drug coverage in ghana s national health insurance scheme

... start date of follow-up was defined as the date of operation The end-point of survival was defined as the date of revision For the statistical analyses, we used the software SPSS 10.0 (SPSS Inc ... health insurance research database to respond to current and emerging health issues effectively The database makes possible the epidemiologic analysis of hip joint disease, because almost all ... competing interests Authors' contributions YS wrote the initial manuscript drafts HW ensured the accuracy of analysis and revised the initial manuscript drafts YS and HW participated in the design...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... AA-CHPs (3 November 2003) The databases used in this study were also used in similar studies [38,39] List of licensed Chinese herbal products The CCMP list shows that 18,019 CHPs were licensed during ... were associated with the use of herbal medicines [37] Methods Selection of herbs AA-CHPs in this study are defined as the Chinese herbal products that are (1) either suspected of containing AAs (AA ... doses of Mutong The major disease categories often prescribed with AACHPs include respiratory diseases (132,598 visits) and musculoskeletal/connective diseases (77,153 visits), followed by symptoms/signs/ill-defined...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... objective of this dissertation is to understand the functioning of nationwide low-income health insurance scheme - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) - in India and explain variations in its performance ... uniform scheme design and implementation process that varies very little across states; however, performance of the scheme varies widely, not only across states7 but also within a state, across districts ... districts have the same contract design and similar contract management structure, suggesting same incentive structures In all the districts, same healthcare services are being purchased, and same...

Ngày tải lên: 08/09/2015, 15:29

... ambiguous terms, and the National Security Strategy does not even raise the possibility of striking first against targets other than terrorists or hard-to-deter states possessing or pursuing weapons ... against a terrorist enemy whose so-called soldiers seek martyrdom in death and whose most potent protection is statelessness.”14 The basis for believing that striking first may be necessary as ... Fund USAF U .S Air Force USAID U .S Agency for International Development USIA U .S Information Agency USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WMD weapons of mass destruction WSEG Weapons Systems Evaluation...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... to the highest level; • intensifying the teaching of sex-related issues in schools and other nonfamilial settings; • using formal and informal school systems to disseminate detailed information ... evaluation of same-sex interviews is possible since there was not a randomly-assigned group of opposite-sex interviews, the level of missing data for sensitive questions was very low with this strategy ... afford the cost, as well as programmatic issues such as lack of privacy, inconvenient business hours and lack of same-sex service providers These are issues that will need to be addressed in future...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... available, gains in HIV/AIDS outpaced gains in mental health Though an infectious disease, HIV/AIDS manifests as a chronic disease from the perspective of health systems, requiring a continuity patient-provider ... optimal health sector response to chronic diseases in the poorest areas of the world Liberia s experience in strengthening health systems and health financing overall, and addressing HIV/AIDS and ... and social welfare services that are equitable, accessible, and sustainable for all people in Liberia.” In the following section, we discuss six lessons with specific relevance to health systems...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... (antidepressants, stimulants, antipsychotics and benzodiazepines) in children and adolescents Data is derived from several national health insurance databases Results are compared to responses given ... by adolescents to a large national epidemiological study Methods Study settings and design In France, the national health insurance system comprises three main agencies: CNAM-TS (Caisse Nationale ... Chambaretaud S: La consommation des médicaments dans les principaux pays industrialis s Dress Etudes et résultats 2000, 47:1-8 Observatoire Français des drogues et des Toxicomanies: Rapports 2007 -...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... they increase their demand for health care? This is discussed in the next section As a basis for the discussion we will below compare to existing insurance premiums Health insurance systems operate ... existing health insurance system in urban areas could be introduced in rural areas [18], and finally, a WTP study in a rural area in India was used as a basis for discussing the content of health ... Public health sciences; 2005 Vietnam Social Security: Community-based Health Insurance and School Health Insurance Schemes in Vietnam Hanoi 2005 Vietnam Social Security: School Health Insurance in...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital  Indianapolis  IN   including:  Indiana University Health University Hospital  Indianapolis  IN   St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital Indianapolis  IN   including:  St. Vincent Women 's Hospital ... Some of the hospitals have multiple locations. In these cases, results for all locations were used in the analysis and each of the facilities is  designated as a 5‐star hospital.   Table 2. Hospitals Recognized as 5‐Star in All Three Healthgrades Women s Care Areas 2012   ... French Hospital Medical Center San Luis Obispo  CA Colorado Springs ‐  Pueblo, CO    Centura Health ‐ Penrose St. Francis Health Services Colorado Springs  CO including:  Saint Francis Medical Center Colorado Springs  CO...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 23:20

... priorities included leishmaniasis, child survival, supervised deliveries, and stemming the brain drain of health workers In AES, the priority is to increase access to services including access to obstetric ... the sector wide approach Ghana is presently introducing a national health insurance scheme whose primary objective is to replace user fees User Fees, Exemption Policy and Health Insurance Scheme ... is the scientific session This session provides a forum presenting and discussing research papers and in- depth reviews that are relevant to the theme of the summit and answering specific questions...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20

... compounds requires investment in equipment and supplies as well as creating new roles for supervisors in supporting logistics arrangements (5) Prior to the CHPS initiative, nurses were trained in healthcare ... develop local strategies for overcoming ethnic complexity and building mechanisms for sustaining efforts within district scaling-up activities Contrasts with Navrongo findings Several elements of the ... activities that will arouse public interest in services that the districts are ill-equipped to launch and sustain Districts progressing with scaling up have developed creative ways of solving resource...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... residing in main family dwellings (households) of Spain and is mainly performed by the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs and the National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional Estadística-INE) ... National Health Survey 19872003 Madrid, Spain: Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo; 2004 [http://www msps.es/estadEstudios/estadisticas/estadisticas/microdatos/ frmBusquedaMicrodatos.jsp] 40 Román-Viñas ... lifestyle habits, smoking habits differentiated between current smokers, non-smokers or exsmokers Finally, sleep habits were divided into subjects sleeping > hours per day and those sleeping...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... workers Universal access to adequate preventive and acute health care therefore benefits business interests as much as it does labor interests Management and stockholders benefit as profits rise, ... anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and developmental psychologists; (2) an intensive developmental assessment of young children in those same families; (3) an intensive ethnography based on a separate ... system consists of three main components: private insurance, consisting mostly of group plans sponsored by employers; Medicare for those over sixty-five; and a means-tested system of public coverage...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 04:20

... http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/data/09data.html#2009data-drugs SOURCE: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Monitoring the Future Survey Smoking has serious long-term consequences, including the risk of smoking-related diseases and premature ... 0–17 in households classified by USDA as “food insecure” Health Care Health insurance coverage Children ages 0–17 covered by health insurance at some time during the year Usual source of health care ... participating in violent crimes Illicit drug use is a risk-taking behavior that has potentially serious negative consequences Commonly abused drugs include “street” drugs such as marijuana and cocaine...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 14:20

... least hours in social sciences/humanities (GWS = hrs) o At least hours in health related sciences (SPH, CON = hrs) Examples: o SPH student: Intro Women s Health course (from Nursing) fulfills ... Women 's Studies GWS 596: Independent Study IPHS 598: Research in Public Health Sciences – M .S IPHS 599: Research in Public Health Sciences – Ph.D NuSc 565, NuWH 565: Advanced Research in Women 's Health ... NuSc 570, NuWH 570: International Dimensions in Women s Health NuSc 575, NuWH 575: Minority Women s Health Nursing NuSc 596: Independent Study: Graduate NuSc 598: Master s Thesis Research NuSc...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... adults ages 55−64 The next section focuses on the current health insurance status of individuals ages 55−64 The following sections focus on trends in insurance status for these individuals by ... will make in response to rising health insurance costs and changes in the availability of health insurance Past research shows a strong link between the availability of health insurance coverage ... benefit issues EBRI s membership includes a cross-section of pension funds; businesses; trade associations; labor unions; health care providers and insurers; government organizations; and service...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... this transition was assessed for the 2002 NHIS by comparing estimates for selected health characteristics using the 1990 census-based weights with those using the 2000 census-based weights Starting ... Age-adjusted percent distributions (with standard errors) of respondent-assessed health status for children under age 18 years, by selected characteristics: United States, 2010 Respondent-assessed health ... hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), prescription medication use, respondent-assessed health status, school days missed due to illness or injury, usual place of health care, time since last contact with a health...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... household disposable income which is also instrumented It would have been ideal to use as additional instruments variables such as mother s or father s siblings’ education Unfortunately such information ... necessary for the consistency of the 2SLS estimator of b1 Under these results, our preferred specification is the fifth one in Table As can be observed in this model the 2SLS estimates maintain ... since only 7% of the households had access to them while 37% had access to other health facilities such as Maternity Clinics and Pharmacies As for the descriptive statistics of the instruments...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20

... attacks start slowly, as a mild pain or discom- Head Lightheadedness Arm (s) , Back, Jaw, Neck, Between Shoulders Pain, discomfort, numbness Chest Pain, pressure, fullness or squeezing (lasts more ... risks, all you have to is come down the stairs In the case of heart disease, that means taking steps such as quitting smoking and controlling your blood pressure through healthy eating, physical ... linked to getting heart disease Stress at home If you are caring for a disabled or ill spouse, the stress of this role may raise your risk of heart attack Combined stress Being stressed both at...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 12:20

... bednets 21 and other health interventions such as vitamin A supplementation.22 But the results in cells and indicated that n assigning nurses to communities accele erated progress in achieving ... Conclusion L’affectation de personnel infirmier dans des centres situ s proximité des communaut s, où ce personnel peut dispenser des soins curatifs et préventifs de base, a permis de réduire substantiellement ... Providi n ing convenient access to contraceptive supplies was an essential, but insufficient component of the reproductive health services This suggests that extending access to family planning services...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 16:20