Relatively little is known about the cause of death in the veteran population, although more is known about the cause of death in Vietnam veterans or veterans receiving mental health services. This article compares characteristics and causes of death in Washington State veterans who did and did not use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare services in the 5 years prior to death. This s...

This article presents a model of the healthcare value chain which consists of a schematic representation of the Brazilian healthcare system. The proposed model is adapted for the Brazilian reality and has the scope and flexibility for use in academic activities and analysis of the healthcare sector in Brazil. It places emphasis on three components: the main activities of the value chain, groupe...

with the implementation of the affordable care act (aca), access to insurance and coverage of preventive care services has been expanded. by removing the barrier of shared costs for preventive care, it is expected that an increase in utilization of preventive care services will reduce the cost of chronic diseases. early detection and treatment is anticipated to be less costly than treatment at ...

conclusions the findings indicate the lack of mutual understanding between health care providers and victims of sexual violence in relation to the expectations and priorities of victims. patients and methods this was a qualitative study based on the grounded theory method. the sample consisted of 23 health care providers and 10 victims of sexual violence. unstructured interviews and observation...

Koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 [coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)] pandemisinin taşıdığı fiziksel temasla bulaş riski, birçok ülkede sağlık bilişimi sistemlerinin ve uzaktan hizmetlerinin önemini artırmıştır. Türkiye'de de hizmetleri konusunda benzer bir eğilim gözlenmiştir. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Sağlık Bakanlığı, önceden yalnızca seyir halindeki deniz hava taşıtlarında acil durumlar ile sınırlı ol...

Providing long distance truck drivers with adequate access to prevention, testing, and treatment services for HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria is suggested to be an extremely effective way to reduce the burden and the spread of these diseases. However, truck drivers need to overcome large barriers in order to obtain these services at the traditional he...

BACKGROUND Iranian single women are deprived of reproductive healthcare services, though the provision of such services to the public has increased. This study aimed to explore the experiences of Iranian single women on their access to reproductive health services. METHODS A qualitative design using a conventional content analysis method was used. Semi-structured interviews were held with 17 ...

Information Technology (IT) is an important enabler in supporting the growing demand for healthcare services and the growing complexity of healthcare services. IT is also a cost driver of importance in healthcare services; hospitals spend an estimated 3% of their annual revenues on IT. These factors make that IT expenditure is of strategic importance to local and national healthcare policy make...

Modernization of medical healthcare system using technology has become an important in research direction today. The healthcare system is intended to efficiently deliver the healthcare services. The healthcare system is defined as the industry which provides health services (health activities) so as to meet the health needs and demands of individuals, the family and the community. In this study...