نتایج جستجو برای: health utilization

تعداد نتایج: 1080350  

Journal: :Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health 2013
Gisele Almeida Flavia Mori Sarti

OBJECTIVE To describe the methodology used to measure and explain income-related inequalities in health and health care utilization over time in selected Latin American and Caribbean countries. METHODS Data from nationally representative household surveys in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru were used to analyze income-related inequalities in health status and health care uti...

The study analyzed farm households’ access and utilization of government health facilities in Kogi State, Nigeria. Specifically, it described the socioeconomic characteristics of farm households, determined the level of accessibility to health facilities by farm households, and determined the factors that drive farm households’ utilization of government health facilities. A two staged random sa...

Journal: :Medicine, conflict, and survival 2012
Jean-Francois Trani Cecile Barbou-des-Courieres

This paper analyses equity in health and healthcare utilization in Afghanistan based on a representative national household survey. Equitable access is a cornerstone of the Afghan health policy. We measured socioeconomic-related equity in access to public health care, using disability--because people with disabilities are poorer and more likely to use health care--and a concentration index (CI)...

2015
Soraya Nouraei Motlagh Asma Sabermahani Mohammad Hadian Mohsen Asadi Lari Mohamad Reza Vaez Mahdavi Hassan Abolghasem Gorji

INTRODUCTION Successful health system planning and management is dependent on well informed decisions, so having complete knowledge about medical services' utilization is essential for resource allocation and health plans. The main goal of this study is identification of factors effecting inpatient and outpatient services utilization in public and private sectors. METHODS This study encompass...

Introduction: Population ageing has turned its health impact into a critical problem. Iran will soon encounter such a crisis, but the capacity of social networks can be helpful in controlling this crisis. The present study was conducted to analyze the relationship of the social networks of the aged with health impact from the health and health services Utilization points of view. Method: In a s...

Journal: :Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante 2011
Roxane Borgès Da Silva André-Pierre Contandriopoulos Raynald Pineault Pierre Tousignant

Health services utilization has been the object of many books and papers in the literature. Measures associated with utilization are often a function of volume of services. The objective of this paper is to present a comprehensive approach to the evaluation of health services utilization and of associated measures, using databases. Based on the theoretical framework of Starfield (1998), we anal...

ژورنال: مجله پژوهش سلامت 2017
تاجیک, فرحناز, رجالیان, فرزانه, فردوسی, مسعود,

Introduction: Determination of health inequities and gaps in health status between different socioeconomic groups, particularly in patients with chronic diseases such as heart disease, has always been of public concern for politicians and social sciences researchers. This study was aimed to evaluate the status of socioeconomic inequality in health care utilization in patients with ischemic hear...

حسین, زکیا , علیزاده , مهتاب , متیوس, مارک ,

Objective(s): The purpose of the present study is to better understand relationships between mental health components (Psychological distress, Psychological wellbeing) and utilization of health services and community aged care services among the Iranian elderly living in Sydney metropolitan area. These findings will, in part, fill the gap in gerontological knowledge and also help to heal...

ژورنال: مدیریت سلامت 2015

Introduction: Reciving and using health care services is called utilization and access to services refers to the opportunity and the ability to use them. The purpose of this study was to investigate the pattern of utilization and access to health care disparities and factors affecting them. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, Quota sampling method was used. To evaluate the health care serv...

2015
Erin E. Austin

Introduction Utilization and overcrowding of EDs has been a prominent component of the health care reform debate in the United States for the last several years. In Virginia, the ED utilization rate has increased 27.5% between 2000 and 2012 from 34.5 visits to 44.0 visits per 100 persons1. Individuals with high frequency utilization of EDs account for a disproportionate number of visits, which ...

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