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Critical Care or Gross Negligance
Nandraj, Sunil - eSocialSciences - 2014
The conditions in some of the hospitals in India are very poor. There is utter callousness and disregard for the poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945206
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Are Patients in the Transition World Paying Unofficially to Stay Longer in Hospital? Some Evidence from Kazakhstan
Thompson, Robin; Xavier, Ana - eSocialSciences - 2010
To empirically test whether, as surveys and anedoctal reports suggest, patients are paying to stay longer in hospital … on 1508 trauma and surgical patients discharged from Almaty City (the former capital of Kazakhstan) three main hospitals …, perceived as resulting in better care (e.g. more professional attention), a unique dataset is constructed on hospital length of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505785
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Improving Access to Mental Health Care and Psychosocial Support within a Fragile Context: A Case Study from Afghanistan
Ventevogel, Peter - eSocialSciences - 2012
Afghanistan is an example of a ‘‘fragile state,’’ characterised by a government that lacks the capacity to provide core services and basic security to its population. Improving health care within fragile states needs to focus on quick and tangible improvement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133148
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Mapping Budget Processes in the Public Health Sector in Maharashtra
Raymus, Prashant - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study looked at budget processes related to health in two districts of Maharashtra and found that there was a significant variation in the way budget estimation was practiced at the level of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in both the Districts. [CEHAT]....
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Migration of Health Care Professionals from India: A Case Study of Nurses
Issac, Ann; Syam, Nirmalya - eSocialSciences - 2010
The study attempts to examine why there is staff shortage of health care professionals especially the nurses in India and the impact of such migration on services like emergency preparedness, quality of care, patient safety and access to needed health care services especially for vulnerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480385
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Institutional and Economic Perspectives on Government Capacity to Assume New Roles in the Health Sector: a Review of Experience
Mills, Anne; Bennett, Sara; Russell, Steven - eSocialSciences - 2009
selects four important new reform arrangements: autonomous hospitals; user fees; contracting out; and regulation or enablement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462824
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People’s Health Movement in India
Phadke, Anant - eSocialSciences - 2007
health care expenditure on hospitalization. About a third of the hospitalized patients either borrow money or sells assets to … pay the hospital bill. This situation of spread of new diseases due to environmental or socio-cultural degradation and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528290
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Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research
Munro, Salla A; Lewin, Simon A; Smith, Helen J; Engel, … - eSocialSciences - 2007
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major contributor to the global burden of disease and has received considerable attention in recent years, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where it is closely associated with HIV/AIDS. Poor adherence to treatment is common despite various interventions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487832
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Delivering (sustainable) Services on Scale : Anywhere
Shukla, Prachi - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper addresses issues related to public private partnerships that can enable delivery of comprehensive health care to rural communities.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543084
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Costs of Basic Services in Kerala, 2007, Education, Health, Childbirth and Finance (Loans)
Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this study is to analyze the pattern and costs of services in four areas, which critically affect most households in Kerala . The major concerns of this paper include answers to questions such as: How much did Kerala households spend for education of their children, for treatment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341770