Determinants of antenatal care utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

IN Okedo-Alex, IC Akamike, OB Ezeanosike… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To identify the determinants of antenatal care (ANC) utilisation in sub-Saharan
Africa. Design Systematic review. Data sources Databases searched were PubMed, OVID …

Systematic review of barriers and enablers to the delivery of palliative care by primary care practitioners

ML Carey, AC Zucca, MAG Freund… - Palliative …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There is increasing demand for primary care practitioners to play a key role in
palliative care delivery. Given this, it is important to understand their perceptions of the …

A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub Saharan Africa

J Maina, PO Ouma, PM Macharia, VA Alegana, B Mitto… - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
Health facilities form a central component of health systems, providing curative and
preventative services and structured to allow referral through a pyramid of increasingly …

Impact of China's referral reform on the equity and spatial accessibility of healthcare resources: a case study of Beijing

C Lu, Z Zhang, X Lan - Social science & medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
In 2015, the Chinese government implemented referral reform in its hierarchical medical
system by adjusting the reimbursement rules of medical insurance, in order to guide …

Determinants of Anemia among women in Uganda: further analysis of the Uganda demographic and health surveys

O Nankinga, D Aguta - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Anemia is a public health problem in many developing countries. It affects a
sizable proportion of women of reproductive age. Anemia increases the risk of morbidity and …

Do quality and access to hospital services impact on their technical efficiency?

DC Ferreira, RC Marques - Omega, 2019 - Elsevier
Investigating the impact of quality and access to healthcare services on technical efficiency
is a hot topic in health economics and healthcare systems management. No satisfactory …

Antenatal care use in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis

TK Tegegne, C Chojenta, T Getachew, R Smith… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Accessibility and utilization of antenatal care (ANC) service varies depending
on different geographical locations, sociodemographic characteristics, political and other …

Factors influencing rural end-users' acceptance of e-health in developing countries: a study on portable health clinic in Bangladesh

N Hossain, F Yokota, N Sultana… - Telemedicine and e …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: Existing studies regarding e-health are mostly focused on information
technology design and implementation, system architecture and infrastructure, and its …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of household catastrophic health expenditure: a systematic review

M Azzani, AC Roslani, TT Su - The Malaysian journal of medical …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that annually 150 million people
experience severe (catastrophic) financial difficulties as a result of healthcare payments …

Barreiras de acesso aos serviços em cinco Regiões de Saúde do Brasil: percepção de gestores e profissionais do Sistema Único de Saúde

RAD Oliveira, CMR Duarte, ALB Pavão… - Cadernos de saúde …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
O objetivo foi analisar as barreiras de acesso aos serviços de saúde existentes em cinco
Regiões de Saúde do Brasil. Foram analisadas as respostas obtidas a partir da aplicação …