Dear Editor, High quality health services need not only be universally accessible but also utilized by those for whom they are meant. Client satisfaction is an important determinant of health service utilization. According to Keegan, satisfaction comprises both cognitive and emotional facets and is related to previous experiences, expectations and social networks. Fulfilling clients' satisfacti...

This Supplemental Material comprises eight appendixes: Appendix A proves the existence and uniqueness of equilibrium prices; Appendix B presents a detailed description of the data used in the paper; Appendix C considers four alternative search frameworks; Appendix D considers three alternative complete information frameworks that may be consistent with the observe empirical patterns; Appendix E...

Interviews with 32 community behavioral health providers elicited perceived benefits and barriers of using electronic health records. Themes identified were (a) quality of care, (b) privacy and security, and (c) delivery of services. Benefits to quality of care were mentioned by 100% of the providers, and barriers by 59% of providers. Barriers involving privacy and security concerns were mentio...

This brief report examines whether male sex workers mentioned any health concerns in their online ads. The analysis uses 203 male escorts' online ads collected from America Online chat rooms in 2001/2002. The results indicate that only 25 percent of male escorts explicitly mentioned any health-related words or phrases in their ads. The results also show that whether a male escort mentioned heal...

Interviews with 32 community behavioral health providers elicited perceived benefits and barriers of using electronic health records. Themes identified were (a) quality of care, (b) privacy and security, and (c) delivery of services. Benefits to quality of care were mentioned by 100% of the providers, and barriers by 59% of providers. Barriers involving privacy and security concerns were mentio...

Bu çalışmada Kafkasya ve özellikle Güney Kafkasya’nın Azerbaycan coğrafyasına ait klasik modern Tefsir kaynaklarında zikredilen olay yerlerin tespit tahlili yapılmıştır. konunun temellenmesi için öncelikli olarak bölge tarihi ile ilgili kaynaklar taranıp literatür tespitinde bulunulmuştur. Yapılan araştırmalar sonucunda Kur’ân tarihine dair kırâat ilmi alakalı birtakım olayların bölgesinde meyd...

The purpose of this study was to gain insight in barriers and facilitators of sports in paralympic athletes. An online questionnaire was distributed through the Netherlands Olympic Committee and National Sports Confederation to determine personal and environmental barriers and facilitators of sports participation. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health model and ...

BACKGROUND Tobacco is a highly addictive substance. Tobacco usage is considered one of the main causes responsible for the death of adults worldwide, with 4.9 million deaths occurring worldwide each year. And if the current tobacco usage patterns continue, it will cause some 10 million deaths every year by 2020. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive study was carried out among 566 prisoners of ...

Background. In Uganda Malaria continues to be a major public health problem accounting for about 30-50% of all outpatient consultations and 35% of hospital admissions and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Pregnant women and their unborn children are vulnerable to malaria. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 20 postconflict IDP camps of Gulu district selected randomly as...