BACKGROUND To compare health status and health services use of Registered First Nations to all other Manitobans (AOM). If the Canadian health care system is meeting underlying need, those experiencing the greatest burden of morbidity and mortality should show the highest rates of health service use. METHODS Registered First Nations' (n = 85,959) hospitalization and physician visit rates were ...

As the population in Singapore ages rapidly, there is a race against time to prepare for the growing psychiatric needs of this population. The Community Psychogeriatric Programme was set up in Changi General Hospital to provide community mental health services for early detection and treatment of psychogeriatric disorders in the eastern sector of Singapore. The model of care involves working cl...

BACKGROUND The multidisciplinary approach in the management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) has been shown to provide superior care to devolved care, with better survival, improved quality of care, and quality of life. Access to expert multidisciplinary management should be a standard for patients with ALS. This analysis explores the patient journey from symptom onset and first engagemen...

eHealth service has received increasing attention. Patients can consult online doctors via the Internet, and then physically visit for further diagnosis treatments. Although extant research focused on adoption of services, decision-making process from to offline health services still remains unclear. This study aims examine patients’ decisions use by integrating extended valence framework halo ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate access to a Universal Health Home Visit program for families of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants and the effect of a one-off home visit on subsequent health service utilisation. METHODS A case-control study was undertaken drawing 175 Aboriginal infants from an Aboriginal birth cohort study and 352 matched non-Aboriginal infants. A structured file audit extracted ...

BACKGROUND Although the role of primary care for the management of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) has been highly recommended, structural involvement of primary care in heart failure (HF) management programs is extremely limited. AIMS To examine the feasibility and applicability of two most recommended forms of care delivery mode, home visit and telephone support, for CHF managemen...

Researchers investigated the effectiveness of a home based early intervention on children’s bodymass index (BMI) at age 2 years. A randomised controlled superiority trial was used. The intervention consisted of eight home visits from specially trained community nurses in the first 24 months after birth; this was in addition to the usual childhood nursing service from community health service nu...

Background and aims: Increasing prevalence of disability in Bangladesh indicates the need of special attention to disability care services within the healthcare setting. Our study aims to identify the level of satisfaction of clients using disability services as well as their opinions to improve those facilities. Methods: We have conducted a cross-sectional study in six disability service cente...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of dental visits among preschool children and determine the factors associated with using dental services. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,129 five-year-old children from the Pelotas Birth Cohort Study in Pelotas (Southern Brazil) 2004, from September 2009 to January 2010. Use of dental services at least once in the child's life and th...

BACKGROUND Long-distance truck drivers are occupationally susceptible to poor health outcomes. Their patterns of healthcare utilisation and the suitability of healthcare services available to them are not well documented. We report on truck driver healthcare utilisation across South Africa and characterise the client population of the clinics serving them for future service development. METHO...