Figure. Colorectal cancer burden and access to primary health care, California. A vast majority of Californians (96%) live within a 30-minute drive of a federally qualified health center (FQHC). This is true for areas in both the top and bottom quintiles (96% and 93% respectively) based on the percentage of colorectal cancers (CRC) diagnosed at a late stage. There was no meaningful connection f...

INTRODUCTION Many low and middle-income countries rely on out-of-pocket payments to help finance health care. These payments can pose financial hardships for households; valid measurement of this type of economic burden is therefore critical. This study examines the validity of five survey measures of economic burden caused by health care payments. METHODS We analyzed 2002/03 World Health Sur...

The economic burden of cancer in the United States is substantial and expected to increase significantly in the future because of expected growth and aging of the population and improvements in survival as well as trends in treatment patterns and costs of care following cancer diagnosis. In this article, we describe measures of the economic burden of cancer and present current estimates and pro...

BACKGROUND We sought to determine how health care-related financial burden, childhood activity limitations, health insurance, and other access-related factors predict delayed or forgone care for families with children, using a nationally representative, population-based sample. METHODS Our sample included families with children aged 0 to 17 years whose family was interviewed about their healt...

ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the difference of mean or median in scores family functionality and burden caregivers people with mental disorders. Methods: cross-sectional study carried out a Psychosocial Care Center 61 caregivers. Instruments were used for sociodemographic characterization, care process, Family Apgar Index Burden Interview Schedule. Mean/median tests adopted. Results: women dis...

non-communicable disease (ncd) accounts for a large and increasing burden of disease worldwide. it is currently estimated that ncds accounts for approximately 59% of global deaths and 43% of the global disease burden; this is projected to increase to 73% of deaths and 60% of disease burden by 2020. 1 in comparison, ncds in low- and middle-income populations accounts for 78% of the global ncd bu...

Sub-Saharan Africa has a disproportionate burden of disease and faces a major public-health challenge from non-communicable diseases. Although infectious diseases continue to afflict Africa, the proportion of the overall disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa attributable to cancer is rising. The region is predicted to have a greater than 85% increase in cancer burden by 2030. Approaches to minim...

BACKGROUND There is a lack of studies of the size of burden associated with informal care giving in psychosis. AIMS To evaluate the objective and subjective burden of informal care giving to patients with psychoses, and to compare a diary and recall method for assessments of objective burden. METHOD Patients and their informal caregivers were recruited...

background: vegetative state (vs) occurs through return of the brain stem after coma state. after hospital discharge, responsibility of caring for vs patients is transferred to their families, which causes a high burden on them. nurses have an important role in helping the family caregivers to meet their needs and cope with difficulties. to explore the role of nurses during coping process of fa...