The scarcity of rural doctors has undermined the ability of health systems in low and middle-income countries like India to provide quality services to rural populations. This study examines job preferences of doctors and nurses to inform what works in terms of rural recruitment strategies. Job acceptance of different strategies was compared to identify policy options for increasing the availab...

Background: Pregnancy after assisted reproduction technology is the one of risk factors that can result in anxiety. Many studies showed that for up to 20% of infertile women, the emotional burden of infertility persist even after successful treatment. This study aims to determine anxiety level and its relation with duration of infertility in ARTs pregnant women undergoing sample infertility cen...

the incidence of brucellosis has been increased in recent years. this imposes many economical and health related problems among rural and tribe people. khuzestan province is in low infected range of iran provinces. we reviewed the epidemiological, clinical and demographical specialty of patient referred to health centers and laboratories of andimeshk township in year 2006. medical records of 50...

BACKGROUND Teamwork is important for patient care and outcome in emergencies. In rural areas, efficient communication between rural hospitals and regional trauma centers optimise decisions and treatment of trauma patients. Little is known on potentials and effects of virtual team to team cooperation between rural and regional trauma teams. METHODS We adapted a video conferencing (VC) system t...

BACKGROUND The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a developing country in South Asia with a population of 29.8 million. In September 2011, there were 18 medical schools with 14 being in the private sector. KIST Medical College is a private school in Lalitpur district. The present study was conducted to obtain information on student perceptions about working in rural Nepal after graduation....

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) implemented a swing-bed demonstration and evaluation program for rural communities in the 1970's. The demonstration substantiated the cost effectiveness of providing long-term care in small, rural, acute care hospitals. As a result, Section 904 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-499) authorized the national swing-bed program,...

This paper analyzed multidimensional energy poverty in Nigeria at national and zonal levels using the 2009-10 National Living Standard Survey data. The study adopted the Nussbaumer, et al, (2011) methodology. National level results showed that 95 percent of Nigerians suffered energy poverty, deprived of 74 percent of the weighted indicators and had an MEPI of 70 percent. Energy poverty was foun...

BACKGROUND Hospitals have difficulty justifying the expense of maintaining trauma centers without strong evidence of their effectiveness. To address this gap, we examined differences in mortality between level 1 trauma centers and hospitals without a trauma center (non-trauma centers). METHODS Mortality outcomes were compared among patients treated in 18 hospitals with a level 1 trauma center...

An increasing number of hospitals are implementing electronic medical records and other information technology (IT), and national policy is focused on fostering expansion of these systems. In September 2004, a 100-bed acute care hospital in a rural community was awarded a grant to implement and evaluate an integrated hospital IT system. The evaluation used qualitative and quantitative methods, ...