Population Ageing, Dependency and Healthcare Services Utilisation

Forging a Frailty-Ready Healthcare System to Meet Population Ageing

The beginning of the 21st century has seen health systems worldwide struggling to deliver quality healthcare amidst challenges posed by ageing populations. The increasing prevalence of frailty with older age and accompanying complexities in physical, cognitive, social and psychological dimensions renders the present modus operandi of fragmented, facility-centric, doctor-based, and illness-cente...

Public healthcare eligibility and the utilisation of GP services by older people in Ireland

Utilisation of Healthcare and Associated Services in Huntington’s disease: a data mining study

BACKGROUND People with Huntington's disease (HD) often require tailored healthcare and support packages that develop as the disease progresses. The Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI) gathers retrospective information on service utilization. This study investigated the use of formal services and informal care as measured by the CSRI and explored associations between informal care, disease s...

Determinants of Healthcare Utilisation and Out-of-Pocket Payments in the Context of Free Public Primary Healthcare in Zambia

Background Access to appropriate and affordable healthcare is needed to achieve better health outcomes in Africa. However, access to healthcare remains low, especially among the poor. In Zambia, poor access exists despite the policy by the government to remove user fees in all primary healthcare facilities in the public sector. The paper has two main objectives: (i) to examine the factors assoc...

Does health insurance improve utilisation of healthcare services, for chronic illnesses in Sudan?

Background Chronic illnesses require a long standing or lifelong adaptation. Health care plays a crucial role in this adaptation. Seeking health care for such conditions, in many developing countries, imposes a devastating social and economic burden to individuals and their families, in form of catastrophic health expenditures or impoverishment. Millions of chronically ill persons avoid health ...