SHORTFALLS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE In many countries, health programmes continue to be low in level and quality and uneven in coverage though effective medical technologies are readily available. In many parts of the world, health services have not reached the rural or urban poor, or services are grossly inadequate or unreliable. There is imbalance between curative and preventive progra...

During the period of Anatolian Seljuks, a great importance was given to the urban development as the economic, political or military centers with a synthesis of Islamic, Turkish, Byzantine and Persian cultures. Special care was taken of the introduction of public services, especially the health services that have never been neglected. Seljuks have considered medicine of utmost importance and ha...

introduction: the rapid increase in health costs across the world has forced governments to use insurance programs. uncontrolled costs would reduce the financial ability of insurance organizations in providing services. abuse of health insurance wastes 3-15% of the health budget annually. this study was conducted to determine cases of violating the rules and regulations of medical services insu...

Our study details the creation of a series of national open source low-level geographical measures of accessibility to health-related features of the environment. There are three main domains across our indicators: retail services, health services and the physical environment. Using the network analysis process of Routino, this study analyzed postcode accessibility to retail and health services...

The prevalence of chronic non-communicable disease, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is rising worldwide. In Africa, T2DM is primarily affecting those living in urban areas and increasingly affecting the poor. Diabetes management among urban poor is an area of research that has received little attention. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Dar es Salam, the causes and conditions for diab...

This article provides an overview of the current Chinese health care system with particular emphasis on rural-urban differences. China's post-1978 economic reforms, although they improved general living standards, created some unintended consequences, as evidenced by the disintegration of the rural cooperative medical system and the sharp reduction in the number of "barefoot doctors", both of w...

Surat city is known world over for its glorious trade and commerce activities. Because of the migratory population in this city, malaria continues to be a major public health problem. There are urban health centres equipped with laboratory services and mobile units, which are providing free laboratory services to the community for the diagnosis of malaria. Apart from the urban health centres, t...

The uninsured have poorer access to care and obtain care at greater acuity than those with health insurance; however, the differential impact of being uninsured in rural versus urban areas is largely unknown. Using data from the 2002-2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we examine whether uninsured rural residents have different patterns of health care use than their urban counterparts, and t...

Pregnant women living in urban slums are a vulnerable group having limited access to urban healthcare facilities. Slums in the same city may differ from each other in their characteristics and health indicators. Hazardous maternal health practices are also common in the slums. Barriers to avail of healthcare services are well documented. This cross-sectional study was carried out in two urban s...