background provincial health accounts (pha) as a subset of national health accounts (nha) present financial information for health sectors. it leads to a logical decision making for policy-makers in order to achieve health system goals, especially fair financial contribution (ffc). this study aimed to examine health accounts in kerman province.   methods the present analytical study was carried...

Background Provincial Health Accounts (PHA) as a subset of National Health Accounts (NHA) present financial information for health sectors. It leads to a logical decision making for policy-makers in order to achieve health system goals, especially Fair Financial Contribution (FFC). This study aimed to examine Health Accounts in Kerman Province.   Methods The present analytical study was carried...

Since May 2009 the first National Health Accounts (NHA) for Pakistan have been finalised and published by Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) in cooperation with German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). This paper goes one step ahead of the report and analyses in more detail the regional differences in health expenditure structures in Pakistan. The further analyses can be divided into four parts: hea...

ANC African National Congress DARE District Action Research and Education DHS District Health System MEC Member of the Executive Council MEDUNSA Medical University of South Africa MINMEC Health Minister and nine Members of the Executive Council NGO non-government organisation NHS National Health System PHA Provincial Health Authority PHAC Provincial Health Advisory Committee PHC primary health ...

INTRODUCTION The costs of health care in Poland are continuously increasing. Thus, almost every institution providing medical services aims at their limitation. One of the costs rationalisation methods in the health care sector is outsourcing. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was conducted in 153 randomly selected institutions providing medical activities. The tool was a questionnaire, availabl...

background: availability of antiretroviral therapies has transformed aids into a manageable chronic condition and im­proved well-being among people living with hiv/aids (pha) in developed countries. in developing countries however, such transformations are yet to occur due to socio-economic, systemic and environmental constraint. this study examined the impact of social, economic, psychological...

BACKGROUND An attentional bias to health-threat stimuli is assumed to represent the primary pathogenetic factor for the development and maintenance of pathological health anxiety (PHA; formerly termed "hypochondriasis"). However, little is known about the neural basis of this attentional bias in individuals with PHA. METHODS A group of patients with PHA, a group of depressed patients and a he...