Equitable distribution of resources among different regions is more important than other determinant factors in a healthy and dynamic economy. Policy makers seek to reduce the disparity and inequity through designing and carrying out several aids deprivation and developmental programs (1). Existence of inequality in various dimensions is an important sign of underdevelopment. In other words, co...

The onset of ill-health and frailty in later life, within the context of the policy of ageing-in-place, is increasingly being responded to through the provision of home care. In the philosophy of ageing-in-place, the home provides for continuity of living environment, maintenance of independence in the community and social inclusion. The provision of assistance to remain at home assumes continu...

objective: to study the association between social, demographic, cultural and maternal care practice variables and obstetric fistula status in ethiopia. materials and methods: the most recent ethiopia demographic and health survey conducted in 2005 is used to study the association between social, demographic, cultural and maternal care practice and obstetric fistula. we use both univariate and ...

conclusions perceived social support played an important role in improving the performance of self-care behaviors in our heart failure patients. given the strengths of the present study, these findings can be considered in future research in this domain. results based on the obtained results, educational intervention was effective in the improvement of perceived social support among our heart f...

This document presents the results from the applied research in health care financing in over 40 countries around the developing world conducted by the Health Financing and Sustainability (HFS) Project. It describes the conceptual framework and outlines for the agenda for the research. It presents the research results, summarizes the findings and policy recommendations, and points to areas for ...

BACKGROUND The major objectives of this study were to evaluate the existing primary health care service provisions in the public and private sector and utilization of the services, and to assess the existing manpower and material resources. METHODS Data were collected through interviews with the primary health care providers. Data were also collected from the records maintained at the polycli...

There are many incentives for physicians to dual practice such as an increase in salary, technology usage, or less work hours. By using the New Institutional Economic approach, we examine these incentives of physicians in Canada’s health care system in three scenarios of dual practice. In the first scenario is physicians dual practicing without any government policies or restrictions in the pri...

Current federal policy is directed toward encouraging reliance on the voluntary sector for the provision of personal care services to the frail elderly. "Of particular interest is the development of volunteer and peer group support. . . which will reduce dependence on social services" {Federal Register, 1982, p. 55114). One impetus behind this policy is the fear that the expansion of formal com...

The debate concerning public/private partnerships in the NHS has been characterised more by ideological rhetoric than by reasoned analysis. This paper is a partial attempt to rectify this situation, focusing on the ethical issues involved. It lays out the arguments concerning the public versus the private provision of health care, distinguishing between those addressing questions of fact and th...