BACKGROUND Urban population in China is mainly covered by two medical insurance schemes: the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI) for urban employees in formal sector and the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI) for the left urban residents, mainly the unemployed, the elderly and children. This paper studies the effects of UEBMI and URBMI on health services utilisation in Sh...

objective: this study proposed a model for provision of an effective universal coverage for mental health services based on global and national experiences, available resources and the nature of primary health care system of iran to reduce the burden of mental health conditions. method: a framework with prioritized mental and social health services was devised through a review of literature and...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the statewide availability of facilities and programs for stroke prevention and treatment to identify underserved regions and target educational efforts. METHODS A single-page survey was mailed to the directors of each inpatient medical facility in North Carolina. Data collected included the availability of selected diagnostic tests, p...

OBJECTIVE This report presents estimates of basic actions difficulty, which includes difficulties related to sensory, motor, cognitive, and emotional or behavioral functioning, in U.S. children aged 5-17 years based on questions from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Selected estimates are shown for the educational and health care service use of children with and without basic action...

Design ideas for a Virtual University Information System, VUIS, are presented. The design is an interface-centric component-based architecture. Basic services are decomposed into sets of monadic services, each of which is implemented as a reusable software EJB component. The interaction patterns and communication interfaces between components to realise foreseen and un-foreseen basic services a...