Rubio, Karl Fraze, Taressa K Bibi, Salma Rodriguez, Hector P
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Journal of general internal medicine
It remains unclear whether the racial-ethnic composition or the socioeconomic profiles of eligible primary care practices better explain practice participation in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program. To examine whether practices serving high proportions of Black or Latino Medicare fee...
Madu, Alpha Chiemezie Osborne, Katy
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International journal of social determinants of health and health services
A good health financing system is crucial for the effective performance of a country's health system. Many health systems around the world, especially in lower- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria, grapple with perennial challenges such as chronic underfunding, wastefulness, and lack of accountability rendering these systems inefficient. Ni...
Krupchanka, Dzmitry Formanek, Tomas Shield, Kevin Rehm, Jürgen Heymans, Martijn W Fleischmann, Alexandra Degenhardt, Louisa Gawad, Tarek Poznyak, Vladimir
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International journal of methods in psychiatric research
We aimed to develop a Service Capacity Index for Substance Use Disorders (SCI-SUD) that would reflect the capacity of national health systems to provide treatment for alcohol and drug use disorders, in terms of the proportion of available service elements in a given country from a theoretical maximum. Data were collected through the WHO Global Surv...
Mutale, Wilbroad Ayles, Helen Lewis, James Bosompraph, Samuel Chilengi, Roma Tembo, Margaret M. Sharp, Ab Chintu, Namwinga Stringer, Jeffrey
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Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction While tremendous progress has been made in recent years to improve the health of people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), significant challenges remain. Chief among these are poor health systems, which are often ill-equipped to respond to current challenges. It remains unclear whether intensive intervention at the heal...
Mor, Nachiket Sen, Dyuti Zaheen, Sarah Khan, Rubayat Naik, Priya Basu, Nayonika
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Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction Primary care is an essential component of any health system, but building high-quality primary care has proven to be a challenge for most developing countries. Among the multiplicity of providers in South Asia, one of the most ubiquitous channels through which not only medicines are obtained but also primary care advice is sought is th...
Gobezayehu, Abebe Gebremariam Lijalem, Mulusew Endalamaw, Lamesgin Alamineh Mohammad, Hajiria Beyene, Tariku Mekonnen, Tadesse Biru Abay, Girma Guadie Sibley, Lynn M Cranmer, John N
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Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
As part of a multi-country implementation trial, we tested a regionally specific model of kangaroo mother care (KMC). Effective KMC was defined as ≥8 h of newborn-caregiver skin-to-skin contact daily plus exclusive breast feeding. The study was designed to achieve ≥80+% effective KMC coverage at the population level. The Amhara KMC model was design...
Chislett, Michael Hurtubise, Karen McCarthy, Jason Hoyles, Cathy
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Health services management research
Despite recommendations, few have reported on quality improvement initiatives to implement length of rehabilitation stay benchmarks, while actively monitoring functional outcomes. This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a precision case management model across all inpatient rehabilitation client groups in a Canadia...
Khan, Taskeen Moran, Andrew E. Perel, Pablo Whelton, Paul K. Brainin, Michael Feigin, Valery Kostova, Deliana Richter, Patricia Ordunez, Pedro Hennis, Anselm
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Frontiers in Public Health
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are the leading causes of death (18. 6 million deaths annually) and disability (393 million disability-adjusted life-years lost annually), worldwide. High blood pressure is the most important preventable risk factor for CVD and deaths, worldwide (10.8 million deaths...
Habboush, Ahmad Ekzayez, Abdulkarim Gilmore, Brynne
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BMJ global health
The world will face a human resource gap of 10 million health workers in 2030. Community health workers (CHWs) can contribute to mitigating this workforce gap while improving equitable access to care and health outcomes. However, questions on how to best implement and optimise CHW programmes, especially across varied contexts, remain. As each conte...
Cascini, Fidelia Gentili, Andrea Causio, Francesco Andrea Altamura, Gerardo Melnyk, Andriy Beccia, Flavia Pappalardo, Ciro Lontano, Alberto Ricciardi, Walter
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Frontiers in Public Health
Background and objective The capacity to promote and disseminate the best evidence-based practices in terms of digital health innovations and technologies represents an important goal for countries and governments. To support the digital health maturity across countries the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP) was established in 2019. The missi...
