BACKGROUND Metrics based on self-reports of health status have been proposed for tracking population health and making comparisons among different populations. While these metrics have been used in the US to explore disparities by sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic position, less is known about how self-reported health varies geographically. This study aimed to describe county-level trends ...

GPs with training in occupational medicine report cases of work-related ill health and sickness absence to The Health and Occupation Reporting network in General Practice (THOR-GP) using an online webform. This report describes the data reported in 2006 and 2007. GPs mainly reported musculoskeletal disorders and mental ill-health. A much larger proportion of the mental ill-health cases were sic...

To investigate how and where doctors receive their health care, 275 general practitioners were given a questionnaire about their health care in the previous 10 years; responses were received from 247 doctors (90%). Thirty nine per cent of the subjects were registered with a general practitioner who was independent of them. All but one of the remainder were registered with a practice partner, cl...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the broad health effects of occupational exposures in flight attendants apart from disease-specific morbidity and mortality studies. We describe the health status of flight attendants and compare it to the U.S. population. In addition, we explore whether the prevalence of major health conditions in flight attendants is associated with length of exposure to t...

losses from restructuring and amalgama‐ tions. There were negotiations for legislative amendments right to the final hours of par‐ liamentary debate. It is not the insurance system itself that is so heavily contested. Germans definitely want their social health protection to con‐ tinue, and with good reason. Comparative analysis has suggested that statutory health insurance systems such as thos...

Physical inactivity is a major public health challenge due to its association with chronic diseases and the resulting economic impact on the public healthcare system. However, walking can help alleviate these problems. Aim To verify associations between walking during leisure-time, risk factors and health care expenditure among users of the Brazilian public health care system. Methods The sampl...

OBJECTIVE To describe changes in the health service delivery process experienced by professionals, patients and informal caregivers during implementation of a national programme to improve quality of care of geriatric rehabilitation by improving integration of health service delivery processes. STUDY SETTING Sixteen skilled nursing facilities. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study, comparing three...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate mental health in temporomandibular disorders (tmd) patients considering: gender, age, and grade of chronic pain scales (gcps). materials and methods: the data were collected using general health questionnaire (ghq-28) for evaluating mental health and research diagnostic criteria for tmd for evaluating gcps, age, and gender from 75 tmd patient ...

Background: One of the most challenging aspects of today's technology is mobile social networking which has had a different effect on the health and social life of individuals. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between the use of mobile-based social networks and general health. Methods: This analytical and cross-sectional correlation study was done on 295 staff of Bush...