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Tags: ABSTRACTS; PUBLIC health; TEENAGERS -- Health; POOR -- Medical care; MEDICAL care; DEVELOPING countries
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- Heal Thyself. // Atlantic Monthly (10727825);Sep2008, Vol. 302 Issue 2, p25
This article reports on the quality of medical care in the developing world. A panel of economists issued a report stating that, although access to health facilities has improved, the quality is so poor that it might actually harm patients. Doctors were quizzed on hypothetical situations and...
- Equitable utilisation of Indian community based health insurance scheme among its rural membership: cluster randomised controlled trial. Ranson, M. Kent; Sinha, Tara; Chatterjee, Mirai; Gandhi, Fenil; Jayswal, Rupal; Patel, Falguni; Morris, Saul S.; Mills, Anne J. // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);6/23/2007, Vol. 334 Issue 7607, p1309
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate alternative strategies for improving the uptake of benefits of a community based health insurance scheme by its poorest members. Design Prospective cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) community based health...
- How do you bring health care to the poor? // Biomedical Market Newsletter;9/30/2011, Vol. 21, p22
The article analyzes the means to provide poor people in developing countries with decent health care by researcher Bart Jacobs.
- Tennessee's state funded health care faces crisis. Charatan, Fred // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);05/15/99, Vol. 318 Issue 7194, p1307
Reveals the severe budget crisis of faced by Tenncare, healthcare program for low income people in Tennessee. Reason the state withdrew from the federal Medicaid programme of feed for service payments; Proposal made by Governor Don Sundquist (R-Tenn.); Financial data of the program.
- Palliative care toolkit is developed for staff in countries "swamped by volume of suffering" Coombes, Rebecca // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);4/26/2008, Vol. 336 Issue 7650, p913
The article reports on a literary tool kit on palliative care for healthcare professionals in poor countries that see large degrees of human suffering that was developed by Vicky Lavy, a doctor at Helen and Douglas House Hospice in Oxford, England, and Charlie Bond, a consultant in palliative...
- World Bank conference debates how to reach the poor. Clark, Jocalyn // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);2/28/2004, Vol. 328 Issue 7438, p486
Reports that health services designed to favour the poor do not necessarily reach the most needy in societies, according to a group of World Bank policy makers and programme officers working in developing and transition countries. How the Washington, DC, conference reflected growing awareness...
- Shedding light on medicine prices. Creese, Andrew // Essential Drugs Monitor;2003, Issue 33, p13
EVERY day millions of people throughout the world go without treatment because they cannot afford the medicines they need. People in industrialised countries generally have insurance or subsidies that cover most of the price of their medicines. But those in poorer countries with less well...
- Going mobile in Delhi. Mudur, Ganapati // BMJ: British Medical Journal (Overseas & Retired Doctors Edition;12/4/2010, Vol. 341 Issue 7784, p1192
No abstract available.
- Community R.Ph.s in free Rx program for needy. Ukens, Carol // Drug Topics;8/22/94, Vol. 138 Issue 16, p24
No abstract available.
