BACKGROUND Community sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are well placed to deliver abortion assessment services and early medical abortion (EMA), but comparative data on safety and acceptability from both settings are important for future service planning. METHODS Retrospective review of computerised records of 1342 women undergoing outpatient EMA (≤9 weeks) in a community SRH or h...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients' satisfaction with hospitalizing costs and hospital after implementation the health system plan in Jahrom city hospitals 2018. This is a descriptive-correlation study. 556 patients hospitalized Peymaniyah Motahari were selected randomly. data collected using questionnaire determine level provision services. To assess validity questionnaire,...

the patient’s satisfaction as an important indicator evaluates the process of care and is a valid method for standardization of hospital services. this cross-sectional descriptive study has done to assess patient satisfaction of hospital services (shahed medical affiliated hospitals). in this study, 500 patients selected randomly and their satisfaction was measured by a standardized questionnai...

This paper argues that policies to address the interfaces between acute care and aged care should view older people as members of the wider Australian population entitled to a range of health services under Medicare rather than focusing only on supposed "bed blockers". In seeking to explain the current level of policy interest in this area, three areas are canvassed: pressures on acute hospital...

As sub-Saharan African countries continue to scale up antiretroviral treatment, there has been an increasing emphasis on moving provision of services from hospital level to the primary health care clinic level. Delivery of antiretroviral treatment at the clinic level increases the number of entry points to care, while the greater proximity of services encourages retention in care.In Tete City, ...

background hispanics comprise 17% of the total u.s. population, surpassing african-americans as the largest minority group. linguistically, almost 60 million people speak a language other than english. this language diversity can create barriers and additional burden and risk when seeking health services. patients with limited english proficiency (lep) for example, have been shown to experience...

We examined the psychopharmacological services provided within 3 months of nursing home (NH) admission to a whole population of newly admitted Florida NH residents 65 years and older (N = 947) for a 1-year period via secondary analyses of selected variables from Medicaid and the Online Survey and Certification and Reporting System. Within 3 months of admission, 12% received nonpsychopharmacolog...