Authors’ information Nira Eshel, MD, is a family physician in Maccabi Healthcare Services, Jerusalem, Israel. Raanan Raz, PhD, is currently a research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health. In the past he served as a researcher in the Medical Informatics Department, Maccabi Healthcare Services, and in the Child Development Center at Sheba Medical Center. G...

during the past decade there has been an unceasing trend to reduce child and maternal mortality rate, and thus a demand to examine and address the existing challenges. despite the importance of consistent healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period, some iranian women are not currently using these types of services. therefore, the study on the important parameters that can lea...

Value-based healthcare delivery is being discussed in a variety of healthcare forums. This concept is of great importance in the reform of the US healthcare delivery system. Defining and applying the principles of value-based competition in healthcare delivery models will permit future evaluation of various delivery applications. However, there are relatively few examples of how to apply these ...

OBJECTIVE More than half the world's population lives in rural areas; however, we have limited evidence about how to strengthen rural healthcare services. We sought to determine the impact of a systems-based approach to improving rural care, the Ethiopian Millennium Rural Initiative, on key healthcare services indicators. DESIGN We conducted an 18-month longitudinal mixed methods study of the...

Demand for mental healthcare increases. Simultaneously, the need for more patient oriented processes increases and the market develops towards more competition among providers and organizations. As a result of these developments, mental healthcare organizations are becoming more aware of efficiency and effectiveness. Often, they choose to transform to more process oriented organizations, which ...

Latar Belakang: Balita termasuk salah satu kelompok yang berisiko terhadap masalah kesehatan.Data Dinas Kesehatan Provinsi Sumatera Selatan Cakupan D/S pada tahun 2018 belum mencapai target 85%, baru 73,2% (669,814 balita) dari 914,527 balita. Angka ini mengalami penurunan dibanding 2017 (75,99%). antara lain disebabkan efektifitas kegiatan posyandu dan luar puskesmas optimal. Data profil di de...

aDivision of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA bHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA cMassachusetts Veterans Epidemiology and Research Information Center (MAVERIC) and Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Boston Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA dDivision of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deac...