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Harada Y, Iwashita H, Prajapati D, Sugishita T. Dentists' situation and their needs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: an online questionnaire survey. BMC Oral Health 2022; 22:107. [PMID: 35365151 PMCID: PMC8973669 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-022-02139-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, ordinary dental services were sustained in Nepal. Because a dental practice is considered to involve a high risk of infection, the needs of dentists should be identified, and demand-driven support should be provided. The purpose of this study was to investigate the situation and needs of dentists during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to guide demand-driven support. First, we investigated how the situation of Nepali dentists differed according to their types of practices between private clinics and university/government hospitals. Second, we assessed the characteristics of dentists demanding four types of support: financial, material, technical, and guidelines/guidance support. Methods A cross-sectional online questionnaire survey was conducted between July 28th and August 7th 2020. Closed-ended questions were prepared regarding behavior, material availability, economic and psychological impacts, training, and the main support dentists wanted to receive. The situation of dentists between private clinics and university/government hospitals was determined using a chi-squared test for each variable. To examine the association between the characteristics of dentists and four types of support, multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) for each variable. Results There were 352 dentists (137 males and 215 females) included in the analysis. Private clinic dentists experienced a bigger economic impact and demanded financial support that 45.5% of them did not receive a salary, compared to 18.9% in university/government hospitals. On the contrary, university/government hospitals experienced lack of PPE and demanded material support that 79.8% had personal protective equipment, compared to 92.5% in private clinics. Financial support was demanded significantly more by male than female dentists (ORs = 5.56; 95% CI = 2.96–10.45). Material support was demanded significantly more by dentists who received training regarding COVID-19 management (ORs = 1.96; 95% CI = 1.01–3.81). Technical support was demanded significantly less by male dentists (ORs = 0.44; 95% CI = 0.23–0.83). Guideline/guidance support was demanded significantly more by dentists who answered that Nepal Dental Association provided appropriate support (ORs = 2.21; 95% CI = 1.25–3.91). Conclusion This study articulated the diverse needs of Nepali dentists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand-driven support should be provided in the future. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12903-022-02139-9.
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- International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-chou, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
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- International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-chou, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Community Dentistry, Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University School of Medical Science, Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok, 11008, Nepal
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- International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-chou, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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Abubakar I, Dalglish SL, Angell B, Sanuade O, Abimbola S, Adamu AL, Adetifa IMO, Colbourn T, Ogunlesi AO, Onwujekwe O, Owoaje ET, Okeke IN, Adeyemo A, Aliyu G, Aliyu MH, Aliyu SH, Ameh EA, Archibong B, Ezeh A, Gadanya MA, Ihekweazu C, Ihekweazu V, Iliyasu Z, Kwaku Chiroma A, Mabayoje DA, Nasir Sambo M, Obaro S, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Okonofua F, Oni T, Onyimadu O, Pate MA, Salako BL, Shuaib F, Tsiga-Ahmed F, Zanna FH. The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation. Lancet 2022; 399:1155-1200. [PMID: 35303470 PMCID: PMC8943278 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- UCL Institute for Global Health, London, UK; The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- UCL Institute for Global Health, London, UK; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Community Medicine, Bayero University, Nigeria; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Nigeria; Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Demography, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Demography, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Paediatric Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Department of Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine, Bayero University, Nigeria; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, Bayero University, Nigeria; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, Bayero University, Nigeria; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Nigeria
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- Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA; International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Global Practice and Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents, World Bank, Washington DC, WA, USA; Harvard T Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Department of Community Medicine, Bayero University, Nigeria; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Nigeria
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Surgical timing in traumatic spinal cord injury: current practice and obstacles to early surgery in Latin America. Spinal Cord 2022; 60:368-374. [DOI: 10.1038/s41393-022-00789-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Souadka A, Essangri H, Makni A, Abid M, Ayadi M, Ksantini F, Kordjani Z, Ballah Y, Bouka J, Benkabbou A, Majbar MA, El Khannoussi B, Mohsine R, Boutayeb S, Hubner M. Current Opinion and Practice on Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Management: The North African Perspective. Front Surg 2022; 9:798523. [PMID: 35350143 PMCID: PMC8957835 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.798523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background The status of peritoneal surface malignancy (PSM) management in North Africa is undetermined. The aim of this study was to assess and compare current practice and knowledge regarding PSM and examine satisfaction with available treatment options and need for alternative therapies in North Africa. Methods This is a qualitative study involving specialists participating in PSM management in North Africa. The survey analyzed demographic characteristics and current knowledge and opinions regarding PSM management in different institutions. We also looked at goals and priorities, satisfaction with treatment modalities and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) usefulness according to specialty, country, years of experience, and activity sector. Results One-hundred and three participants responded to the survey (response rate of 57%), including oncologists and surgeons. 59.2% of respondents had more than 10 years experience and 45.6% treated 20–50 PSM cases annually. Participants satisfaction with PSM treatment modalities was mild for gastric cancer (3/10 [IQR 2–3]) and moderate for colorectal (5/10 [IQR 3–5]), ovarian (5/10 [IQR 3–5]), and pseudomyxoma peritonei (5/10 [IQR 3–5]) type of malignancies. Good quality of life and symptom relief were rated as main priorities for treatment and the need for new treatment modalities was rated 9/10 [IQR 8–9]. The perceived usefulness of systemic chemotherapy in first intention was described as high by 42.7 and 39.8% of respondents for PSM of colorectal and gastric origins, while HIPEC was described as highly useful for ovarian (49.5%) and PMP (73.8) malignancies. Conclusions The management of PSM in the North African region has distinct differences in knowledge, treatments availability and priorities. Disparities are also noted according to specialty, country, years of expertise, and activity sector. The creation of referral structures and PSM networks could be a step forward to standardized PSM management in the region.
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- Amine Souadka
- Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
- *Correspondence: Amine Souadka
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- Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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- Surgical Department A, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Surgical Oncology Department, Batna Cancer Institute, Batna, Algeria
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- Medical Oncology Department, Salah-Azaiz Institute, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Medical Oncology Department, Salah-Azaiz Institute, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Surgical Oncology Department, Batna Cancer Institute, Batna, Algeria
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- Surgical Oncology Department, Batna Cancer Institute, Batna, Algeria
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- Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, Nouakchott, Mauritania
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- Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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- Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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- Pathology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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- Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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- Medical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Balla S, Sk MIK, Ambade M, Hossain B. Distress financing in coping with out-of-pocket expenditure for maternity care in India. BMC Health Serv Res 2022; 22:288. [PMID: 35241077 PMCID: PMC8892690 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07656-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background The cost of maternity care is seen as the barrier in utilizing maternity care, resulting in high maternal deaths. This study focuses on the distress financing and its coping mechanisms associated with maternity care expenditure in India so that corrective measures can be taken to reduce the burden of maternity care. Methods This study used the National Sample Survey (NSS) data conducted in 20,014–15 (71st round of NSS) and 2017–18(75th round of NSS). We define distress financing as use of formal borrowing, borrowing from friends or family or sale of asser to finance maternity care. Percentage of pregnant/delivered females using distress financing were calculated.. The present study also used multinomial logistic regression with 95% to understand the impact of socio-economic variables on distress financing and concentration index to measure the inequality in maternity care expenditure. Results This study found that the maternity care expenditure has decreased from the INR. 9379 in 2014–15 to INR. 7835 in 2017–18. The percentage of households using distress financing is higher among the poorest (13.2%). Almost 14% of the SC households experience distress financing. Among EAG + A states, particularly in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the percentage of households are which experience a high level of distress financing increased from 8.9 to 18.3 and 0.7 to 8.1 from 2014–15 to 2017–18 respectively. The study finds that more urban households (37%) utilized insurance than rural households (26%). Among EAG + A states, 67.9 percent of households were dependent upon household savings, and it was 63.6 percent in the non-EAG states. The households with a high burden of maternity care expenditure were at higher risk of borrowing money to finance the cost of maternity as compared to use of savings/income for the same (relative risk (RR) (R: 2.59; P < 0.01; 95% CI: 2.15–3.13). Mothers belonging to the SC caste were at significantly higher risk (RR: 1.43; P < 0.1; 95% CI: 1.07–1.91). of using borrowings as compared to the use of income/savings. Mothers with college education were 50% more likely to use health insurance as compared to those with primary education. Conclusions The study found that even though many programs for maternity care services are there, the maternity care expenditure, particularly the delivery care expenses, is very high in many states. The study recommends that India should increase subsidized maternity care facilities to decrease catastrophic maternity expenditure among households.
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- Shalem Balla
- International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 400 088, India
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- International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 400 088, India
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- International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 400 088, India
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White AA, Neelon B, Martin RH, Cartmell KB, Korte JE, Roberts JR, Williams EM. Spatial patterns of HPV and Tdap vaccine dose administration and the association of health department clinic access in Georgia counties. Vaccine 2022; 40:1352-1360. [PMID: 35101264 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize counties in GA by quantifying administered doses of the HPV and Tdap vaccines collected by the state health department immunization registry and indicators of Health Department (HD) clinic access. METHODS Using a cross sectional study design, secondary data were collected from public health data sources for the years 2016 to 2018 for 159 counties of Georgia. The study population was male and female adolescents aged 13-17. The number of administered HPV and Tdap vaccine doses were modeled in relation to number of private and public HD clinics, number of HD clinics registered in the VFC program and the availability of public transportation using Poisson regression, negative binomial regression, and Bayesian spatial analysis. RESULTS Choropleth maps showed similar clustering patterns between administered doses of the HPV vaccine and Tdap vaccine and increased counts of administered vaccine doses in counties with both public and private clinics. Administered doses of HPV and Tdap vaccines were found to exhibit spatial dependence across counties. Accounting for spatial dependence, the availability of public transit had a significant positive effect on administered HPV vaccine doses, while the number of private HD clinics had a significant positive effect on administered Tdap vaccine doses. CONCLUSIONS Maps at the county level show vaccination variability, clustering patterns and provide additional insights on the access to health care. Bayesian spatial models are needed to accurately identify and estimate factors associated with administering doses of the HPV and Tdap vaccines. Future work is needed to further examine the utilization of HPV vaccination services among urban groupings.
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- Ashley A White
- Department of Health Services Administration, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207, USA.
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Division of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Silva B, Hens N, Gusso G, Lagaert S, Macinko J, Willems S. Dual Use of Public and Private Health Care Services in Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:1829. [PMID: 35162852 PMCID: PMC8835064 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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(1) Background: Brazil has a universal public healthcare system, but individuals can still opt to buy private health insurance and/or pay out-of-pocket for healthcare. Past research suggests that Brazilians make combined use of public and private services, possibly causing double costs. This study aims to describe this dual use and assess its relationship with socioeconomic status (SES). (2) Methods: We calculated survey-weighted population estimates and descriptive statistics, and built a survey-weighted logistic regression model to explore the effect of SES on dual use of healthcare, including demographic characteristics and other variables related to healthcare need and use as additional explanatory variables using data from the 2019 Brazilian National Health Survey. (3) Results: An estimated 39,039,016 (n = 46,914; 18.6%) persons sought care in the two weeks before the survey, of which 5,576,216 were dual users (n = 6484; 14.7%). Dual use happened both in the direction of public to private (n = 4628; 67.3%), and of private to public (n = 1855; 32.7%). Higher income had a significant effect on dual use (p < 0.0001), suggesting a dose-response relationship, even after controlling for confounders. Significant effects were also found for region (p < 0.0001) and usual source of care (USC) (p < 0.0001). (4) Conclusion: A large number of Brazilians are seeking care from a source different than their regular system. Higher SES, region, and USC are associated factors, possibly leading to more health inequity. Due to its high prevalence and important implications, more research is warranted to illuminate the main causes of dual use.
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- Bianca Silva
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, BE-9000 Ghent, Belgium; (S.L.); (S.W.)
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- Data Science Institute (DSI), I-BioStat, Hasselt University, BE-3500 Hasselt, Belgium;
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil;
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, BE-9000 Ghent, Belgium; (S.L.); (S.W.)
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California Los Angeles, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, BE-9000 Ghent, Belgium; (S.L.); (S.W.)
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Kabir H, Hasan MK, Rahman M, Akter S, Chowdhury GI, Bhuya MTR, Mitra DK. Perception of mucormycosis infection among Bangladeshi healthcare workers: an exploratory cross-sectional study in the year following the COVID-19 pandemic. BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE 2022; 46:11. [PMID: 35068920 PMCID: PMC8760587 DOI: 10.1186/s42269-022-00696-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mucormycosis, a severe fungal infection, is an emerging public health concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the perception of mucormycosis among Bangladeshi healthcare workers. RESULTS An exploratory cross-sectional study was carried out among the Bangladeshi healthcare workers from May 25, 2021, to June 5, 2021. The study found 422 responses from the healthcare workers of Bangladesh. Among the respondents, nearly half of them (45.26%) were doctors (n = 191). This study explored that the healthcare workers' mucormycosis perception scores were significantly associated with their age, gender, profession, monthly income, marital status, job type, and death of friends and family members due to COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS This study emphasized the healthcare workers' mucormycosis perception along with other associated factors. The findings could help policymakers to mitigate mucormycosis and related infectious diseases emergencies in the post-COVID-19 situation.
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- Humayun Kabir
- Department of Public Health, North South University, Plot 15, Block B, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229 Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, North South University, Plot 15, Block B, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229 Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, East West University, Dhaka, 1212 Bangladesh
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- Bangladesh University of Professionals, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, 1216 Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, North South University, Plot 15, Block B, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229 Bangladesh
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Nassar H, Abu-Farha R, Barakat M, Alefishat E. Antimicrobial Stewardship from Health Professionals' Perspective: Awareness, Barriers, and Level of Implementation of the Program. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:99. [PMID: 35052979 PMCID: PMC8773352 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11010099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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This study aimed to evaluate health professionals' perceptions regarding the level of implementation of the Antimicrobials Stewardship (AMS) programs in Jordanian tertiary hospitals and to assess the perceived barriers to its implementation. During this cross-sectional study, a total of 157 healthcare providers agreed to participate (response rate 96.3%). Participants were asked to complete an electronic survey after meeting them at their working sites. Only 43.9% of the healthcare providers (n = 69) reported having an AMS committee in their hospital settings. The results suggested that private hospitals have significantly better AMS implementation compared to public hospitals among four areas (p ≤ 0.05). Moreover, the results showed that the most widely available strategies to implement AMS were infectious disease/microbiology advice (n = 112, 71.3%), and treatment guidelines (n = 111, 70.7%). Additionally, the study revealed that the main barrier to AMS implementation was the lack of information technology support (n = 125, 79.6%). These findings could draw managers' attention to the importance of AMS and support the health care provider's practice of AMS in Jordanian tertiary hospitals by making the right decisions and the required modifications regarding the strategies needed for the implementation of AMS programs.
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- Haya Nassar
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan; (H.N.); (R.A.-F.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan; (H.N.); (R.A.-F.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan; (H.N.); (R.A.-F.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Science, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
- Center for Biotechnology, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
- Department Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
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Investigating the Integration of Industry 4.0 and Lean Principles on Supply Chain: A Multi-Perspective Systematic Literature Review. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12020586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The development of digital technologies in all aspects of human life leads to increasing the necessity for investigating them in the Supply Chain (SC) as the main channel to provide products. Moreover, Lean principles, with the aim of reducing wastes, could be one of the main research streams in SC in recent years. Therefore, it is valuable to figure out the mutual effects of Lean principles and digital technologies as two growing areas in SC. Previous works did not pay attention to investigating this relationship at the SC level and were more focused on the production level. However, the present work addresses this issue by conducting a multi-perspective Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Additionally, in the present SLR, the impact of individual Industry 4.0 technologies in relation to Lean principles was investigated from various SC perspectives. The results reveal the necessity of studying single SC processes in Lean Digital SC. Moreover, the applicability of each technology should be illustrated to alleviate SC operational and organizational issues. The results provide useful insights about applying single digital technologies as well as a combination of them to each SC process to solve specific issues.
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Phiri PGMC, Chan CWH, Wong CL, Choi KC, Ng MSN. Discrepancies between nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of family-centred care for hospitalised children and their families: A cross-sectional study. J Pediatr Nurs 2022; 62:e25-e31. [PMID: 34229915 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE This study investigated (1) the discrepancies between the nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of family-centred care (FCC), and (2) the nurses' demographic characteristics associated with current and perceived necessary practices of FCC for hospitalised children and their families in Malawi. DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 444 nurses was conducted. The Family-Centred Care Questionnaire-Revised was used to examine the discrepancies between the nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of FCC. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were performed to identify the nurses' demographic characteristics associated with current and perceived necessary practices of FCC. RESULTS The total mean score of the nurses' current practices of FCC (M = 34.78, SD = 7.06) was significantly lower than that of the nurses' practices of FCC that were perceived as necessary (M = 38.63, SD = 5.60, p < 0.001). The nurses who were over 40 years of age (regression coefficient, β = 9.162, p = 0.014), had a postgraduate qualification (β = 23.314, p < 0.001), were separated or widowed (β = 9.661, p = 0.029), had a Tumbuka cultural background (β = 12.984, p < 0.001), were Seventh-day Adventist members (β = 8.863, p = 0.026), and worked in mission hospitals (β = 16.401, p = 0.021) were more likely to implement current practices of FCC. Conversely, the nurses who were members of the Moslem, Buddhist, or Hindi religious denomination (β = 6.587, p = 0.040), had a Tonga or Ngonde cultural background (β = 6.625, p = 0.046), and were nurse midwife technicians (β = -23.528, p = 0.012) were more likely to implement practices of FCC that they perceived as necessary. CONCLUSION Significant differences between the nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of FCC suggested that there were barriers to implementing necessary practices of FCC. The nurses' cultural and religious backgrounds were predictors of current practices of FCC, and this finding could direct the future development and testing of FCC interventions in Malawi. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Continued educational activities and research on the factors that contributed to the discrepancies between the nurses' current and perceived necessary practices of FCC and their impact on FCC in Malawi are critical.
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- Patrick G M C Phiri
- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Bello K, De Lepeleire J, Agossou C, Apers L, Zannou DM, Criel B. Lessons Learnt From the Experiences of Primary Care Physicians Facing COVID-19 in Benin: A Mixed-Methods Study. FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES 2022; 2:843058. [PMID: 36925823 PMCID: PMC10012796 DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2022.843058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Introduction In sub-Saharan Africa, there is a need to better understand and guide the practice of primary care physicians (PCPs), especially in a crisis context like the COVID-19 pandemic. This study analyses the experiences of PCPs facing COVID-19 in Benin and draws policy lessons. Methods The study followed a fully mixed sequential dominant status design. Data were collected between April and August 2020 from a sample of PCPs in Benin. We performed descriptive analyses on the quantitative data. We also performed bivariate analyses for testing associations between various outcomes and the public/private status of the PCPs, their localization within or outside the cordon sanitaire put in place at the beginning of COVID-19, and their practice' category. A thematic content analysis was done on qualitative data. Results from both analyses were triangulated. Results Ninety PCPs participated in the quantitative strand, and 14 in the qualitative. The median percentage of the COVID-19 control measures implemented in the health facilities, as reported by the PCPs, was 77.8% (interquartile range = 16.7%), with no difference between the various groups. While 29.4% of the PCPs reported being poorly/not capable of helping the communities to deal with COVID-19, 45.3% felt poorly/not confident in dealing with an actual case. These percentages were bigger in the private sector. The PCP's experiences were marked by anxiety and fear, with 80.2% reporting stress. Many PCPs (74.1%) reported not receiving support from local health authorities, and 75.3% felt their concerns were not adequately addressed. Both percentages were higher in the private sector. The PCPs especially complained of insufficient training, insufficient coordination, and less support to private providers than the public ones. For 72.4 and 79.3% of the PCPs, respectively, the pandemic impacted services utilization and daily work. There were negative impacts (like a decrease in the services utilization or the quality of care), but also positive ones (like improved compliance to hygiene measures and new opportunities). Conclusion Our study highlighted the need for more structured support to PCPs for optimizing their contribution to epidemics control and good primary healthcare in Benin. Efforts in this direction can build on several good practices and opportunities.
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- Kéfilath Bello
- Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine et en Démographie, Cotonou, Benin.,Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine et en Démographie, Cotonou, Benin
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Bicalho D, Lima TDM, Santos TSS, Slater B. Desenvolvimento e validação de indicadores de desempenho da gestão do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar. CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA 2022; 27:335-349. [DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232022271.35782020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Resumo A avaliação do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE) é ação estratégica para garantir a qualidade da gestão. O objetivo deste estudo é desenvolver e validar um instrumento de indicadores de desempenho para avaliação da gestão do PNAE no contexto nacional. Trata-se de um estudo psicométrico de construção e validação de indicadores de desempenho. Foram estabelecidos 12 indicadores, posteriormente, avaliados em painel de especialistas em relação a sete atributos. Para obter consenso foi utilizada a técnica Delphi e a validade de conteúdo foi analisada com a Razão de Validade de Conteúdo. Para a validade de constructo e confiabilidade, nutricionistas que trabalham na execução do PNAE avaliaram a relevância dos indicadores respondendo um questionário online. A taxa de resposta dos especialistas na primeira rodada da técnica Delphi foi de 43,3% (13/30) e de 69,2% (9/13) na segunda rodada. Um novo indicador foi desenvolvido após a avaliação do painel de especialistas. Um total de 281 nutricionistas participaram do estudo da relevância dos indicadores. No geral, a validade de conteúdo e constructo foi alcançada para 13 indicadores. Todos os 13 indicadores se apresentaram relevantes, com potencial para promover a avaliação da gestão operacional do PNAE.
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Patient satisfaction: Public vs. private hospital in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. GACETA SANITARIA 2021; 35 Suppl 2:S186-S190. [PMID: 34929808 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2021.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to compare the level of service satisfaction in public hospitals and private hospitals in Central Sulawesi. METHODS This was an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional approach. This research was conducted in 10 hospitals in Central Sulawesi. There were 1070 samples, which were 107 patients in each hospital. The level of patient satisfaction was measured using the Community Satisfaction Index (CSI) Questionnaire, which comprises of 38 closed questions. RESULTS The average overall satisfaction level was 75.99 (±11.28), which fell into category B for service quality and "Good" for service performance. The highest level of satisfaction was in competencies, reaching 78.25 (±13.48) and the lowest was in Handling Complaints, Suggestions and Feedback, reaching 73.90 (±14.01). In all categories, the level of satisfaction fell into category B for service quality and "Good" for service performance. CONCLUSIONS The level of satisfaction of patients who sought treatment at private hospitals was higher than at public hospitals for all categories.
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Alshatti FA, AlMubarak SH. The prevalence of medical violation claims and associated predictors at the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia: A logistic regression analysis. J Forensic Leg Med 2021; 85:102300. [PMID: 34942462 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Despite efforts to improve healthcare delivery and ensure patient safety, medicolegal claims in Saudi Arabia remain a concerning issue. This study investigated medical violation claims referred to the medical violation committee in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia. A retrospective study was conducted on medical violation claims from 2016 to 2019. Binary logistic regression was performed to examine the association between issued verdicts and a set of defendant, plaintiff and healthcare institution variables. During the study's period, the medical violation committee reached final verdicts against 1242 healthcare professionals in which 69% of them were found guilty. The majority of the defendants worked in private healthcare institutions (66%), were physicians (30%), male (53%), and non-Saudi (64%). Working at pharmacies, other healthcare settings, and the private sector were significantly associated with receiving a guilty verdict. Male healthcare professionals as well as pharmacists were found to have a higher likelihood to receive a guilty verdict than their respective counterparts. Medical violation claims filled by the Ministry of Health were more likely to receive guilty verdicts than those filled by patients or healthcare professionals. Findings of the study extend the literature on medicolegal claims and introduces implications for healthcare professionals and policymakers at institutional and national levels.
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- College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 2835 King Faisal Road, Dammam, 34212, Saudi Arabia.
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Lattof SR, Maliqi B, Yaqub N, Jung AS. Private sector delivery of maternal and newborn health care in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e055600. [PMID: 34880027 PMCID: PMC8655548 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Recent studies have pointed to the substantial role of private health sector delivery of maternal and newborn health (MNH) care in low-/middle-income countries (LMICs). While this role has been partly documented, an evidence synthesis is missing. To analyse opportunities and challenges of private sector delivery of MNH care as they pertain to the new World Health Organization (WHO) strategy on engaging the private health service delivery sector through governance in mixed health systems, a more granular understanding of the private health sector's role and extent in MNH delivery is imperative. We developed a scoping review protocol to map and conceptualise interventions that were explicitly designed and implemented by formal private health sector providers to deliver MNH care in mixed health systems. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This protocol details our intended methodological and analytical approach following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews. Seven databases (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, Excerpta Medica Database, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, WHO Institutional Repository for Information Sharing) and two websites will be searched for studies published between 1 January 2002 and 1 June 2021. For inclusion, quantitative and/or qualitative studies in LMICs must report at least one of the following outcomes: maternal morbidity or mortality; newborn morbidity or mortality; experience of care; use of formal private sector care during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum; and stillbirth. Analyses will synthesise the evidence base and gaps on private sector MNH service delivery interventions for each of the six governance behaviours. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval is not required. Findings will be used to develop a menu of private sector interventions for MNH care by governance behaviour. This study will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed publication, working groups, webinars and partners.
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- Samantha R Lattof
- Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland
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- Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland
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- Universal Health Coverage Life Course Cluster, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo
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- Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Strong J, Lattof SR, Maliqi B, Yaqub N. Experiences of private sector quality care amongst mothers, newborns, and children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:1311. [PMID: 34872542 PMCID: PMC8647361 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06905-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Experience of care is a pillar of quality care; positive experiences are essential during health care encounters and integral to quality health service delivery. Yet, we lack synthesised knowledge of how private sector delivery of quality care affects experiences of care amongst mothers, newborns, and children. To fill this gap, we conducted a systematic review that examined quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies on the provision of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) care by private providers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This manuscript focuses on experience of care, including respectful care, and satisfaction with care. Methods Our protocol followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Searches were conducted in eight electronic databases (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, EconLit, Excerpta Medica Database, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Popline, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science) and two websites and supplemented with hand-searches and expert recommendations. For inclusion, studies examining private sector delivery of quality care amongst mothers, newborns, and children in LMICs must have examined maternal, newborn, and/or child morbidity or mortality; quality of care; experience of care; and/or service utilisation. Data were extracted for descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Results Of the 139 studies included, 45 studies reported data on experience of care. Most studies reporting experience of care were conducted in India, Bangladesh, and Uganda. Experiences of private care amongst mothers, newborns, and children aligned with four components of quality of care: patient-centeredness, timeliness, effectiveness, and equity. Interpersonal relationships with health care workers were essential to experience of care, in particular staff friendliness, positive attitudes, and time spent with health care providers. Experience of care can be a stronger determining factor in MNCH-related decision-making than the quality of services provided. Conclusion Positive experiences of care in private facilities can be linked more broadly to privileges of private care that allow for shorter waiting times and more provider time spent with mothers, newborns, and children. Little is known about experiences of private sector care amongst children. Trial registration This systematic review was registered with the PROSPERO international prospective register of systematic reviews (registration number CRD42019143383). Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-021-06905-3.
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- Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St, London, WC2A 2AE, UK
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- Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Avenue Appiah 20, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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- Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Avenue Appiah 20, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Health Unit, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Cite du Djoue, P.O.Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo
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Readiness of health facilities and determinants to manage diabetes mellitus: evidence from the nationwide Service Provision Assessment survey of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. BMJ Open 2021. [PMCID: PMC8719183 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objectives Using nationally representative surveys, the study’s aims were to: (1) evaluate healthcare facilities’ readiness to provide diabetes mellitus (DM) services and (2) identify the factors that affect DM service readiness. Data source Data from Service Provision Assessment surveys conducted in three low-resource South Asian (SA) countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, were used in this study. Design Cross-sectional nationally representative survey Participants A total of 117, 317 and 397 public and private health facilities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, respectively were analysed. Primary outcome A total of 12 items/indicators were used to measure a health facility’s readiness to provide DM services across four domains. Results For DM management, about 39.3%, 58.4% and 58.2% of health facilities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal centred around 7–8, 3–6 and 4–6 items. Only 12.8%, 5.0% and 4.8% of healthcare facilities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal reported having at least % (9/12) of the necessary items for DM management, and no one reported having all 12 important items for DM management. According to the negative binomial regression models, the factors associated with higher readiness scores vary among the three countries analysed. Regression models also showed that increases in the number of DM care providers and facility types are similar factors linked to increased readiness scores in all three countries. Conclusions In order to increase a health facility’s readiness to offer DM care, country-specific factors must be addressed in addition to common factors found in all three countries. Further research is required to determine the cause of country-level differences in tracer item availability in order to develop targeted and effective country-specific strategies to improve care quality in the SA region.
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Tougher S, Hanson K, Goodman CA. Does subsidizing the private for-profit sector benefit the poor? Evidence from national antimalarial subsidies in Nigeria and Uganda. HEALTH ECONOMICS 2021; 30:2510-2530. [PMID: 34291524 DOI: 10.1002/hec.4386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Subsidising quality-assured artemisinin combination therapies (QAACTs) for distribution in the for-profit sector is a controversial strategy for improving access. The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) was the largest initiative of this kind. We assessed the equity of AMFm in two ways using nationally representative household survey data on care seeking for children from Nigeria and Uganda. First, the delivery of subsidized drugs through the for-profit sector via AMFm was compared with two alternative mechanisms: subsidized delivery in public health facilities and unsubsidized delivery in the for-profit sector. Second, we developed a novel extension of benefit incidence analysis (BIA) methods based on the concept of pass-through, and applied them to Uganda. In Nigeria, the use of subsidized QAACTs from both public health facilities and for-profit outlets was concentrated among the rich, while in Uganda, the use of QAACTs from both sources was concentrated among the poor. Similarly, the BIA of AMFm found that the intervention was pro-poor in Uganda. Unsubsidized antimalarials from for-profit outlets were distributed equally across wealth quintiles in both countries. Private sector subsidies may have a role in bolstering access to effective malaria treatments, including among the poor, but the equity impact of subsidies may depend on context.
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- Sarah Tougher
- Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Garg S, Tripathi N, Ranjan A, Bebarta KK. Comparing the average cost of outpatient care of public and for-profit private providers in India. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:838. [PMID: 34407808 PMCID: PMC8375109 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06777-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Introduction Understanding the cost of care associated with different kinds of healthcare providers is necessary for informing the policy debates in mixed health-systems like India’s. Existing studies reporting Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) per episode of outpatient care in public and private providers in India do not provide a fair comparison because they have not taken into account the government subsidies received by public facilities. Public and private health insurance in India do not cover outpatient care and for-profit providers have to meet all their costs out of the payments they take from patients. Methods The average direct cost per acute episode of outpatient care was compared for public providers, for-profit formal providers and informal private providers in Chhattisgarh state of India. For public facilities, government subsidies for various inputs were taken into account. Resources used were apportioned using Activity Based Costing. Land provided free to public facilities was counted at market prices. The study used two datasets: a) household survey on outpatient utilisation and OOPE b) facility survey of public providers to find the input costs borne by government per outpatient-episode. Results The average cost per episode of outpatient care was Indian Rupees (INR) 400 for public providers, INR 586 for informal private providers and INR 2643 for formal for-profit providers and they managed 39.3, 37.9 and 22.9% of episodes respectively. The average cost for government and households put together was greater for using formal for-profit providers than the public providers. The disease profile of care handled by different types of providers was similar. Volume of patients and human-resources were key cost drivers in public facilities. Close to community providers involved less cost than others. Conclusions and recommendations The findings have implications for the desired mix of public and private providers in India’s health-system. Poor regulation of for-profit providers was an important structural cost driver. Purchasing outpatient care from private providers may not reduce average cost. Policies to strengthen public provisioning of curative primary care close to communities can help in reducing cost. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-021-06777-7.
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- State Health Resource Centre, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
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- Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India
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Mumtaz Z. Midwives providing maternal health services to poor women in the private sector: is it a financially feasible model? Health Policy Plan 2021; 36:913-922. [PMID: 33942090 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czab035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Governments in many low- and middle-income countries have increasingly turned to the private sector to address the gap in skilled birth attendance in rural areas. They draw on limited, but emerging evidence that the poor also seek private healthcare services. A question not addressed in this policy and strategy is: Can poor women pay the fees required for private-sector maternity care providers to financially sustain their practices? This article examined the financial viability of private-sector midwifery practices established to provide skilled birth services to Afghan refugee women in Baluchistan, Pakistan. An international non-governmental organization established 45 midwifery practices as part of a poverty alleviation project aimed at providing market-based solutions for female poverty. A retrospective micro-cost analysis was conducted on a sample of 11 practices. In-depth interviews were conducted with 33 stakeholders to explore the midwives' experiences of operating private practices, and the facilitators and barriers they experienced. The single midwife-practices saw a mean of 8.7 ANC patients (range 1-19), attended 2.9 births (range 0-10) and provided care to 1.6 postnatal patients (range 0-7). The average net income of the 11 practices in May 2014 was US$81, but the median was just US$12. To contextualize these incomes, the midwives earned, on average, 25% of Pakistan's minimum monthly living wage. The financial analysis showed only 3 out of 11 sampled practices could be considered financially viable. The qualitative data revealed that even in practices with reasonable client volumes, the patients' inability to pay was the critical factor in the midwife practices' low net incomes. The research provides empirical evidence of a potential pitfall of private funding models in resource-poor settings where providers rely on impoverished clients to pay user-fees. Such financial models essentially shift the government's responsibility to provide safe childbirth services onto providers who can least afford to offer such care.
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- Zubia Mumtaz
- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-309 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada
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Appropriateness of Care for Common Childhood Infections at Low-Level Private Health Facilities in a Rural District in Western Uganda. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18157742. [PMID: 34360041 PMCID: PMC8345429 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18157742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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In Uganda, >50% of sick children receive treatment from primary level-private health facilities (HF). We assessed the appropriateness of care for common infections in under-five-year-old children and explored perspectives of healthcare workers (HCW) and policymakers on the quality of healthcare at low-level private health facilities (LLPHF) in western Uganda. This was a mixed-methods parallel convergent study. Employing multistage consecutive sampling, we selected 110 HF and observed HCW conduct 777 consultations of children with pneumonia, malaria, diarrhea or neonatal infections. We purposively selected 30 HCW and 8 policymakers for in-depth interviews. Care was considered appropriate if assessment, diagnosis, and treatment were correct. We used univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses for quantitative data and deductive thematic analysis for qualitative data. The proportion of appropriate care was 11% for pneumonia, 14% for malaria, 8% for diarrhea, and 0% for neonatal infections. Children with danger signs were more likely to receive appropriate care. Children with diarrhea or ability to feed orally were likely to receive inappropriate care. Qualitative data confirmed care given as often inappropriate, due to failure to follow guidelines. Overall, sick children with common infections were inappropriately managed at LLPHF. Technical support and provision of clinical guidelines should be increased to LLPHF.
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Shayo FK, Shayo SC. Readiness of healthcare facilities with tuberculosis services to manage diabetes mellitus in Tanzania: A nationwide analysis for evidence-informed policy-making in high burden settings. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254349. [PMID: 34252144 PMCID: PMC8274870 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction Double disease burden such as Tuberculosis and Diabetes mellitus comorbidity is evident and on rising especially in high burden settings such as Tanzania. There is limited information about the availability of tuberculosis/diabetes integrated healthcare services in Tanzania. Therefore, this study explored the availability and examined the readiness of healthcare facilities with tuberculosis services to manage diabetes mellitus in Tanzania. Methods We abstracted data from the 2014–2015 Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey datasets. The service availability was assessed by calculating the proportion of tuberculosis facilities reported to manage diabetes mellitus. There were four domains; each domain with some indicators for calculating the readiness index. High readiness was considered if the tuberculosis facilities scored at least half (≥50%) of the indicators listed in each of the four domains (staff training and guideline, diagnostics, equipment, and medicines) as is recommended by the World Health Organization-Service Availability and Readiness Assessment manual while low readiness for otherwise. Results Out of 341 healthcare facilities with tuberculosis services included in the current study, 238 (70.0%) reported providing management for diabetes mellitus. The majority of the facilities were dispensaries and clinics 48.1%; publicly owned 72.6%; and located in rural 62.6%. Overall, the readiness of tuberculosis facilities to manage diabetes was low (10.8%). Similarly, the readiness was low based on the domain-specific readiness of trained staff and guidelines. Conclusion Although the majority of the healthcare facilities with tuberculosis services had diabetes mellitus services the overall readiness was low. This finding provides a piece of evidence to inform the policymakers in high burden and low resource countries to strengthen the co-management of tuberculosis and diabetes.
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- Festo K. Shayo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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A Comprehensive Survey on Data Utility and Privacy: Taking Indian Healthcare System as a Potential Case Study. INVENTIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/inventions6030045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Background: According to the renowned and Oscar award-winning American actor and film director Marlon Brando, “privacy is not something that I am merely entitled to, it is an absolute prerequisite.” Privacy threats and data breaches occur daily, and countries are mitigating the consequences caused by privacy and data breaches. The Indian healthcare industry is one of the largest and rapidly developing industry. Overall, healthcare management is changing from disease-centric into patient-centric systems. Healthcare data analysis also plays a crucial role in healthcare management, and the privacy of patient records must receive equal attention. Purpose: This paper mainly presents the utility and privacy factors of the Indian healthcare data and discusses the utility aspect and privacy problems concerning Indian healthcare systems. It defines policies that reform Indian healthcare systems. The case study of the NITI Aayog report is presented to explain how reformation occurs in Indian healthcare systems. Findings: It is found that there have been numerous research studies conducted on Indian healthcare data across all dimensions; however, privacy problems in healthcare, specifically in India, are caused by prevalent complacency, culture, politics, budget limitations, large population, and existing infrastructures. This paper reviews the Indian healthcare system and the applications that drive it. Additionally, the paper also maps that how privacy issues are happening in every healthcare sector in India. Originality/Value: To understand these factors and gain insights, understanding Indian healthcare systems first is crucial. To the best of our knowledge, we found no recent papers that thoroughly reviewed the Indian healthcare system and its privacy issues. The paper is original in terms of its overview of the healthcare system and privacy issues. Social Implications: Privacy has been the most ignored part of the Indian healthcare system. With India being a country with a population of 130 billion, much healthcare data are generated every day. The chances of data breaches and other privacy violations on such sensitive data cannot be avoided as they cause severe concerns for individuals. This paper segregates the healthcare system’s advances and lists the privacy that needs to be addressed first.
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Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Perspectives of Public and Private Primary Healthcare Users in Two Regions of Albania on Non-Clinical Quality of Care. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 11:2150132720970350. [PMID: 33243061 PMCID: PMC7705804 DOI: 10.1177/2150132720970350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background: Aiming to tackle the rise of non-communicable diseases and an ageing population, Albania is engaged in boosting primary healthcare services and quality of care. The patients’ perspectives on their experience with public and private providers are, however, missing, although their viewpoints are critical while shaping the developing services. Consequently, we analyze perceptions of users of primary healthcare as it relates to non-clinical quality of care and the association to sociodemographic characteristics of patients and the type of provider. Methods: A facility-based survey was conducted in 2018 using the World Health Organization responsiveness questionnaire which is based on a 4-point scale along with 8 non-clinical domains of quality of care. The data of 954 patients were analyzed through descriptive statistics and linear mixed regression models. Results: Similar mean values were reported on total scale of the quality of care for private and public providers, also after sociodemographic adjustments. The highest mean score was reported for the domain “communication” (3.75) followed by “dignity” (3.65), while the lowest mean scores were given for “choice” (2.89) and “prompt attention” (3.00). Urban governmental PHC services were rated significantly better than private outpatient clinics in “coordination of care” (2.90 vs 2.12, P < .001). In contrast, private outpatient clinics were judged significantly better than urban PHC clinics in “confidentiality” (3.77 vs 3.38, P = .04) and “quality of basic amenities” (3.70 vs 3.02, P < .001). “Autonomy” was reported as least important attribute of quality. Conclusion: While the perception of non-clinical care quality was found to be high and similar for public and private providers, promptness and coordination of care require attention to meet patient’s expectations on good quality of care. There is a need to raise the awareness on autonomy and the involvement of patients’ aspects concerning their health.
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- Jonila Gabrani
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Mosquera PA, San Sebastian M, Burström B, Hurtig AK, Gustafsson PE. Performing Through Privatization: An Ecological Natural Experiment of the Impact of the Swedish Free Choice Reform on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions. Front Public Health 2021; 9:504998. [PMID: 34136446 PMCID: PMC8200664 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.504998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background: In 2010, Sweden opened up for establishment of privately owned primary health care providers, as part of a national Free Choice in Primary Health Care reform. The reform has been highly debated, and evidence on its effects is scarce. The present study therefore sought to evaluate whether the reform have impacted on primary health care service performance. Methods: This ecological register-based study used a natural experimental approach through an interrupted time series design. Data comprised the total adult population of the 21 counties of Sweden 2001-2009 (pre-intervention period) and 2010-2016 (post-intervention period). Hospitalizations and emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) were used as indicators of primary health care performance. Segmented regression analysis was used to assess the effects of the reform, in Sweden as a whole, as well as compared between counties grouped by (i) change in private provision pre- to post reform; (ii) the timing of the implementation; and (iii) sustained presence of private providers both pre- and post-reform. Results: The results suggest that, following the introduction of the reform in Sweden as a whole, the trends in total hospitalizations rates were slowed down by 1.0% albeit acute emergency visits increased 1.1% more rapidly after the introduction of the reform. However, we found no evidence of more beneficial effects in counties where the reform had been implemented more ambitiously, specifically those with a larger increase in private primary care providers, or where the reform was introduced early and thus had longer time effects to emerge. Lastly, counties with a sustained high presence of private primary care providers displayed the least favorable development when it comes to ACSC. Conclusion: Taken together, the present study does not support that the Swedish Free Choice reform has improved performance of the primary care delivery system in Sweden, and suggests that high degree of private provision may involve worse performance and higher care burden for specialized health care. Further evaluations of the consequences of the reform are dire needed to provide a comprehensive picture of its intended and unintended impact on health care provision, delivery and results.
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- Paola A. Mosquera
- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Equity and Health Policy Research Group, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Rahman R, Salam MA. Policy Discourses: Shifting the Burden of Healthcare from the State to the Market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 2021; 58:469580211017655. [PMID: 34014129 PMCID: PMC8142522 DOI: 10.1177/00469580211017655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Saudi Arabia has modified from a predominantly free, public, and comprehensive system under a welfare model to more of a mixed-economy model of healthcare. The welfare state slowly moved to a liberal model, emphasizing market forces to dominate in the provision of healthcare and the private sector was trusted to provide a better provision of healthcare. The country has to confront enormous problems in the health sector due to population growth, lifestyle changes, the shift of disease patterns, elevated expectations, escalated healthcare costs, limited infrastructure and resources, and poor management practice in the provision of healthcare. Moreover, the government has been emphasizing the need to bring in private sector investment to improve quality and efficiency, development of manpower, and standardization of services. As the current pattern of healthcare is unsustainable, the country is planning to restructure the present healthcare system toward institutionalizing it to meet future challenges. The governments must make an appropriate amount of effort to build their healthcare systems by transforming and modifying the challenges faced by society and its political-economic systems. The government should encourage equity, and fairness in the provision of healthcare.
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- Redwanur Rahman
- Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,Athar Institute of Health and Management Studies (AIHMS), New Delhi, India
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Chirinos Muñoz MS, Orrego C, Montoya C, Suñol R. Predictors of patient safety culture in hospitals in Venezuela: A cross-sectional study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e25316. [PMID: 33950920 PMCID: PMC8104285 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000025316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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An organization's culture with regard to patient safety is important because it defines the beliefs and practices of the organization, and consequently its efficiency and productivity.Knowing the level of this and the factors that influence or not their dynamic represents a challenge, due to the degree of complexity and specificity of the elements involved.The aim of this study was to analyze predictors of patient safety culture in public and private hospitals and examining the factors that contribute to it, constructing a new and specific theoretical and methodological model.This study was carried out by reviewing medical records, detecting healthcare professionals directly involved in caring (N = 588), for patients in 2 public hospitals and 2 private hospitals in Venezuela (N = 566), conducting an "Analysis of Patient Safety Culture" questionnaire. The results were subsequently analyzed, derived 3 predictors factors and using a Patient Safety Culture Index (PSCI) for specific determination to evaluate patient safety culture level.The analysis showed that all hospitals had a "moderately unfavorable" PSCI (public = 52.96, private = 52.67, sig = 0.90). The PSCI was calculated by assessing the weight of the following factors in the index: occupational factors (factor loading = 32.03), communication factors (factor loading = 11.83), and organizational factors (factor loading = 9.10). Traumatology presented the lowest PSCI of all the care units, falling into the "unfavorable" category (36.48), and Laboratory the highest (70.02) (sig = 0.174), falling into the "moderately favorable" category. When analyzing professional groups, nurses had the highest PSCI, with a "moderately unfavorable" rating (PSCI = 61.1) and medical residents the lowest, falling into the "unfavorable" category (35.2). Adverse event reporting is determined by "management expectations and actions" (sig = 0.048) and "direct interaction with the patient" (sig = 0.049).The use of this theoretical and methodological approach in other contexts may provide a more objective system for identifying more specific needs and factors that influence in patient safety culture, and consequently, opportunities for improvement when constructing a patient safety culture in healthcare institutions. Efforts need to be made to improve safety culture in the hospitals studied, irrespective of whether they are public or private.
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- Mónica Susana Chirinos Muñoz
- Health Sector Management Program –University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Methodology of Biomedical Research and Public Health programme. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- Research Network on Health Service Chronic Diseases REDISSEC. Barcelona, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Methodology of Biomedical Research and Public Health programme. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD)
- Research Network on Health Service Chronic Diseases REDISSEC. Barcelona, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Methodology of Biomedical Research and Public Health programme. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- Research Network on Health Service Chronic Diseases REDISSEC. Barcelona, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Methodology of Biomedical Research and Public Health programme. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD)
- Research Network on Health Service Chronic Diseases REDISSEC. Barcelona, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Maracaibo, Venezuela
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Tafesse W, Chalkley M. Faith-based provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare in Malawi. Soc Sci Med 2021; 282:113997. [PMID: 34183195 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Faith-based organisations constitute the second largest healthcare providers in Sub-Saharan Africa but their religious values might be in conflict with providing some sexual and reproductive health services. We undertake regression analysis on data detailing client-provider interactions from a facility census in Malawi and examine whether religious ownership of facilities is associated with the degree of adherence to family planning guidelines. We find that faith-based organisations offer fewer services related to the investigation and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the promotion of condom use. The estimates are robust to several sensitivity checks on the impact of client selection. Given the prevalence of faith-based facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, our results suggest that populations across the region may be at risk from inadequate sexual and reproductive healthcare provision which could exacerbate the incidence of STIs, such as HIV/AIDS, and unplanned pregnancies.
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- Wiktoria Tafesse
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom.
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom
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Lim MT, Ong SM, Tong SF, Groenewegen P, Sivasampu S. Comparison between primary care service delivery in Malaysia and other participating countries of the QUALICOPC project: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e047126. [PMID: 33952553 PMCID: PMC8103403 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Most countries including Malaysia have set goals to incorporate a strong primary care into the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the strength of service delivery process dimensions in Malaysia and compare it with England, the Netherlands, Spain, North Macedonia, Romania and Turkey which participated in the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICOPC) study. METHODS This cross-sectional study utilised the QUALICOPC study data on primary care performance, which was conducted in 2011-2013 (QUALICOPC in Europe Australia, New Zealand and Canada) and 2015-2016 (Malaysia). A standardised questionnaire was completed by primary care practitioners from participating countries. Multilevel regression analysis and composite scores were constructed to compare the performance of primary care on four process dimensions: accessibility, comprehensiveness, continuity of care and coordination. RESULTS The high-income countries with strong primary care performed better in comprehensiveness, continuity and coordination but poorer in accessibility to services compared with upper-middle-income countries. Among the upper-middle-income countries, Malaysia scored the best in comprehensiveness and coordination. None of the studied countries were having consistent performance over all indicators either in their respective best or worst primary care services delivery dimensions. CONCLUSIONS There is a wide variation in primary care services delivery across and within the studied countries. The findings indicate room for quality improvement activities to strengthen primary healthcare services. This includes addressing current healthcare challenges in response to the population health needs which are essential for more integrated and efficient primary care services delivery.
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- Ming Tsuey Lim
- Centre for Clinical Outcome Research, Institute for Clinical Research, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Centre for Clinical Outcome Research, Institute for Clinical Research, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Family Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Departments of Human Geography and Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Clinical Outcome Research, Institute for Clinical Research, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Wentz EE, Looper J, Menear KS, Rohadia D, Shields N. Promoting Participation in Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome. Phys Ther 2021; 101:6124775. [PMID: 33517447 DOI: 10.1093/ptj/pzab032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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UNLABELLED Children with Down syndrome (DS) often have lower physical activity (PA) levels compared with their peers with typical development, and face challenges to being physically active such as medical comorbidities, access issues, and societal stigma. Physical therapists are experts in exercise prescription and PA and are thus uniquely qualified to successfully promote participation in children with DS, in spite of inherent challenges. Our perspective is that a shift in physical therapy service delivery is needed. We suggest that physical therapists change the focus of their interventions for children with DS from underlying impairments such as low tone or joint laxity or from developing motor skills in isolation and "correct" movement patterns. Instead, physical therapists should allow the PA preferences and the environmental contexts of the children and adolescents they are working with to direct the treatment plan. In this way, physical therapist intervention becomes more child centered by concentrating on developing the specific skills and strategies required for success in the child's preferred PA. In this article, we consider the role of pediatric physical therapists in the United States, as well as in low- and middle-income countries, in promoting and monitoring PA in children with DS from infancy through adolescence. Examples of physical therapist interventions such as tummy time, movement exploration, treadmill training, bicycle riding, and strength training are discussed, across infancy, childhood, and adolescence, with a focus on how to successfully promote lifelong participation in PA. LAY SUMMARY Physical therapists are experts in exercise and physical activity and are thus uniquely qualified to promote participation in children with Down syndrome. Instead of focusing on impairments or "correct" movement patterns, physical therapists are encouraged to allow the child and the child's environment to direct the treatment plan.
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- Erin E Wentz
- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- School of Physical Therapy, University of Puget Sound, Puget Sound, Washington, USA
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- School of Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Prosthetics and Orthotics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Economic Crisis: A Factor for the Delayed Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18083998. [PMID: 33920282 PMCID: PMC8069543 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18083998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Considering the constant increase in breast cancer patients, identifying factors that influence the moment of diagnosis is essential for optimizing therapeutic management and associated cost. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of the economic crisis on the moment of a breast cancer diagnosis. This retrospective observational study analyzed a cohort of 4929 patients diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of 19 years in the Western region of Romania. The time interval was divided based on the onset of the economic crisis into 3 periods: pre-crisis (2001–2006), crisis (2007–2012), and post-crisis (2013–2019). The disease stage at the moment of diagnosis was considered either early (stages 0, I, II) or advanced (stages III, IV). Although recording a similar mean number of patients diagnosed per year during the pre- and crisis periods, a significantly higher percentage of patients were diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer during the economic crisis period compared to the previous interval (46.9% vs. 56.3%, p < 0.01). This difference was further accentuated when accounting for environmental setting, with 65.2% of patients from a rural setting being diagnosed with advanced disease during the crisis interval. An overall improvement of 12% in early-stage breast cancer diagnosis was recorded in the post-crisis period (55.7%, p < 0.001). The findings of this study support periods of economic instability as potential factors for a delay in breast cancer diagnosis and highlight the need for the development of specific strategies aimed at reducing cancer healthcare and associated financial burden in times of economic crisis.
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Bintabara D, Shayo FK. Disparities in availability of services and prediction of the readiness of primary healthcare to manage diabetes in Tanzania. Prim Care Diabetes 2021; 15:365-371. [PMID: 33262058 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2020.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND The burdens of Non-communicable Diseases have overstretched health systems in developing countries. The study explores disparities in the availability of services and predicts the readiness of primary healthcare facilities to manage diabetes in Tanzania. METHODS The study analyzed data from the 2014-2015 Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey. A total of 1142 primary healthcare facilities were included in this analysis. The Negative binomial regression models were fitted to predict each of selected independent variable that is associated with the readiness of primary healthcare to manage diabetes. RESULTS The overall availability of services was significantly different across the type of facility and managing authority. In an adjusted model, the following were the predictors for a significant increase in readiness to manage diabetes: health center [β = 0.470], private facilities [β = 0.252], the performance of management meetings [β = 0.446], having source of fund other than government [β = 0.193,], and presence of medical doctors [β = 0.677]. CONCLUSION The robust primary care systems to manage diabetes could be achieved by improving the readiness of primary healthcare facilities through optimizing the availability of diagnostic tools, basic medicines, medical doctors, and early release of a government fund to publicly-owned facilities.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
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Balsa AI, Triunfo P. The effects of expanded social health insurance on young mothers: Lessons from a pro-choice reform in Uruguay. HEALTH ECONOMICS 2021; 30:603-622. [PMID: 33368807 DOI: 10.1002/hec.4213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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With the implementation of the National Integrated Health System in 2007, the Uruguayan government extended social health insurance (SHI) to groups of individuals previously covered by the public safety net (PSN) or that paid for private insurance out-of-pocket. The policy allowed new beneficiaries to choose care from a set of private providers. In this study, we focus on the extension of SHI to adolescent mothers previously covered by the PSN. Exploiting the gradual incorporation of children of formal workers during the 2008-2013 period, and the geographic variation in the intensity of the reform, we find suggestive evidence that the increase in choice associated to the expansion of SHI decreased adolescent fertility, improved prenatal care and birthweight, and decreased first year mortality among low birthweight infants. These effects were only observed in the medium run, suggesting initial choice frictions and input shortage. We provide evidence that families increased their choice of private providers and that market concentration decreased in certain areas of the country, supporting the hypothesis that choice, and possibly competition, were the main mechanisms behind the findings.
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- Ana I Balsa
- Department of Economics, University of Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Gage A, Aryal A, Paul Joseph J, Cohen J. The price of quality care: cross-sectional associations between out-of-pocket payments and quality of care in six low-income countries. Trop Med Int Health 2021; 26:701-714. [PMID: 33638293 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between out-of-pocket (OOP) payments and primary health care quality in six low-income countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Nepal, Senegal and Tanzania. METHODS We examined the association between OOP payments and quality of care during antenatal care and sick child care visits using Service Provision Assessments data. We defined four process quality outcomes from observations of clinical care: visit duration, history-taking items asked, exam items performed, and counselling items delivered. The outcome is the total amount paid for services. We used multilevel models to test the relationship between OOP payments and each quality measure in public, private non-profit and private for-profit facilities controlling for patient, provider, and facility characteristics. RESULTS Across the six countries, an average of 42% of the 29 677 observed clients paid for their visit. In the adjusted models, OOP payments were positively associated with the visit duration during sick child visits, with history-taking and exam items during antenatal care visits, and with counselling in private for-profit facilities for both visit types. These associations were strong particularly in Afghanistan, the DRC and Haiti; for example, a high-quality antenatal care visit in the DRC would cost approximately USD 1.12 more than a visit with median quality. CONCLUSION Provider effort was associated with higher OOP payments for sick child and antenatal care services in the six countries studied. While many families are already spending high amounts on care, they must often spend even more to receive higher quality care.
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- Anna Gage
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Office of Member of Parliament, Gagan K Thapa, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM), Zanmi Lasante, Mirebalais, Haiti
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Cookson R, Doran T, Asaria M, Gupta I, Mujica FP. The inverse care law re-examined: a global perspective. Lancet 2021; 397:828-838. [PMID: 33640069 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00243-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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An inverse care law persists in almost all low-income and middle-income countries, whereby socially disadvantaged people receive less, and lower-quality, health care despite having greater need. By contrast, a disproportionate care law persists in high-income countries, whereby socially disadvantaged people receive more health care, but of worse quality and insufficient quantity to meet their additional needs. Both laws are caused not only by financial barriers and fragmented health insurance systems but also by social inequalities in care seeking and co-investment as well as the costs and benefits of health care. Investing in more integrated universal health coverage and stronger primary care, delivered in proportion to need, can improve population health and reduce health inequality. However, trade-offs sometimes exist between health policy objectives. Health-care technologies, policies, and resourcing should be subjected to distributional analysis of their equity impacts, to ensure the objective of reducing health inequalities is kept in sight.
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- Richard Cookson
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, England.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, England
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- Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics, London, England
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- Health Policy Research Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India
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Zhang H, Pushkarev B, Zhou J, Mu Y, Bolshakova O, Shrestha S, Wang N, Jian B, Jin M, Zhang K, Cong M, Liu J, Vitkovsky Y, Qiu C. CACNA1C rs1006737 SNP increases the risk of essential hypertension in both Chinese Han and ethnic Russian people of Northeast Asia. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e24825. [PMID: 33663102 PMCID: PMC7909128 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000024825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels play a key role in the regulation of arterial tone and blood pressure. The aim of this study was to determine whether the association of calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 C (CACNA1C) rs1006737 with essential hypertension (EH) exists in both Chinese Han and ethnic Russian populations of Northeast Asia. We used a case-control study of 2 ethnic groups in the same latitude geographical area to investigate the association between the susceptibility of EH and rs1006737 polymorphism. A total of 1512 EH patients and 1690 controls in Chinese Han people (Heilongjiang Provence, China), 250 EH patients, and 250 controls in ethnic Russian people (Chita, Russia), participated in this study. All participants were genotyped using the TaqMan SNP genotyping assay (Agena Company). Baseline characteristics and the minor allele frequencies of rs1006737 vary substantially among common Chinese Han and ethnic Russian people. Allele A was found to be a risk factor for EH in Chinese Han [(odds ratio) OR 1.705, (confidence interval) 95% CI: 1.332-2.182, P < .001] and ethnic Russian (OR 1.437; 95% CI: 1.110-1.860, P = .006). The GA genotype was significantly associated with an increased risk of hypertension (OR 1.538, 95% CI: 1.188-1.991, P = .001) for Chinese Han people, and the AA genotype (OR 2.412, 95% CI: 1.348-4.318, P = .003) for ethnic Russian people. The results of this study indicate that the A allele of the variant rs1006737 in the CACNA1C gene may be a useful genetic marker for EH risk prediction in Chinese Han and ethnic Russian populations.
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- Hao Zhang
- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Chita State Medical Academy, 39a Gorky Street, Chita, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Chita State Medical Academy, 39a Gorky Street, Chita, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
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- Chita State Medical Academy, 39a Gorky Street, Chita, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Polygenic Disease, Qiqihar Medical University, No. 333 Bukui Street, Jianhua District, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province , PR China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College (CAMS/PUMC), Beijing, PR China
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Xu D, Pan J, Dai X, Hu M, Cai Y, He H, Zhang Y, Liao J, Chen Y, Gong W, Zhou Z, Zhang N, Wang X, Chan KCG, Ying X, Cai Y, Wang R, Xue Q, Yip CMW. Comparing quality of primary healthcare between public and private providers in China: study protocol of a cross-sectional study using unannounced standardised patients in seven provinces of China. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e040792. [PMID: 33436467 PMCID: PMC7805374 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The Chinese government has encouraged the development of private sector in delivering healthcare, including primary healthcare (PHC) in the new round of national health reform since 2009. However, the debate about the role of the private sector in achieving universal health coverage continues with poor support from theories and empirical evidence. This study intends to compare the quality of PHC services between the private and public providers in seven provinces in China, using unannounced standardised patients (USPs). METHODS We are developing and validating 13 USP cases most commonly observed in the PHC setting. Six domains of quality will be assessed by the USP: effectiveness, safety, patient centredness, efficiency, timeliness and equity. The USP will make 2200 visits to 705 public and 521 private PHC institutions across seven provinces, following a multistage clustered sample design. Using each USP-provider encounter as the analytical unit, we will first descriptively compare the raw differences in quality between the private and public providers and then analyse the association of ownership types and quality, using propensity score weighting. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study was primarily funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (#71974211, #71874116 and # 72074163) and was also supported by the China Medical Board (#16-260, #18-300 and #18-301), and have received ethical approval from Sun Yat-sen University (#2019-024). The validated USP tool and the data collected in this study will be freely available for the public after the primary analysis of the study. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: #ChiCTR2000032773.
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- Dong Xu
- ACACIA Lab for Health Systems Strengthening and Department of Health Management, School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Institute for Healthy Cities and West China Research Center for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- School of Public Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Health Statistics and Information, National Health Commission, Beijing, China
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- Sun Yat-sen Global Health Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Medicial statistics and epidemiology School of public health, Sun Yat-sen university, Guangzhou, China
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- Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Translation, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Health Management, School of Health Management, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
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- School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Health Statistics and Information, National Health Commission, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- School of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Mulyanto J, Wibowo Y, Kringos DS. Exploring general practitioners' perceptions about the primary care gatekeeper role in Indonesia. BMC FAMILY PRACTICE 2021; 22:5. [PMID: 33397307 PMCID: PMC7780672 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-020-01365-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background In the current healthcare delivery system funded by National Health Insurance (NHI) in Indonesia, the gatekeeper role of primary care services is critical to ensuring equal healthcare access for the population. To be effective, gatekeeping relies on the performance of general practitioners (GPs). However, the perceptions held by Indonesian GPs about their gatekeeper role are not yet well documented. This study describes the self-perceived knowledge, attitudes and performance of Indonesian GPs with respect to the gatekeeper role and explores associated factors. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of all primary care facilities (N = 75) contracted by the regional NHI office in the Banyumas district. The 73 participating GPs completed a written questionnaire that assessed their knowledge, attitudes and performance in relation to the gatekeeper role. Personal and facility characteristics were analysed in a generalised linear model as possible associating factors, as well as for the association between GPs’ knowledge and attitude with performance as gatekeepers. Results GPs scored relatively high in the domains of knowledge and performance but scored lower in their attitudes towards the gatekeeper role of primary care. In the full-adjusted model, no factors were significantly associated with the knowledge score. Work experience as GPs, private or civil service employment status and rural or urban location of the primary care facility were linked to attitude scores. Full- or part-time employment and type of facility were factors associated with the performance score. Attitude scores were positively associated with performance score. Conclusion GPs in Indonesia are knowledgeable and report that they adequately perform their function as gatekeepers in primary care. However, their attitudes towards the gatekeeper function are less positive. Attitudes and performance with respect to the primary care gatekeeper role are likely influenced more by contextual factors such as location and type of facility than by personal factors. Efforts to address contextual issues could include improvements in practice standards for privately practising physicians and public information campaigns about gatekeeping regulations. Such efforts will be crucial to improving the gatekeeper role of primary care in Indonesia and assuring efficient access to high-quality care for all. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12875-020-01365-w.
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- Joko Mulyanto
- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia. .,Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam; and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam; and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Adhikari RP, Shrestha ML, Satinsky EN, Upadhaya N. Trends in and determinants of visiting private health facilities for maternal and child health care in Nepal: comparison of three Nepal demographic health surveys, 2006, 2011, and 2016. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2021; 21:1. [PMID: 33388035 PMCID: PMC7778799 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03485-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Maternal and child health care services are available in both public and private facilities in Nepal. Studies have not yet looked at trends in maternal and child health service use over time in Nepal. This paper assesses trends in and determinants of visiting private health facilities for maternal and child health needs using nationally representative data from the last three successive Nepal Demographic Health Surveys (NDHS). METHODS Data from the NDHS conducted in 2006, 2011, and 2016 were used. Maternal and child health-seeking was established using data on place of antenatal care (ANC), place of delivery, and place of treatment for child diarrhoea and fever/cough. Logistic regression models were fitted to identify trends in and determinants of health-seeking at private facilities. RESULTS The results indicate an increase in the use of private facilities for maternal and child health care over time. Across the three survey waves, women from the highest wealth quintile had the highest odds of accessing ANC services at private health facilities (AOR = 3.0, 95% CI = 1.53, 5.91 in 2006; AOR = 5.6, 95% CI = 3.51, 8.81 in 2011; AOR = 6.0, 95% CI = 3.78, 9.52 in 2016). Women from the highest wealth quintile (AOR = 3.3, 95% CI = 1.54, 7.09 in 2006; AOR = 7.3, 95% CI = 3.91, 13.54 in 2011; AOR = 8.3, 95% CI = 3.97, 17.42 in 2016) and women with more years of schooling (AOR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.17, 1.27 in 2006; AOR = 1.1, 95% CI = 1.04, 1.14 in 2011; AOR = 1.1, 95% CI = 1.07, 1.16 in 2016) were more likely to deliver in private health facilities. Likewise, children belonging to the highest wealth quintile (AOR = 8.0, 95% CI = 2.43, 26.54 in 2006; AOR = 6.4, 95% CI = 1.59, 25.85 in 2016) were more likely to receive diarrhoea treatment in private health facilities. CONCLUSIONS Women are increasingly visiting private health facilities for maternal and child health care in Nepal. Household wealth quintile and more years of schooling were the major determinants for selecting private health facilities for these services. These trends indicate the importance of collaboration between private and public health facilities in Nepal to foster a public private partnership approach in the Nepalese health care sector.
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- Ramesh Prasad Adhikari
- Suaahara II, Helen Keller International Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Padma Kanya Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Research and Development, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Mishra V, Roy N, Mishra P, Chattu V, Varandani S, Batham S. Changing scenario of C-section delivery in India: Understanding the maternal health concern and its associated predictors. J Family Med Prim Care 2021; 10:4182-4188. [PMID: 35136786 PMCID: PMC8797113 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_585_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Kalyango JN, Källander K, Sundararajan R, Owokuhaisa J, Rujumba J, Obua C, Alfvén T, Ndeezi G. A qualitative study of the perspectives of health workers and policy makers on external support provided to low-level private health facilities in a Ugandan rural district, in management of childhood infections. Glob Health Action 2021; 14:1961398. [PMID: 34482794 PMCID: PMC8425752 DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1961398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND With the under-five child mortality rate of 46.4 deaths per 1000 live births, Uganda should accelerate measures to reduce child deaths to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3. While 60-70% of frontline health services are provided by the private sector, many low-level private health facilities (LLPHF) are unregistered, unregulated, and often miss innovative and quality improvement strategies rolled out by the Ministry of Health. LLPHF need support in order to provide quality health care. OBJECTIVE To explore the perspectives of health workers and policy makers on external support given to LLPHF providing health care for children in Mbarara District, Uganda. METHODS We carried out a qualitative study, in which 43 purposively selected health workers and policy makers were interviewed. The issues discussed included their views on the quantity, quality, factors determining support received and preferred modalities of support to LLPHF. We used thematic analysis, employing an inductive approach to code interview transcripts and to identify subthemes and themes. RESULTS The support currently provided to LLPHF to manage childhood illnesses is inadequate. Health providers emphasised a need for technical capacity building, provision of policies, guidelines and critical supplies as well as adopting a more supportive supervisory approach instead of the current supervision model characterised by policing, fault finding and apportioning blame. Registration of the health facilities and regular submission of reports as well as multi-stakeholder involvement are potential strategies to improve external support. CONCLUSION The current support received by LLPHF is inadequate in quantity and quality. Capacity building with emphasis on training, provision of critical guidelines and supplies as well as and supportive supervision are key strategies for delivering appropriate external support to LLPHF.
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- Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.,Clinical Epidemiology Unit, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda.,Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
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PurposeGlobally, there have been calls to enhance medical leadership in healthcare, although we know little about how this objective has been pursued in low-income middle-income contexts such as India. This paper highlights the opportunities to strengthen leadership in this context, while also considering the obstacles to this change and how they might be overcome.MethodsThe paper draws on a review of available secondary sources including published journal articles in the academic and grey literature, reports published by the Indian government and transnational organisations. The search focused specifically on medical leadership, clinical leadership, management and governance in the Indian healthcare system.FindingsIndia is currently in the throes of the world’s biggest experiment in universal healthcare popularly known as ‘Modicare’. However, these reforms have been criticised with regard to the lack of solid healthcare management framework in the country. The current National Health Policy highlights the need for specialised ‘public health management cadre, human resource governance and leadership development’. Nevertheless, the available research highlights a gap in the research on this topic, specifically about the development of medical leadership competencies. Our findings highlight not only the opportunities to develop medical leadership but also the obstacles to this process. Inadequate training and education, spiralling workloads, low salaries in the public sector and a growing culture of kickbacks have all stifled attempts to engage more doctors in leadership roles.ConclusionsWhile the Indian government is now focusing more on the need to strengthen medical leadership, there are significant barriers to change. In future, building leadership capabilities will require deeper reforms in training, regulation and remuneration of doctors to generate sufficient incentives especially in the public sector.
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Rahman R. Private sector healthcare in Bangladesh: Implications for social justice and the right to healthcare. Glob Public Health 2020; 17:285-296. [PMID: 33301702 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1858136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Based on a brief examination of private sector healthcare in Bangladesh, this article examines two questions: (a) the compatibility of social justice and the right to healthcare with the private provision of healthcare, (b) the implication of the private sector's role in realising social justice and the right to healthcare. It is based on an extensive review of both published and unpublished documents including journal articles, government reports, policy and planning documents, as well as reports of United Nations, the World Health Organisation and the World Bank. Different search engines and databases were used to collect the documents. Thematic data analysis techniques were used in developing the text. Private provision of healthcare services raises concerns about social justice and the right to healthcare. This sector to some extent is unable to fulfil its obligation to realise social justice and the right to healthcare in the provision of healthcare. An expanding private sector role creates complexities in promoting and protecting the right to health and social justice. The study emphasised the role of the government to engage its political will and make changes in policy and governance to engage private sector in realising right to healthcare and social justice.
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- Redwanur Rahman
- Department of Health Services and Hospital Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Kuwawenaruwa A, Wyss K, Wiedenmayer K, Metta E, Tediosi F. The effects of medicines availability and stock-outs on household's utilization of healthcare services in Dodoma region, Tanzania. Health Policy Plan 2020; 35:323-333. [PMID: 31942625 PMCID: PMC7152726 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czz173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Low- and middle-income countries have been undertaking health finance reforms to address shortages of medicines. However, data are lacking on how medicine availability and stock-outs influence access to health services in Tanzania. The current study assesses the effects of medicine availability and stock-outs on healthcare utilization in Dodoma region, Tanzania. We conducted a cross-sectional study that combined information from households and healthcare facility surveys. A total of 4 hospitals and 89 public primary health facilities were surveyed. The facility surveys included observation, record review over a 3-month period prior to survey date, and interviews with key staff. In addition, 1237 households within the health facility catchment areas were interviewed. Data from the facility survey were linked with data from the household survey. Descriptive analysis and multivariate logistic regressions models were used to assess the effects of medicine availability and stock-outs on utilization patterns and to identify additional household-level factors associated with health service utilization. Eighteen medicines were selected as ‘tracers’ to assess availability more generally, and these were continuously available in ∼70% of the time in facilities across all districts over 3 months of review. The main analysis showed that household’s healthcare utilization was positively and significantly associated with continuous availability of all essential medicines for the surveyed facilities [odds ratio (OR) 3.49, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02–12.04; P = 0.047]. Healthcare utilization was positively associated with household membership in the community health insurance funds (OR 1.97, 95% CI 1.23–3.17; P = 0.005) and exposure to healthcare education (OR 2.75, 95% CI 1.84–4.08; P = 0.000). These results highlight the importance of medicine availability in promoting access to health services in low-income settings. Effective planning and medicine supply management from national to health facility level is an important component of quality health services.
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- August Kuwawenaruwa
- Ifakara Health Institute, Plot 463, Kiko Avenue Mikocheni, PO Box 78 373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.,Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH), Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH), Basel, Switzerland.,Health promotion and System Strengthening (HPSS), Dodoma, Tanzania
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Plot 463, Kiko Avenue Mikocheni, PO Box 78 373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.,School of Public Health and Social Sciences (SPHSS), Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Factors associated with the utilisation of primary care services: a cross-sectional study in public and private facilities in Albania. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e040398. [PMID: 33262191 PMCID: PMC7709502 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To identify key factors influencing the utilisation of governmental and private primary healthcare services in Albania. DESIGN A cross-sectional health facility survey using a 4-point Likert scale questionnaire to rank the importance of factors driving services utilisation. SETTING Exit interviews with patients who consulted one of 23 primary care providers (18 public and 5 private) in Fier district of Albania from the period of July-August 2018. PARTICIPANTS Representative sample of 629 adults ≥18 years of age. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES (1) Factors influencing the decision to visit a governmental or private primary care provider and (2) the association of sociodemographic characteristics and patients' decision to attend a given provider. Data were analysed using mixed logistic regression models. RESULTS Nearly half of the participants in this study were older than 60 years (45%). The majority (63%) reported to suffer from a chronic condition. Prevailing determinants for choosing a provider were 'quality of care' and 'healthcare professionals' attitudes. Solely looking at patients using a public provider, 'geographical proximity' was the most important factor guiding the decision (85% vs 11%, p<0.001). For private provider's patients, the 'availability of diagnostic devices' was the most important factor (69% vs 9%, p<0.001). The odds of using public facilities were significantly higher among the patients who perceived their health as poor (OR 5.59; 95% CI 2.62 to 11.92), suffered from chronic conditions (OR 3.13; 95% CI 1.36 to 7.24) or were benefiting from a socioeconomic aid scheme (OR 3.52; 95% CI 1.64 to 7.56). CONCLUSION The use of primary healthcare is strongly influenced by geographical and financial access for public facility users and availability of equipment for private users. This study found that aspects of acceptability and adequacy of services are equally valued. Additional commitment to further develop primary care through engagement of local decision-makers and professional associations is needed.
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- Jonila Gabrani
- Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Epidemiology and Public Health EPH, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Ismail FF, Mohamed Noor Z, Muda SM, Ab Rahman NS. Healthcare Professional Attitude and Social Support: How Do They Affect the Self-esteem of Physically Disabled People? J Pharm Bioallied Sci 2020; 12:S681-S690. [PMID: 33828361 PMCID: PMC8021065 DOI: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_383_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Context: The attitude of healthcare professionals and social supports give big influence toward self-esteem of physically disabled people. Aims: To explore how impairments could affect the self-esteem of physically disabled people and how healthcare professionals and social support boost their self-esteem. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted qualitatively whereby face-to-face interviews were conducted among 10 participants with physical disabilities. Participants were recruited from two rehabilitation centres in Kuantan, namely Community-based rehabilitation and rehabilitation, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy of public hospital in Kuantan. Interviews were conducted using the developed interview guide that explored on the disabled peoples’ self-esteem and motivation, feelings toward attitude of the healthcare professionals, and satisfaction toward the physical, services, and social support from the healthcare professionals. Thematic analysis was done to identify the themes emerged from the interview transcripts. Results: Five males and five females with age ranging from 31 to 58 years were interviewed. Five are still working or studying post impairments. Participants claimed being low self-esteem resulted from negative perception from the society, issue of rejection, being discriminated, and difficulty in getting support from the society. Most of the participants asserted that they gained their motivation and self-esteem due to the continuous support from various groups, such as their spouses, family members, colleagues, employers, and healthcare professionals. Conclusions: Despite heavy workload and stressful working environment, positive attitude showed by the healthcare professionals is highly praised. Hence, this will indirectly improve the self-esteem, motivation, and rehabilitation progress of physically disabled people.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, UniKL Royal College of Medicine Perak, Pahang, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kulliyyah of Pharmacy, IIUM Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.,Qualitative Research-Methodological Application in Health Sciences Research Group, Kulliyyah of Pharmacy, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
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Koller G, Goetz V, Vandermeer B, Homik J, McAlister FA, Kendler D, Ye C. Persistence and adherence to parenteral osteoporosis therapies: a systematic review. Osteoporos Int 2020; 31:2093-2102. [PMID: 32613409 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-020-05507-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Osteoporosis is a chronic disease of low bone mass and fragility. Treatment is frequently compromised by suboptimal medication compliance causing increased morbidity. This review investigates adherence and persistence to parenteral osteoporosis therapies. Findings reveal parenteral medications requiring reduced dosing frequency have higher compliance than oral therapies. This systematic review examines real-world adherence to parenteral osteoporosis therapies. We searched PubMed, Medline, and EMBASE databases for English language observational studies that examined patient adherence and/or persistence to parenteral osteoporosis treatments (teriparatide sc, ibandronate iv, zoledronic acid iv, and denosumab sc) in adults with osteoporosis published up to September 2018. Studies with only self-reported adherence or persistence data and those with less than 20 patients were excluded. Quality assessment of included studies was completed using the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale (NOS). We identified 40 eligible studies. Teriparatide was examined in 29 studies, with persistence rates of 10-87% (median 55%) at 1 year and 10-69% (median 29.5%) at 2 years, and adherence rates of 21-89% (median 53%) at 1 year and 37-68% (median 40%) at 2 years. Ten studies of zoledronic acid reported persistence rates of 34-73% (median 42%) for second dose and 20-54% (median 35.8%) for third dose. Ten studies of ibandronate adherence reported and 2-year persistence rates of 31-58% (median 47.5%) in 1 year and 13-35% (median 25%) at 2 years, and adherence rates of 21-72% (median 47.3%) and 15-58% (median 36.5%) respectively. Denosumab was reported in 19 studies, with second (1 year) and fourth (2 year) dose persistence rates of 61-100% (median 81%) and 36-99% (median 45.5%). There is substantial heterogeneity in reports of persistence and adherence rates with parenteral osteoporosis therapies. Most of the published data are from short-term studies and evaluations of long-term adherence and persistence with parenteral therapies for osteoporosis are needed.
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- G Koller
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, 8-130 Clinical Sciences Building, 11350 83rd Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, 8-130 Clinical Sciences Building, 11350 83rd Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, Biostatistician, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, 8-130 Clinical Sciences Building, 11350 83rd Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, 8-130 Clinical Sciences Building, 11350 83rd Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada.
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Nkamba DM, Vangu R, Elongi M, Magee LA, Wembodinga G, Bernard P, Ditekemena J, Robert A. Health facility readiness and provider knowledge as correlates of adequate diagnosis and management of pre-eclampsia in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Health Serv Res 2020; 20:926. [PMID: 33028310 PMCID: PMC7542875 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05795-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are the second most common cause of maternal mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), accounting for 23% of maternal deaths. This study aimed to assess facility readiness, and providers' knowledge to prevent, diagnose, and treat pre-eclampsia. METHODS A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 30 primary health centres (PHCs) and 28 referral facilities (hospitals) randomly selected in Kinshasa, DRC. In each facility, all midwives and physicians involved in maternal care provision (n = 197) were included. Data on facility infrastructure and providers' knowledge about pre-eclampsia were collected using facility checklists and a knowledge questionnaire. Facility readiness score was defined as the sum of 13 health commodities needed to manage pre-eclampsia. A knowledge score was defined as the sum of 24 items about the diagnosis, management, and prevention of pre-eclampsia. The score ranges from 0 to 24, with higher values reflecting a better knowledge. The Mann-Witney U test was used to compare median readiness scores by facility type and ownership; and median knowledge scores between midwives in hospitals and in PHCs, and between physicians in hospitals and in PHCs. RESULTS Overall, health facilities had 7 of the 13 commodities, yielding a median readiness score of 53.8%(IQR: 46.2 to 69.2%). Although all provider groups had significant knowledge gaps about pre-eclampsia, providers in hospitals demonstrated slightly more knowledge than those in PHCs. Midwives in public facilities scored higher than those in private facilities (median(IQR): 8(5 to 12) vs 7(4 to 8), p = 0.03). Of the 197 providers, 91.4% correctly diagnosed severe pre-eclampsia. However, 43.9 and 82.2% would administer magnesium sulfate and anti-hypertensive drugs to manage severe pre-eclampsia, respectively. Merely 14.2 and 7.1% of providers were aware of prophylactic use of aspirin and calcium to prevent pre-eclampsia, respectively. CONCLUSION Our study showed poor availability of supplies to diagnose, prevent and treat pre-eclampsia in Kinshasa. While providers demonstrated good knowledge regarding the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia, they have poor knowledge regarding its prevention and management. The study highlights the need for strengthening knowledge of providers toward the prevention and management of pre-eclampsia, and enhancing the availability of supplies needed to address this disease.
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- Dalau Mukadi Nkamba
- Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Pôle d'Épidémiologie et Biostatistique, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Clos Chapelle-aux-champs, 30 bte B1.30.13, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Clinics of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Clinics of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Provincial General Hospital of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Pôle de Gynécologie et Obstétrique, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
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- Kinshasa School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Pôle d'Épidémiologie et Biostatistique, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Clos Chapelle-aux-champs, 30 bte B1.30.13, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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McCulloch M, Luyckx VA, Cullis B, Davies SJ, Finkelstein FO, Yap HK, Feehally J, Smoyer WE. Challenges of access to kidney care for children in low-resource settings. Nat Rev Nephrol 2020; 17:33-45. [PMID: 33005036 DOI: 10.1038/s41581-020-00338-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kidney disease is a global public health concern across the age spectrum, including in children. However, our understanding of the true burden of kidney disease in low-resource areas is often hampered by a lack of disease awareness and access to diagnosis. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in low-resource settings poses multiple challenges, including late diagnosis, the need for ongoing access to care and the frequent unavailability of costly therapies such as dialysis and transplantation. Moreover, children in such settings are at particular risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) owing to preventable and/or reversible causes - many children likely die from potentially reversible kidney disease because they lack access to appropriate care. Acute peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an important low-cost treatment option. Initiatives, such as the Saving Young Lives programme, to train local medical staff from low-resource areas to provide care for AKI, including acute PD, have already saved hundreds of children. Future priorities include capacity building for both educational purposes and to provide further resources for AKI management. As local knowledge and confidence increase, CKD management strategies should also develop. Increased awareness and advocacy at both the local government and international levels will be required to continue to improve the diagnosis and treatment of AKI and CKD in children worldwide.
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- Mignon McCulloch
- Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Pediatric and Adult Renal Units, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Pediatric and Adult Renal Units, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Kent Ridge, Singapore
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.,The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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