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Haider, Muhiuddin; Mukherjee, Avinandan - 2012

Purpose- Neonatal healthcare is a critical issue in public health management. The purpose of this paper is to analyze neonatal health in South Asia. This paper specifically examines the neonatal period of an infant’s development, the time from birth to the first 28 days, and the importance of...

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Primary health care coverage in Brazil: assessment of the Family Health Program impacts on mortality at municipality level

Diaz, Maria Dolores Montoya; Teixeira, Adriano Dutra; … - 2019

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The financial health of select Philippine hospitals and the role of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation as the national strategic purchaser of health services

Uy, Jhanna; Nuevo, Christian Edward L.; Casas, Lyle; … - 2021

Health care providers such as hospitals and primary health care facilities form an integral part of any health system. Providers must have both financial sustainability, such that they are able to continuously deliver health care services without bankruptcy, and sufficient profits to maintain...

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Are long hospitalizations substituting primary and long-term care? : evidence from Brazil and Mexico

Aranco, Natalia; Bauhoff, Sebastian; Schwarz, Natalie; … - 2024

Prolonged hospital stays, or hospital stays that are longer than medically necessary, are a major concern for patients … hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and Mexico. We develop a continuum-of-care conceptual framework based on prior … that leads to more complex admissions; (ii) hospital inefficiency; and (iii) lack of rehabilitation, social, and long …

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Quality and Accountability in Healthcare Delivery : Audit Evidence from Primary Care Providers in India

Das, Jishnu - 2017

This paper presents direct evidence on the quality of health care in low-income settings using a unique and original set of audit studies, where standardized patients were presented to a nearly representative sample of rural public and private primary care providers in the Indian state of Madhya...

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The Use of Community-Based Primary Care Clinics for the Prevention of Skin Cancers : A Model Proposal

Mangum, Brian P. - 2017

Given the global, national, and local impact of skin cancer in terms of morbidity/mortality as well as direct economic cost to treat, and the fact that skin cancer development in adulthood is mediated by exposure to ultraviolet radiation in youth and adolescence, the development of a skin cancer...

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Continuity of Care Increases Clinical Productivity in Primary Care

Kajaria-Montag, Harshita; Freeman, Michael; Scholtes, Stefan - 2021

Continuity of care, defined as an ongoing therapeutic relationship between a patient and a physician, is a defining characteristic of primary care services. However, arranging a consultation with one's regular doctor is increasingly difficult as practices seek to improve daily throughput to...

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Integrated healthcare in Andalusia : analysis of primary care, specialised care, emergency care, social care and citizen support platforms

Villalba Mora, Elena (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2013

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Überlegungen und Konzepte eines Produktivitätsindexes für Krankenhäuser

Tillmann, Cornelius P.; Bouncken, Ricarda B. - 2011

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Incentives in primary care and their impact on potentially avoidable hospital admissions

Fiorentini, Gianluca; Iezzi, Elisa; Lippi Bruni, Matteo; … - 2009

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