light of America's recent emergence of a rural mortality penalty. Using the Compressed Mortality File from National Center for Health Statistics (2008-2012) and county-level demographic, socioeconomic, and health care indicators from the Area Health Resource File and the US Cens...

VHA Office of Rural Health • Fact Sheet • Volume 3 Issue 4 IN THIS ISSUE:  Rural mental health care and redesigned primary care  Did You Know?  Mental Health Pathway Mental Health and Mental Health Care in Rural America: the Hope of Redesigned Primary Care “In the United States, most people with mental health issues or disorders remain untreated.” Rural populations have a greater portion ...

Despite the huge differences between developing and developed countries, access is the major issue in rural health around the world. Even in the countries where the majority of the population lives in rural areas, the resources are concentrated in the cities. All countries have difficulties with transport and communication, and they all face the challenge of shortages of doctors and other healt...

Population control has been a huge policy issue of the twenty first century and has been a topic of discussion in the world’s capitals. Overuse of natural resources, poverty and high mortality rates were the key issues that raised population control. The data used in this study is taken from the 2008/2009 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for Kenya. The sample used in this study consists a t...

BACKGROUND The value of international health experience for doctors from developed nations is well recognised. Provisions have been made for medical staff in the United Kingdom to embark on work experiences abroad during their careers in the National Health Service. The London Deanery and Africa Health Placements provide an Out of Programme Experience for British General Practice trainee doctor...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to suggest a suitable context to develop efficient hospital systems while maintaining the quality of care at minimum expenditures. METHODS This research aimed to present a model of efficiency for selected public and private hospitals of East Azerbaijani Province of Iran by making use of Data Envelopment Analysis approach in order to recognize and suggest t...