BACKGROUND Social inequalities in health are a characteristic of almost all European Welfare States. It has been estimated, that this is associated with annual costs that amount to approximately 9% of total member state GDP. We investigated the influence of inequalities in German health care utilization on direct medical costs. METHODS We used longitudinal data from a representative panel stu...

Reducing recidivism in violent offenders, whether or not they have an Axis I DSM-IV diagnosis, is a topic of great concern in our society today. There are a growing number of outpatient forensic mental health facilities in the United States that have the responsibility to treat this population. Given the limited public funds that are appropriated for this treatment, it is crucial not only to tr...

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, § 307 (MMA) requires the establishment of a pilot program for background checks of new employees of long-term care (LTC) facilities. Michigan was the only participating state to single out psychiatric facilities and employees under laws designed to comply with the program specified in § 307. The program was a demonstrat...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate treatment-seeking behaviour, financial impact and time lost due to malaria events, in southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa. METHODS In-depth household surveys (828 in Mozambique and 827 in South Africa) were analysed. An asset index was calculated using principal component analysis to allow comparison across socio-economic groups. Direct costs of seeking care an...

BACKGROUND GPs and patients are frequently asked to evaluate mental health care, but studies including evaluations from both groups are rare. OBJECTIVE To assess the association between GPs' and patients' assessment of mental health outpatient clinic in Norway and identify important health care predictors for patient and GP satisfaction with the clinics. METHODS Two cross-sectional national...

BACKGROUND Quality care in health facilities is critical for a sustainable health insurance system because of its influence on clients' decisions to participate in health insurance and utilize health services. Exploration of the different dimensions of healthcare quality and their associations will help determine more effective quality improvement interventions and health insurance sustainabili...

by having a comprehensive look at the existent hospitals and health care centers of the country, it can be understood that some basic principles were not considered in a large number of the mentioned health care centers. these neglected principles involve appropriate site selection and hospital accessibility. therefore, undesirable patient service occurs that consequently leads to change the ar...

introduction: health care classifications are essential tools for collecting and processing health-related information. they also provide a unified language for interdisciplinary communications. nursing data is important for extension of knowledge, evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing care, and supporting human resource planning. therefore, an integrated system for collecting, st...

conclusions the results indicated that suitable facilities and equipment, human resources, and infrastructure were available in the district hospitals in iran. these findings showed that there is potential for the district hospitals to provide care in a wider spectrum. results in this study, 100% of the studied hospitals had oxygen cylinders, running water, electricity, anesthesia machines, eme...

1. Distribute a full line of pharmaceutical products and health and beauty aids to chain stores, independent drug stores, hospitals, and other health care facilities. In other words, FoxMeyer’s customers were retailers and dispensers. 2. Provide managed care and information-based services to health care facilities, pharmacies and physicians. 3. Conduct business in franchising variety stores and...