This study examines the protection of health rights in Indonesia from perspective human and Indonesian constitution. The aims to analyze relevant regulations articles on propose an ideal pattern for citizens within framework methodology used this is a descriptive-analytic approach with focus normative legal research. results show that right fundamental must be guaranteed by state following cons...

despite the relative success of the health system and the promotion of health indicators over the last two decades, iran's health system still faces serious problems. one of the most important of them, is the inequity in access to health. theoretical studies and empirical evidences indicate that implementation of the referral system and family physician plan, is one of the main strategies ...

RA is the process whereby a user of a health service has the power to access their personal health record (PHR). The PHR means any health record holding information pertaining exclusively to that person. The PHR can be held centrally, when all health records, including community, GP and hospital, are held in a central store; or they can be distributed, stored in different places. RA thus means ...

BACKGROUND Deliberative engagement techniques and citizens' juries are touted as means of incorporating the public into policy decision-making, managing community expectations and increasing commitment to public health policy. This paper reports a study to examine the feasibility of citizens' juries as a means of collecting data to inform public health policy related to food regulation through ...

Access to and awareness of oral healthcare in the United States have been highlighted in the mass media and discussed among diverse populations. The current surge to provide access to oral healthcare for citizens springs from this quagmire of oral healthcare issues which affects global to local (grassroots) communities. Publications by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health for All and th...

AIM To explore to what degree unemployment was related to health problems expressed in terms of consumption of prescription drugs in Croatian citizens. METHODS Based on the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance data for 2003, the number of prescriptions per insured individual (NPI) was calculated for employed and unemployed persons, as well as for different subsets according to the region (...

a Independent consultant, Coogee, NSW, Australia. Correspondence to Christine McNab (e-mail: [email protected]). Timely, accessible and credible health information is critical for improving public health outcomes, whether to help people take action during an outbreak or to prevent illness.1,2 Increased access to the Internet and mobile communication combined with strategic uses of social...

Setting priorities in healthcare has become a highly politicised activity. Traditionally it has been undertaken by government and the health professions but there is an increasing imperative to involve the public. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has established a Citizens' Council as an attempt to capture the informed views of the public in shaping the Institute...

The health care system offered by Australian Governments to its citizens is one of universal access and entitlement to needs based health, hospital and aged care at zero or limited cost. The system includes programmes for hospital care, medical care, pharmaceuticals and aged care. Every citizen is entitled to make use of any part of the system, whether they have contributed to the cost of such ...