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From:West Virginia Medical Journal (Vol. 109, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedWelcome to this important CME edition of the West Virginia Medical Journal dedicated to access to healthcare and improving population health in West Virginia. As physicians, we are both blessed and challenged to treat...
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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 20, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSOME WOMEN in the Counties Manukau District Health Board (DHB) region experienced poor access to midwives and felt they were given poor service at Middlemore Hospital. This is the finding of an independent report...
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From:Learning Disability Practice (Vol. 12, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedSummary This article explores ethnicity, cultural diversity and learning disability, focusing on the key issues and barriers for access and use of services. It highlights the need for all staff to develop cultural...
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From:Indian Journal of Palliative Care (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Cherian. Koshy The message of palliative care in India has become a movement in several parts of India in a short span of time. The past two decades have seen palpable changes in the mindset of health care...
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From:Paediatric Nursing (Vol. 20, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedYoung people are more likely to use sexual health services if they can access them at schools, according to research by the University of the West of England. A pilot scheme offering drop-in sexual health clinics in...
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From:Indian Journal of Palliative Care (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: M. Rajagopal Palliative care workers in India have a lot to be proud of. We have created many successful community oriented palliative care programs, built many hospices and established several hospital-based...
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From:Physical Therapy (Vol. 96, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBackground. Pediatric rehabilitation therapy services and mobility aids have an important role in the health of children with special health care needs, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may increase coverage for these...
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From:Contemporary Pediatrics (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThose of us in the trenches of medical care are always seeking new ways to improve our practices. This means we must be willing to try new things, and not infrequently we are often pleasantly surprised when our...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 92, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedProblem During China's transition to a market economy in the 1980s and 1990s, the rural population faced substantial barriers to accessing health care and encountered heavier financial burdens than urban residents in...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 96, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWHO has launched a web-based platform to track progress on the provision of services for people with dementia and for those who care for them, both within countries and globally. The Global Dementia Observatory...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 85, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Global HIV incidence may have peaked (1) but calls for scaling up prevention have not diminished. The number of new infections worldwide remains high (4.1 million in 2005) with some regions previously...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 96, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedWHO called on the conflict parties in the Syrian Arab Republic to allow people to access health care, following reports of the suspected use of toxic chemicals in Douma city, East Ghouta. In a statement issued last...
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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 21, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedCritical care outreach (CCO) is a service that provides early recognition and intervention of ward patients' physiological deterioration. It focuses on optimising ward management before the patient becomes critically...
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From:Community Living (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedJosh's parents have won a longstanding battle to get their son housed nearer to home. But the failure of council staff to involve them in planning his move has delayed the process and added to their distress. Sadly,...
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From:Medicare & Medicaid Research Review (Vol. 4, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedObjective: Determine the association between access to primary care by the underserved and Medicare spending and clinical quality across hospital referral regions (HRRs). Data Sources: Data on elderly fee-for-service...
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From:Canadian Journal of Surgery (Vol. 53, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: More than 33% of Canadians live in rural areas. The vulnerability of rural surgical patients makes them particularly sensitive to barriers to accessing health care. This study aims to describe rural...
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From:Ophthalmology Times (Vol. 43, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedMore than 120 ophthalmologists and other eye-care professionals voluntarily visited Cambodia in 2017 at close-to-weekly intervals in an initiative that was facilitated by the Khmer Sight Foundation (KSF). Most were from...
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From:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 108, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) in 2012 reduced health care access for refugees and refugee claimants, generating concerns among key stakeholders. In 2014, a new IFHP temporarily...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Issifou Yaya 1,2, Aboubakari Nambiema 2, Sokhna Dieng 3, Lihanimpo Djalogue 4, Mawuényégan Kouamivi Agboyibor 5, Mathias Kouamé N'Dri 6, Takiyatou Baba-Toherou 2, Akouda Akessiwe Patassi 7, Dadja Essoya...
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From:Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Vol. 33, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIs it possible to use the courts--or rights instruments--to advance fair access to health care? This article examines this question within the context of the Norwegian public health care system--one special example of...