conclusions a substantial proportion of patients with urethritis sought help from other sources, rather than physicians. the results of our study show that the patients with higher levels of education were more likely to seek help from health care services. it is important to promote the public’s knowledge through informative studies and educational materials in order to encourage patients to s...

abstract objectives: while great advances have been made in the field of pediatric dentistry, creating a friendly relationship with pediatric patients and getting them to readily accept dental treatment and cooperate remains challenging. cooperation by children can affect the quality of dental visit and the required time for the treatment. dentists’ attire could be one of the factors that signi...

conclusions a significant association was found between ages of women with their delays in consultation. delay is still prevalent amongst women with breast cancer. it seems necessary to design educating programs for women in both clinical and community settings, about breast cancer and early detection practices. results the mean age of women was 46.99 years. 38.4% of women were ≤ 40 years. 61% ...

Effective health care interventions are underutilized in the developing world, and income-related disparities in use are large. The evidence concerning this access problem is summarized and its demand side causes are identified. Broad strategies that have been proposed to tackle the access problem through changes in economic incentives are considered. It is argued that there is a need to go bey...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential utility of asking parents about health care utilization as a means of identifying individuals at risk for psychosocial problems. METHOD Parents of 366 children ages 2 to 16 completed questionnaires about their own, their child's, and their family's psychosocial functioning and health care utilization. RESULTS Children and parents with high health care ...

This feature presents highlights from statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity, with brief analysis of these economic indicators. These statistics provide an early indication of changes occurring in the health care sector and within the general economy. Although most statistics include data for the second quart...

A theoretical framework for viewing health services utilization is presented, emphasizing the importance of the (1) characteristics of the health services delivery system, (2) changes in medical technology and social norms relating to the definition and treatment of illness, and (3) individual determinants of utilization. These three factors are specified within the context of their impact on t...