Methods This was a longitudinal, retrospective, population registerbased, case-control study. The ID group included 7,936 people aged 55+ who in 2012 received services according to the Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments, and who were classified with ID from birth or early age. An equally large matched control group was selected from the Swedish Po...

The article is dealing with current state of Czech health policy in relation to migration. Overall migration information, available data on migrants' health status as well as accessibility of healthcare are provided. Some health risks connected with migration are mentioned and discussed. Authors concluded that the most urgent problem of Czech health policy in relation to migrants remains the in...

BACKGROUND: Timely access to healthcare is essential to ensuring optimal health outcomes, and not surpris­ ingly, is at the heart of healthcare reform efforts. While the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has made improved access a priority, women veterans still underutilize VA healthcare relative to men. Eliminating access disparities requires a better understanding of the barriers to care th...

I congratulate the authors for providing the “Clinical Practice Guidelines: physical therapy practice among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)”1. These guidelines, together with other national and international studies, have successfully shown, with strong evidence, the role of physical therapists in this growing public health problem. However, routine access to such pro...

Background People recovering from alcohol excess can struggle to access healthcare services. Understandings of recovery need to be clarified in order to ensure services meet the needs of socially marginalised service users. In Scotland, alcohol excess is estimated to cost £3.6bn annually (Scottish Government 2015) [1]. Ensuring that service users can access appropriate services is a national pr...

Demand for healthcare is increasing due to a growing and aging population, making access to care more difficult. Beyond anecdotal evidence, there is increasing empirical evidence of access problems, most notably through overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs) (Burt and Schappert 2004; Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States 2007). While demand is increasing, the suppl...

Adequate coverage and efficiency of public health services are high priorities for sustainable growth and development. In many countries, public healthcare continues to fall short of demand, and remains unevenly distributed among the population. As in other areas of project appraisal, studies on social equity and access to public utilities are fraught with theoretical and empirical questions. B...

background: concept of e-readiness is used in many areas such as e-business, e-commerce, e-government, and e-banking. in terms of healthcare, e-readiness is a rather new concept, and is propounded under the title of e-healthcare. e-health readiness refers to the readiness of communities and healthcare institutions for the expected changes brought by programs related to information and communica...