introduction: telemedicine is defined as the ability to provide interactive health care by modern technologies and telecommunications which require related infrastructure and technologies. the aim of this study was to assess infrastructures of telemedicine at health centers, hospitals and clinics affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences. method: this is a cross-sectional study conduc...

in the field of health losses resulting from failure to establish the facilities in a suitable location and the required number, beyond the cost and quality of service will result in an increase in mortality and the spread of diseases. so the facility location models have special importance in this area. in this paper, a successively inclusive hierarchical model for location of health centers i...

BACKGROUND Access to adequate health services that is of acceptable quality is important in the move towards universal health coverage. However, previous studies have revealed inequities in health care utilisation in the favour of the rich. Further, those with the greatest need for health services are not getting a fair share. In Zambia, though equity in access is extolled in government documen...

As at March 31, 2014, the regional health authorities (RHAs) administered 41 facilities with 2,788 long-term care beds available. Of these 41 facilities, 25 are publicly-operated long-term care facilities which provide residential care and accommodations to 2,390 long-term care residents who have high care needs and require on-site services. The remaining 398 long-term care residents are cared ...

BACKGROUND Access to electricity is critical to health care delivery and to the overarching goal of universal health coverage. Data on electricity access in health care facilities are rarely collected and have never been reported systematically in a multi-country study. We conducted a systematic review of available national data on electricity access in health care facilities in sub-Saharan Afr...

OBJECTIVE It is unclear if telepsychiatry, a subset of telemedicine, increases access to mental health care for inmates in correctional facilities or decreases costs for clinicians or facility administrators. The purpose of this investigation was to determine how utilization of telepsychiatry affected access to care and costs of providing mental health care in correctional facilities. METHODS...

Public health and private providers and facilities may shape the future of the US health system by engaging in new ways to deliver care to patients. "Accountable care" contracts allow private health care and public health providers and facilities to collaboratively serve defined populations. Accountable care frameworks emphasize health care quality and cost savings, among other goals. In this a...

Department of Agric. Economics and Extension, University of Uyo, Uyo,Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. E-mail address: [email protected] The study assessed rural household accessibility to health care on agricultural resource use efficiency in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. Primary data were duly obtained using well structured questionnaire which was administered on eighty r...