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2. The UK Department for International Development's new target strategy paper for health: a critical balancing act.
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Carlson C
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- Humans, United Kingdom, Government Agencies organization & administration, Health Planning organization & administration, Health Policy, Health Priorities organization & administration, Health Promotion organization & administration, International Cooperation
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- 2007
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3. Summary of Papers and Research Recommendations of Working Group on Tropospheric Ozone, Health Effects Institute Environmental Epidemiology Planning Project
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Tager, Ira B.
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- 1993
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4. Policy Paper: A New Look at Public Planning for Human Services
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Newman, Edward and Demone,, Harold W.
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- 1969
5. Supplementary material for paper titled 'Preventable COVID-19 cases and deaths by alternative vaccination and non-pharmacological interventions policies in Brazil
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For double-blind review
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Vaccines ,non-pharmacological interventions ,Health planning ,COVID-19 ,Epidemiological Model - Abstract
One key issue in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic concerns understanding the impact of the vaccination program and non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in cases and deaths. The lack of comprehension of the vaccination program and NPIs strategies compromises their effectiveness in the future. Thus, this work aims to estimate the avoidable COVID-19 cases and deaths with the anticipation of vaccination, additional doses, and effective NPIs in Brazil. To this end, an experimental study applying a susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered-susceptible model with parameters adjusted in a timeline using historical records from the Brazilian Unified Health of the Brazilian states estimates the number of cases and deaths for different vaccination program and NPIs scenarios in Brazil (from 2020 March 8 until 2022 June 5). The model-based estimate shows that 1.3 months of vaccination anticipation, additional vaccine doses, and a higher level the NPIs would reduce and delay the pandemic peak. There would be 17,121,749 fewer COVID-19 cases and 391,647 avoidable deaths in the country. Finally, our results suggest that if 80% of the Brazilian population had been vaccinated by May 2021, there would 59.83% of death avoided in Brazil.
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- 2023
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6. Using simulation to plan Health Service resources: discussion paper.
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Davies R and Davies T
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- Forecasting, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic therapy, Markov Chains, United Kingdom, Health Planning, Health Resources, Models, Theoretical, State Medicine organization & administration
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- 1986
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7. Discussion of Thomas McKeown's paper: "the complexity of the medical task".
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Thomas L
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- Humans, United States, Health Planning, Insurance, Health
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- 1968
8. Discussion of the paper by Greer Williams: "needed: a health consumers' organization".
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Williamson K
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- Group Practice, Insurance, Health, Public Health, United States, Community Participation, Health Planning
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- 1971
9. Scotland's White Paper.
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- Scotland, Health Planning, State Medicine
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- 1971
10. Empowering local researchers toward using local data to identify local health priorities: A reflection on three cohorts of the course "Write your own paper using Demographic and Health Survey data on reproductive and child health".
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Beňová, Lenka
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DATABASES ,PUBLISHING ,MANUSCRIPTS ,ATTITUDES of medical personnel ,SERIAL publications ,WORLD health ,SELF-efficacy ,SURVEYS ,EXPERIENCE ,CHILDREN'S health ,DEMOGRAPHY ,REPRODUCTIVE health ,HEALTH planning ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) ,AUTHORSHIP - Published
- 2023
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11. United States : FDA Publishes Discussion Paper and Seeks Public Input on 3D Printing of Medical Devices at the Point of Care
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Medical equipment ,3D printing ,Health planning ,Physiological apparatus ,Business, international - Abstract
The 3D printing of medical devices is at the forefront of innovation and health care. 3D printing at hospitals and other patient-care settings enables health care professionals to quickly create [...]
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- 2021
12. Green Paper And The G.M.S.C.
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Bush, M. F. H.
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- 1968
13. White Paper of Italian Gastroenterology: Delivery of services for digestive diseases in Italy: Weaknesses and strengths
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Giovanni Ferrini, Antonietta Bianco, Paolo Ravelli, Michele Cicala, Aurora Bortoli, Renato Cannizzaro, Piero Leo, Emanuele Meroni, Paolo Spolaore, Gianni Gatto, Manola Lisiero, Filippo Antonini, Angelo Zullo, Antonio Balzano, Sabrina Bianchi, Emanuele Scafato, Giancarlo Spinzi, Lucio Amitrano, Luca Frulloni, Renzo Gullotta, Eugenio Brunelli, O. Triossi, Italo Sorrentini, Mario Marini, Diego Fregonese, Paolo Borro, Danilo Badiali, Giovanni Sansoè, R. Cuppone, Enrico Corazziari, Luciana Framarin, L.M. Montalbano, P. Brosolo, T. Federici, Gianni Testino, Alessandro Sumberaz, Attilio Solinas, A. Salmi, Renato Marin, L. Buri, Ivo Boskovski, Italo Stroppa, Ivano Lorenzini, Giovanni Di Matteo, Salvatore Cucchiara, Ilaria Tarantino, Cesare Hassan, Nicola Muscatiello, Giovanni M. Claar, Stefano Bellentani, Luca Barresi, Francesco Guardascione, Mario Del Piano, Mario Angelico, Luigi Vilardo, Paolo Usai-Satta, Luigi Pasquale, G. Scarpulla, Santino Marchi, Roberto Penagini, Vincenzo Gallo, Luigi Familiari, Francesco Cupella, Livio Cipolletta, Egiziano Peruzzi, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Salvatore Adamo, Luca Elli, S. Crotta, Maurizio Zilli, Antonio Cilona, Bastianello Germanà, Francesco Pallone, Leonardo Tammaro, P. Fracasso, Fabio Pace, Giovanni de Pretis, Alfredo Di Leo, Pietro Familiari, Giorgio Frosini, Giuseppe Milazzo, Maria Teresa Bardella, Michele Di Cillo, Fausto Chilovi, Enrico Ciliberto, Floriano Rosina, Alessandro Zambelli, Franco Bazzoli, Maria Rendina, Francesco Ridolfi, Franco Radaelli, Massimo Conio, Massimiliano Biagini, Massimo Bellini, Claudio De Angelis, Maria Caterina Parodi, Guido Costamagna, Pietro Fusaroli, Gioacchino Leandro, Pier Alberto Testoni, Piero Loriga, Ornella Ancarani, Giacomo Germani, Fabio Farinati, Giancarlo Caletti, Sergio Morini, Carlo Gemme, Antonio Benedetti, Adriano Lauri, Gianmarco Fava, Mauro Borzio, Mario Traina, Marcello Ingrosso, Amuso M, Giampiero Macarri, Rosa Filiberti, A. Marino, Cinzia Quondamcarlo, Francesco Bortoluzzi, L. Piazzi, Raffaele Manta, Salvatore De Stefano, Rita Conigliaro, Michele De Boni, Andrea Ederle, Clara Virgilio, Marco Soncini, Mario Cottone, G.C. Sturniolo, Anna Kohn, Maurizia Rossana Brunetto, Matteo Neri, Elisabetta Buscarini, Nicola D'Imperio, Gennaro D'Amico, Patrizia Burra, Antonio Craxì, S. Peralta, Alessandro Natali, Giuseppe Del Favero, Giovanni Actis, Andrea Nucci, Dario Conte, Stefano Fagiuoli, Santo Monastra, Fabrizio Magnolfi, Buscarini, E, Conte, D, Cannizzaro, R, Bazzoli, F, De Boni, M, Delle Fave, G, Farinati, F, Ravelli, P, Testoni, P, Lisiero, M, Spolaore, P, Fagiuoli, S, Testoni, PIER ALBERTO, Italian Association of Hospital, Gastroenterologist, Endoscopists, Italian Society of, Endoscopy, Italian Society of, Gastroenterology, Buscarini E, Conte D, Cannizzaro R, Bazzoli F, De Boni M, Fave GD, Farinati F, Ravelli P, Testoni PA, Lisiero M, Spolaore P, Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists (AIGO), Italian Society of Endoscopy (SIED), Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE): [.., Pietro Fusaroli, and ]
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Male ,Gastrointestinal Diseases ,Treatment outcome ,Diseases ,Medical care ,Gastroenterology ,Cancer ,Digestive diseases ,Emergency ,Gastrointestinal bleeding ,Hospital discharge record ,Hospital stay ,Mortality ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Child ,Child, Preschool ,Emergencies ,Female ,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ,Health Planning ,Health Services ,Health Services Needs and Demand ,Hospital Mortality ,Hospital Units ,Humans ,Incidence ,Infant ,Infant, Newborn ,Italy ,Length of Stay ,Middle Aged ,Prevalence ,Societies, Medical ,Treatment Outcome ,Young Adult ,Health services ,White paper ,Digestive disease ,italy ,80 and over ,Medicine ,Hepatology ,Settore MED/12 - Gastroenterologia ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Digestive diseases Emergency Gastroenterology Gastrointestinal bleeding Hospital discharge record Hospital stay Mortality ,Christian ministry ,gastroenterology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Case mix index ,Medical ,Internal medicine ,Cancer, Digestive diseases, Emergency, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Hospital discharge record, Hospital stay, Mortality ,Preschool ,business.industry ,Newborn ,Societies ,business - Abstract
In 2011 the three major Italian gastroenterological scientific societies (AIGO, the Italian Society of Hospital Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists; SIED, the Italian Society of Endoscopy; SIGE, the Italian Society of Gastroenterology) prepared their official document aimed at analysing medical care for digestive diseases in Italy, on the basis of national and regional data (Health Ministry and Lombardia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna databases) and to make proposals for planning of care. Digestive diseases were the first or second cause of hospitalizations in Italy in 1999–2009, with more than 1,500,000 admissions/year; however only 5–9% of these admissions was in specialized Gastroenterology units. Reported data show a better outcome in Gastroenterology Units than in non-specialized units: shorter average length of stay, in particular for admissions with ICD-9-CM codes proxying for emergency conditions (6.7 days versus 8.4 days); better case mix (higher average diagnosis-related groups weight in Gastroenterology Units: 1 vs 0.97 in Internal Medicine units and 0.76 in Surgery units); lower inappropriateness of admissions (16–25% versus 29–87%); lower in-hospital mortality in urgent admissions (2.2% versus 5.1%); for patients with urgent admissions due to gastrointestinnal haemorrhage, in-hospital mortality was 2.3% in Gastroenterology units versus 4.0% in others. The present document summarizes the scientific societies’ official report, which constitutes the “White paper of Italian Gastroenterology”
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- 2014
14. Toward universal health coverage in the post-COVID-19 era.
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Verguet S, Hailu A, Eregata GT, Memirie ST, Johansson KA, and Norheim OF
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- COVID-19, Ethiopia, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, SARS-CoV-2, Sustainable Development, Health Care Rationing, Health Planning, Health Priorities, Universal Health Care
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All countries worldwide have signed up to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and have committed to the objective of achieving 'universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all'. During the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, advancement toward universal health coverage (UHC) will become more difficult for many countries, demonstrating that locally led priority setting is urgently needed to provide health services with appropriate financial protection to all. Because resources are limited and no national constituency can provide an unlimited number of services to their whole population in a sustainable manner, rationing and setting priorities for the selection of interventions to be included in a defined package of services is critical. In this Perspective, we discuss how packages of essential health services can be developed in resource-constrained settings, and detail how experts and the public can decide on principles and criteria, use a comprehensive array of analytical methods and choose which services to be provided free of charge. We illustrate these main steps while drawing on a recently conducted exercise of revising the national essential health services package in Ethiopia, which we compare with examples from other countries that have defined their essential benefits packages. This Perspective also provides recommendations for other low- and middle-income countries on their pathway to UHC.
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- 2021
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15. Joint position paper on rural surgery and operative delivery
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Stuart, Iglesias, Jude, Kornelsen, Robert, Woollard, Nadine, Caron, Garth, Warnock, Randall, Friesen, Peter, Miles, Victoria, Vogt Haines, Bret, Batchelor, Jenny, Blake, Garey, Mazowita, Roy, Wyman, Brian, Geller, and Braam, de Klerk
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Canada ,Health Services Needs and Demand ,Cesarean Section ,Health Policy ,Rural Health ,Delivery, Obstetric ,Community Networks ,Health Services Accessibility ,Obstetrics ,Health Planning ,Gynecology ,Pregnancy ,General Surgery ,Physicians ,Surgical Procedures, Operative ,Workforce ,Humans ,Female ,Maternal Health Services ,Patient Safety ,Rural Health Services ,Family Practice ,Societies, Medical ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
Our professional organizations have prepared this paper as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary plan to ensure the availability of well-trained practitioner teams to sustain safe, effective and high-quality rural surgical and operative delivery services. Without these robust local (or nearby) surgical services, sustaining rural maternity care is much more difficult. This paper describes the "network model" as a health human resources solution to meet the surgical needs, including operative delivery, of rural residents; outlines necessary policy directions for achieving this solution; and poses a series of enabling recommendations.Nos organisations professionnelles ont préparé cet article dans le cadre d’un plan multidisciplinaire intégré visant à assurer la disponibilité d’équipes soignantes bien formées pour offrir des services obstétricaux interventionnels et chirurgicaux sécuritaires, efficaces et de grande qualité en milieu rural. Sans de tels solides services chirurgicaux locaux (ou de proximité), il est beaucoup plus difficile d’assurer les soins obstétricaux en milieu rural. Cet article décrit le « modèle en réseau » comme une solution au chapitre des ressources humaines en santé pour répondre aux besoins chirurgicaux des populations rurales, y compris pour les services obstétricaux interventionnels. On y décrit aussi les orientations politiques nécessaires à l’application de cette solution et on formule une série de recommandations préparatoires.
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- 2015
16. The UK Department for International Development's new target strategy paper for health: a critical balancing act
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Cindy Carlson
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Public health ,International health ,Legislation ,General Medicine ,Public administration ,030227 psychiatry ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health promotion ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Health planning ,International development ,business ,Series ,Health policy ,Royaume uni - Abstract
This is the fifth in a series of articles on leadership in international health. The series was coordinated by Kent Buse.
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- 2007
17. The Gateway Paper--stewardship and governance in the health sector in Pakistan
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Sania, Nishtar
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Health Planning ,Public Sector ,Health Priorities ,Health Care Reform ,Population Surveillance ,Health Plan Implementation ,Humans ,Pakistan ,Private Sector ,Program Development ,Delivery of Health Care - Abstract
As an opening for a dialogue on health reforms in the country, the Gateway Paper places emphasis on strengthening the stewardship function of mandated State agencies in Pakistan with particular attention to two key areas. Firstly, greater emphasis on a stewardship role for the Ministry and departments of health in the context of inter-sectoral scope of health and secondly, a stronger role for the State agencies as regulators of healthcare within the country. The Gateway Paper envisages that the role of State agencies will become more critical as new models of financing health and delivering services are structured given that these entail regulation of private sector providers, providing oversight for ensuring a system for ongoing education and implementation of frameworks for public-private partnerships. The Gateway Paper refers to stewardship with reference to analysis and overview of health policies within the country, their relationship with evidence, their follow-up into planning and finally their implementation. The Paper also provides an insight into policies from a process-related as well as content and program related perspectives. In doing so a number of questions relating to the evidence and policy disconnect; issues at strategic and operational levels of planning, and governance-related impediments to program implementation have been discussed and a viewpoint articulated on an approach to addressing these challenges.
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- 2007
18. International planning of organization for medical care. From Health Care for the Community: Selected Papers of Dr. John B. Grant, 1963
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C, Seipp
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Health Planning ,International Cooperation ,Voices from the Past ,Humans ,Global Health ,Delivery of Health Care - Published
- 2008
19. Building an economy for health for all: a call for papers.
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Sadana, Ritu, Khosla, Rajat, Gisselquist, Rachel, and Sen, Kunal
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PUBLISHING , *HEALTH policy , *SERIAL publications , *WORLD health , *RIGHT to health , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *AUTHORSHIP , *HEALTH planning , *HEALTH promotion - Abstract
The article discusses the call for papers on building a health economy for all in 2023. Topics covered include the existing structural and economic inequalities exposed by the pandemic, and the reorientation of economies for health towards a vision in which every person and people can flourish physically and mentally with dignity and opportunity in a healthy living planet. Also noted are the four themes to build economies for health that the World Health Organization (WHO) Council focuses on.
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- 2023
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20. Improving uptake of population health management through scalable analysis of linked electronic health data.
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Varady, Andras B and Wood, Richard M
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RISK assessment ,PUBLIC health surveillance ,COST control ,DATABASE management ,HUMAN services programs ,MENTAL health services ,POPULATION health management ,SYSTEMS design ,COVID-19 vaccines ,HEALTH planning ,ELECTRONIC data interchange ,ELECTRONIC health records ,SYSTEM integration ,DECISION trees ,SOFTWARE architecture ,HEALTH equity ,MEDICAL care costs - Abstract
Population Health Management – often abbreviated to PHM – is a relatively new approach for healthcare planning, requiring the application of analytical techniques to linked patient level data. Despite expectations for greater uptake of PHM, there is a deficit of available solutions to help health services embed it into routine use. This paper concerns the development, application and use of an interactive tool which can be linked to a healthcare system's data warehouse and employed to readily perform key PHM tasks such as population segmentation, risk stratification, and deriving various performance metrics and descriptive summaries. Developed through open-source code in a large healthcare system in South West England, and used by others around the country, this paper demonstrates the importance of a scalable, purpose-built solution for improving the uptake of PHM in health services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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21. Moving towards social inclusion: Engaging rural voices in priority setting for health.
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Tugendhaft, Aviva, Christofides, Nicola, Stacey, Nicholas, Kahn, Kathleen, Erzse, Agnes, Danis, Marion, Gold, Marthe, and Hofman, Karen
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HEALTH policy ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,RURAL conditions ,PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability ,MEDICAL care ,UNIVERSAL healthcare ,MANN Whitney U Test ,DECISION making ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RURAL health ,DATA analysis software ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors ,SOCIAL integration ,HEALTH planning - Abstract
Background: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in the context of limited resources will require prioritising the most vulnerable and ensuring health policies and services are responsive to their needs. One way of addressing this is through the engagement of marginalised voices in the priority setting process. Public engagement approaches that enable group level deliberation as well as individual level preference capturing might be valuable in this regard, but there are limited examples of their practical application, and gaps in understanding their outcomes, especially with rural populations. Objective: To address this gap, we implemented a modified priority setting tool (Choosing All Together—CHAT) that enables individuals and groups to make trade‐offs to demonstrate the type of health services packages that may be acceptable to a rural population. The paper presents the findings from the individual choices as compared to the group choices, as well as the differences among the individual choices using this tool. Methods: Participants worked in groups and as individuals to allocate stickers representing the available budget to different health topics and interventions using the CHAT tool. The allocations were recorded at each stage of the study. We calculated the median and interquartile range across study participants for the topic totals. To examine differences in individual choices, we performed Wilcoxon rank sum tests. Results: The results show that individual interests were mostly aligned with societal ones, and there were no statistically significant differences between the individual and group choices. However, there were some statistically significant differences between individual priorities based on demographic characteristics like age. Discussion: The study demonstrates that giving individuals greater control and agency in designing health services packages can increase their participation in the priority setting process, align individual and community priorities, and potentially enhance the legitimacy and acceptability of priority setting. Methods that enable group level deliberation and individual level priority setting may be necessary to reconcile plurality. The paper also highlights the importance of capturing the details of public engagement processes and transparently reporting on these details to ensure valuable outcomes. Public Contribution: The facilitator of the CHAT groups was a member from the community and underwent training from the research team. The fieldworkers were also from the community and were trained and paid to capture the data. The participants were all members of the rural community‐ the study represents their priorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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22. Responses by general practitioners in Avon to proposals for general practice in the white paper Working for Patients
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N. Wood, F. Wright, and Michael Whitfield
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Budgets ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,State Medicine ,White paper ,Humans ,Medicine ,General Environmental Science ,Family practitioner ,Government ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Physicians, Family ,Questionnaire ,Diagnostic test ,General Medicine ,Surgical procedures ,Health Planning ,England ,Work (electrical) ,Family medicine ,General practice ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Family Practice ,business ,Attitude to Health ,Research Article - Abstract
OBJECTIVE--To determine the views of Avon's general practitioners about the general practice proposals within the government's white paper Working for Patients. DESIGN--Postal questionnaire survey. SETTING--A county in south west England. SUBJECTS--All general practitioner principals (n = 537) under contract with Avon Family Practitioner Committee. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--492 doctors (92%) responded to the survey. More than three quarters of the respondents were opposed to the government's proposals on budgets for specific surgical procedures, prescribing, and diagnostic tests; and between 63% and 93% felt negative about advantages that might accrue from the proposals. Over three quarters of general practitioners were in favour of family practitioner committees monitoring work load, prescribing, and referrals. General practitioners in large, potentially budget holding practices held similar views to doctors in smaller practices. CONCLUSIONS--Avon's general practitioners substantially reject most of the government's proposals about general practice in the white paper Working for Patients.
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- 1989
23. Analysing changing gender relations: methodological challenges for gender planning.
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Locke C and Okali C
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- Organization and Administration, Economics, Health Planning, Interpersonal Relations, Research, Women
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- 1999
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24. Systematic Review Of Involving Patients In The Planning And Development Of Health Care
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Crawford, Mike J., Rutter, Deborah, Manley, Catherine, Weaver, Timothy, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Fulop, Naomi, and Tyrer, Peter
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- 2002
25. Health research evidence: its current usage in health planning, determinants and readiness to use knowledge translation tools among health planning teams in Tanzania-an exploratory mixed-methods study protocol.
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Kagoma P, Mongi R, Kapologwe NA, Kengia J, and Kalolo A
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- Tanzania, Humans, Qualitative Research, Research Design, Surveys and Questionnaires, Focus Groups, Decision Making, Health Planning methods, Translational Research, Biomedical methods
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Introduction: Achieving universal health coverage requires using research evidence to inform decision-making. However, little information is available on the use of research evidence in planning in lower middle-income countries, including Tanzania. This paper presents a protocol that aims to investigate the usage of research evidence in health planning, determinants and readiness of the planning team members to use knowledge translation tools in Tanzania., Methods and Analysis: This study will employ a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design, with participants selected from national, regional and council levels. Qualitative data will be collected through a maximum of 52 in-depth interviews and 12 focused group discussions until saturation. To collect quantitative data, a structured questionnaire will be used to survey 422 participants, and a document review will be conducted from health facilities. Qualitative data will be analysed using thematic analysis, while descriptive and inferential analyses will be employed for quantitative data., Ethics and Dissemination: The study participants will provide written informed consent, and all recorded data will be stored on a secured research server accessible only to the investigators. Ethical approval has been obtained from the University of Dodoma Research Ethics Committee (ref. MA.84/261/02/'A'/64/91). The findings of this study will inform policymakers, researchers and implementers in the country on the use of research evidence in decision-making. We will disseminate our findings through publications, conferences, workshops and interactive communication with national, regional, council and health facility planning teams., Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared., (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
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- 2024
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26. Why should the Next Generation of Youth Guidelines Prioritize Vigorous Physical Activity?
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Chaabene, Helmi, Markov, Adrian, and Schega, Lutz
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HEALTH status indicators ,ADOLESCENT health ,EXERCISE intensity ,CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors ,HEALTH planning ,PHYSICAL fitness ,HEALTH behavior ,PHYSICAL activity - Abstract
The health benefits of regular physical activity (PA) in youth are well-documented. Yet the adherence rate to PA guidelines among youth worldwide is alarmingly deficient with only 19% of youth worldwide adhering to the World Health Organization guidelines. This is reflective of a global proliferation of a physical inactivity pandemic among youth. The negative consequences of physical inactivity on health are profound, as they threaten to persist into adulthood, exacerbating the burden of preventable health issues. There is persuasive evidence that vigorous PA generates physical fitness and health benefits surpassing those of low- or moderate-intensity activity in youth. In addition, indications show that the adherence rate to vigorous PA among youth exceeds that relative to for low- or moderate-intensity activity. As a result, promoting vigorous PA can help mitigate the global issue of low adherence to PA in youth. Therefore, in this Current Opinion paper, we argue that vigorous PA, compared to low or moderate-intensity activity, holds greater significance for youth's health and physical fitness. Additionally, the potential implications derived from the existing evidence regarding vigorous PA on the current guidelines for youth are discussed. Key Points: The health benefits of regular physical activity in youth are well-established. Yet the adherence rate to physical activity guidelines among youth worldwide is alarmingly deficient with around 80% of youth worldwide not adhering to the World Health Organization guidelines. Persuasive evidence derived from observational, controlled interventions, as well as narrative and systematic reviews with meta-analysis, indicate that vigorous physical activity generates positive effects exceeding those induced by low- or moderate-intensity activity on youth health and physical fitness. The next generation of physical activity recommendations should place a greater emphasis on the significance of vigorous physical activity for youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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27. Exploring the Comparative Effectiveness of Video and Paper Decision Support Tools for Advance Care Planning: A Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (S706).
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Aslakson, Rebecca, Schuster, Anne, Bridges, John, and Lynch, Thomas
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MEDICAL decision making , *HEALTH planning , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *MULTIPLE criteria decision making , *PATIENT-centered care , *MEDICAL equipment - Published
- 2015
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28. A Critique of the Draft National Health Research Policy 2011
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BHOJANI, UPENDRA, PRASHANTH, N S, and DEVADASAN, NARAYANAN
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- 2011
29. Sustaining essential health services in Lao PDR in the context of donor transition and COVID-19.
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Kim E, Park YL, Lo YR, Keoprasith B, and Panyakeo S
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- Adolescent, Child, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Budgets, Health Services, Laos, COVID-19 epidemiology, Southeast Asian People, Health Planning economics
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Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) aims at graduating from least developed country status by 2026 and must increase the level of domestic financing for health. This paper examines how the government has prepared for the decline of external assistance and how donors have applied their transition approaches. Adapting a World Health Organization (WHO) framework, reflections and lessons were generated based on literature review, informal and formal consultations and focus group discussions with the Lao PDR government and development partners including budget impact discussion. The government has taken three approaches to transition from external to domestic funding: mobilizing domestic resources, increasing efficiency across programs and prioritization with a focus on strengthening primary health care (PHC). The government has increased gradually domestic government health expenditures as a share of the government expenditure from 2.6% in 2013 to 4.9% in 2019. The Ministry of Health has made efforts to design and roll out integrated service delivery of maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services, immunization and nutrition; integrated 13 information systems of key health programs into one single District Health Information Software 2; and prioritized PHC, which has led to shifting donors towards supporting PHC. Donors have revisited their aid policies designed to improve sustainability and ownership of the government. However, the government faces challenges in improving cross-programmatic efficiency at the operational level and in further increasing the health budget due to the economic crisis aggravated during Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Working to implement donor transition strategies under the current economic situation and country challenges, calls into question the criteria used to evaluate transition. This criterion needs to include more appropriate indicators other than gross national income per capita, which does not reflect a country's readiness and capacity of the health system. There should be a more country-tailored strategy and support for considering the context and system-wide readiness during donor transition., (© World Health Organization, 2024. All rights reserved. The World Health Organization has granted the Publisher permission for the reproduction of this article.)
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- 2024
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30. The Lifespan Disparity Dataset: An open repository on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021).
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Jorda, Vanesa, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, and Tejería-Martínez, Mercedes
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HEALTH planning ,HEALTH status indicators ,LIFE expectancy ,HEALTH equity ,LIFE tables - Abstract
Monitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving healthcare services. Life expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable indicator to compare the health status of different populations. However, this measure is simply the mean of the distribution of the length of life and, as such, neglects individual disparities in health outcomes. In this paper, we use life tables from the UN World Population Prospects to develop the most comprehensive dataset of lifespan inequality and polarization for 258 countries and areas for the period 1950–2021. These extensive series on lifespan distributions provide access to crucial information for researchers, practitioners, and the general public, thus contributing to a better understanding of health differences within and between nations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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31. Assessing the Gap Between Women's Expectations and Perceptions of the Quality of Intrapartum Care in Jordan: A Two‐Stage Study Using the SERVQUAL Model.
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Hijazi, Heba, Al‐Yateem, Nabeel, Al abdi, Rabah, Baniissa, Wegdan, Alameddine, Mohamad, Al‐Sharman, Alham, AlMarzooqi, Alounoud, Subu, Muhammad Arsyad, Ahmed, Fatma Refaat, Hossain, Ahmed, Sindiani, Amer, and Hayajneh, Yaseen
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EMPATHY ,MEDICAL quality control ,EVIDENCE gaps ,RESEARCH funding ,MEDICAL care ,RESEARCH evaluation ,STATISTICAL sampling ,ATTITUDES of mothers ,CHILDBIRTH education ,TERTIARY care ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CONTINUUM of care ,CHI-squared test ,MANN Whitney U Test ,INTRAPARTUM care ,HEALTH planning ,SURVEYS ,PRENATAL care ,EXPERIENCE ,MATHEMATICAL models ,RESEARCH ,PAIN management ,RESEARCH methodology ,WOMEN'S health ,THEORY ,QUALITY assurance ,DATA analysis software ,FACTOR analysis ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors - Abstract
Introduction: Although Jordan has made significant progress toward expanding the utilization of facility‐based intrapartum care, prior research highlights that poor service quality is still persistent. This study aimed to identify quality gaps between women's expectations and perceptions of the actual intrapartum care received, while exploring the contributing factors. Methods: Utilizing a pre–post design, quality gaps in intrapartum care were assessed among 959 women pre‐ and postchildbirth at a prominent tertiary hospital in northern Jordan. Data were gathered using the SERVQUAL scale, measuring service quality across reliability, responsiveness, tangibles, assurance, and empathy dimensions. Results: The overall mean gap score between women's expectations and perceptions of the quality of intrapartum care was −0.60 (±0.56). The lowest and highest mean gap scores were found to be related to tangibles and assurance dimensions, −0.24 (±0.39) and −0.88 (±0.35), respectively. Significant negative quality gaps were identified in the dimensions of assurance, empathy, and responsiveness, as well as overall service quality (p < 0.001). The MLR analyses highlighted education (β = 0.61), mode of birth (β = −0.60), admission timing (β = −0.41), continuity of midwifery care (β = −0.43), physician's gender (β = −0.62), active labour duration (β = 0.37), and pain management (β = −0.33) to be the key determinants of the overall quality gap in intrapartum care. Conclusion: Our findings underscore the importance of fostering a labour environment that prioritizes enhancing caregivers' empathetic, reassuring, and responsive skills to minimize service quality gaps and enhance the overall childbirth experience for women in Jordan. Patient or Public Contribution: This paper is a collaborative effort involving women with lived experiences of childbirth, midwives, and obstetrics and gynaecologist physicians. The original idea, conceptualization, data generation, and coproduction, including manuscript editing, were shaped by the valuable contributions of stakeholders with unique perspectives on intrapartum care in Jordan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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32. Mental Health and The City: A Tribute to Mariupol, the City that will be Reborn.
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Klymchuk, Vitalii, Vysotska, Krystyna, and Gorbunova, Viktoria
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COMMUNITY health services , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *LEADERSHIP , *MENTAL illness , *WAR , *REFLECTION (Philosophy) , *HEALTH planning , *CLINICAL competence , *HEALTH promotion , *URBAN health , *PATIENT participation , *LABOR supply , *HEALTH care rationing , *SOCIAL stigma , *ACHIEVEMENT , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors - Abstract
This paper aims to pay tribute to Mariupol and its inhabitants, the Ukrainian city which was entirely destroyed by the Russian army. Before the full-scale invasion, significant developments were happening in the field of mental health. The experience gained in that city, examples of good practices and active collaboration between the city administration, local professionals and the international development project "Mental Health for Ukraine", formed the foundation of interventions that were transferred to other regions in Ukraine. This paper describes the key steps, actions undertaken in 2019 to 2021 and achievements of the programme. Personal reflections also describe the context and experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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33. Sustainability, Space and Social Justice: The 2008 UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference
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Ellis, Geraint
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- 2008
34. Using simulation to plan Health Service resources: discussion paper
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R Davies and T Davies
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021103 operations research ,Operations research ,Markov chain ,Computer science ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,General Medicine ,Plan (drawing) ,Models, Theoretical ,Markov Chains ,State Medicine ,United Kingdom ,Health services ,Engineering management ,Health Planning ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Health Resources ,Humans ,Kidney Failure, Chronic ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Health planning ,Forecasting ,Research Article - Published
- 1986
35. Interpretable and Predictive Deep Neural Network Modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Sequence to Predict COVID-19 Disease Severity.
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Sokhansanj, Bahrad A., Zhao, Zhengqiao, and Rosen, Gail L.
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COVID-19 ,AMINO acid sequence ,SARS-CoV-2 ,VIRAL variation ,HEALTH planning ,PLANT viruses - Abstract
Simple Summary: As COVID-19 shifts from pandemic to endemic, emerging variants may be more or less virulent. Predicting whether an emerging COVID-19 variant has of high risk of causing severe disease is needed to plan for potential burdens on hospital capacity and protecting vulnerable populations. However, it takes time to do laboratory and animal experiments to determine whether a new genetic variant might be more severe, and the results may not be representative of when the virus infects humans. By the time there is epidemiological data on the severity of disease associated with a new variant, it can be too late for designing an optimal public health response. There is a critical need for computer models that can predict severe disease risk from genetic sequence data, which can be obtained from just the first few infections in a potential incoming wave. Two key challenges make computer modeling difficult: (1) sequence changes are complex, and (2) using historical data to predict future disease requires accounting for the confounding effects of changing patient demographics, improving therapeutics, and increased vaccination. In this paper, we introduce a novel interpretable deep learning architecture to solve this problem, demonstrating that it can make robust predictions for emerging variants. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has gained and lost multiple mutations in novel or unexpected combinations. Predicting how complex mutations affect COVID-19 disease severity is critical in planning public health responses as the virus continues to evolve. This paper presents a novel computational framework to complement conventional lineage classification and applies it to predict the severe disease potential of viral genetic variation. The transformer-based neural network model architecture has additional layers that provide sample embeddings and sequence-wide attention for interpretation and visualization. First, training a model to predict SARS-CoV-2 taxonomy validates the architecture's interpretability. Second, an interpretable predictive model of disease severity is trained on spike protein sequence and patient metadata from GISAID. Confounding effects of changing patient demographics, increasing vaccination rates, and improving treatment over time are addressed by including demographics and case date as independent input to the neural network model. The resulting model can be interpreted to identify potentially significant virus mutations and proves to be a robust predctive tool. Although trained on sequence data obtained entirely before the availability of empirical data for Omicron, the model can predict the Omicron's reduced risk of severe disease, in accord with epidemiological and experimental data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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36. Scotland's White Paper
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Health Planning ,Scotland ,State Medicine ,Research Article - Published
- 1971
37. Discussion of the paper by Greer Williams: 'needed: a health consumers' organization'
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Williamson, K
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Health Planning ,Insurance, Health ,Community Participation ,Group Practice ,Public Health ,United States ,Research Article - Published
- 1971
38. Discussion of Thomas McKeown's paper: 'the complexity of the medical task'
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Thomas, L
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Health Planning ,Insurance, Health ,Humans ,United States ,Research Article - Published
- 1968
39. Projecting cancer prevalence by phase of care: a methodological approach for health service planning.
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Francisci, Silvia, Tursini, Francesco, Luigino Dal Maso, Gigli, Anna, and Guzzinati, Stefano
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HEALTH planning ,CANCER patients ,LUNG cancer ,DISABILITIES ,MEDICAL care - Abstract
Background: In most developed countries, the number of cancer survivors is expected to increase in the coming decades because of rising incidence and survival rates and an aging population. These patients are heterogeneous in terms of health service demands: from recently diagnosed patients requiring first-course therapy to patients with extensive care needs and severe disabilities to long-term survivors who only need minimal care. Therefore, in terms of providing healthcare planners and policymakers with useful indicators for addressing policies according to health service demands, it is worth supplying updated measures of prevalence for groups of patients based on the level of care they require. The aim of this paper is to illustrate a new method for estimating short-term projections of cancer prevalence by phase of care that applies to areas covered by cancer registration. Methods: The proposed method combines linear regression models to project limited duration prevalence derived from cancer registry data and a session of the freely available software COMPREV to estimate the projected complete prevalence into three distinct clinically relevant phases of care: initial, continuing, and final. The method is illustrated and validated using data from the Veneto region in Italy for breast, colorectal, and lung cancers. Results: Prevalence is expected to increase in 2015-2026 for all considered cancer sites and sexes, with average annual variations spanning from 2.6% for women with lung cancer to 0.5% for men with colorectal cancer. The only exception is lung cancer prevalence in men, which shows an average annual decrease of 1.9%. The majority of patients are in the continuing phase of care, followed by the initial and final phases, except for lung cancer, where the final phase of care prevails over the initial one. Discussion: The paper proposes a method for estimating (short-term) future cancer healthcare needs that is based on user-friendly and freely available software and linear regression models. Validation results confirm the applicability of our method to the most frequent cancer types, provided that cancer registry data with at least 15 years of registration are available. Evidence from this method is addressed to policymakers for planning future cancer care, thus improving the cancer survivorship experience for patients and caregivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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40. Should relational effects be considered in health care priority setting?
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Gustavsson, Erik, Juth, Niklas, Lärfars, Gerd, Raaschou, Pauline, and Sandman, Lars
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ETHICS ,ALZHEIMER'S disease ,MEDICAL care ,RESEARCH funding ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,BIOETHICS ,HEALTH planning ,MEDICAL needs assessment - Abstract
It is uncontroversial to claim that the extent to which health care interventions benefit patients is a relevant consideration for health care priority setting. However, when effects accrue to the individual patient, effects of a more indirect kind may accrue to other individuals as well, such as the patient's children, friends, or partner. If, and if so how, such relational effects should be considered relevant in priority setting is contentious. In this paper, we illustrate this question by using disease‐modifying drugs for Alzheimer's disease as a case in point. The ethical analysis begins by sketching the so‐called prima facie case for ascribing moral weight to relational effects and then moves on to consider a number of objections to it. We argue that, whereas one set of objections may be dismissed, there is another set of arguments that poses more serious challenges for including relational effects in priority setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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41. The interface between population and development models, plans and policies.
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Cohen SI
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- Behavior, Financial Management, Organization and Administration, Social Sciences, Decision Making, Developing Countries, Economics, Health Care Rationing, Health Planning, Income, Public Policy, Social Planning, Social Welfare, Socioeconomic Factors
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- 1989
42. Provider-level rates of HEDIS-consistent HPV vaccination in a regional health plan
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J. Frank Wharam, Mb, BCh, Bao, Mph, Mph Catherine A. Panozzo PhD, Melissa B. Gilkey, and Melanie L. Kornides ScD
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Male ,Health plan ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health Personnel ,030231 tropical medicine ,Immunology ,Human papillomavirus vaccine ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health care ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Papillomavirus Vaccines ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Immunization Schedule ,Pharmacology ,business.industry ,Vaccination ,Hpv vaccination ,Administrative claims ,Health Planning ,Family medicine ,Vaccination coverage ,Female ,business ,Healthcare providers ,Research Paper ,Adolescent health - Abstract
Background. Health insurers are well-positioned to address low HPV vaccination coverage in the US through initiatives such as provider assessment and feedback. However, little is known about the feasibility of using administrative claims data to assess provider performance on vaccine delivery. Methods. We used administrative claims data from a regional health plan to estimate provider performance on the 2013–2015 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measure for HPV vaccine. This measure required that a girl receive three doses of HPV vaccine by age 13. Providers who administered ≥1 dose in a HEDIS-consistent series received credit for meeting the goal. Results. From January 2008-April 2015, 1,975 (8.5%) of 11–12 year-old girls in our sample received a HEDIS-consistent HPV vaccine series. Our sample of providers consisted of 1,236 who had ≥10 well-visits with different female patients, and 94% of these were pediatricians. A substantial minority of providers (39.4%) did not administer any HEDIS-consistent HPV vaccine doses. Only 5.5% of providers administered HPV vaccine doses that were part of a HEDIS-consistent series to at least one-quarter of their patients. These estimates did not vary by provider sex or age. Doses in a HEDIS-consistent vaccine series were often attributed to multiple providers. Conclusions. In a regional health plan, only 5.5% of providers in our sample administered doses that were part of a complete, three-dose HPV vaccine series to at least one-quarter of their 11–12 year-old female patients.
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- 2019
43. Bribery or benevolence?
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Hisel LM and Miller P
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- Demography, Developed Countries, Europe, Fertility, Organization and Administration, Politics, Population, Population Dynamics, Pregnancy, Public Opinion, Reproduction, Scotland, Sexual Behavior, United Kingdom, Abortion, Induced, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Health Planning, Pregnancy Outcome, Pregnancy in Adolescence
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- 2000
44. Missing men's messages: does the reproductive health approach respond to men's sexual health needs?
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Collumbien M and Hawkes S
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- Asia, Bangladesh, Developing Countries, Disease, Family Planning Services, Health, India, Infections, Delivery of Health Care, Health Planning, Men, Reproductive Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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- 2000
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45. Pre COVID-19 emergency department nurses’ perspectives of the preparedness to safely manage influenza pandemics: A descriptive exploratory qualitative study
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Jessica C.M. Lockett, Caz Hales, and Katherine Nelson
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Nurses ,Nursing Staff, Hospital ,Occupational safety and health ,03 medical and health sciences ,Nursing care ,Patient safety ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nursing ,Pandemic ,Influenza, Human ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Pandemics ,Qualitative Research ,Occupational health ,COVID-19 ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,Emergency department ,Fear ,Triage ,Influenza ,Health Planning ,Emergency nursing ,Preparedness ,Strategic planning ,Patient Safety ,Psychology ,Emergency Service, Hospital ,New Zealand ,Research Paper ,Human - Abstract
Background Pandemics pose significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide and emergency departments are a crucial component in any pandemic response. This study was designed to explore what New Zealand emergency nurses perceive as the major challenges to nursing care and staff safety during a pandemic, and to identify strategies nurses feel are important in mitigating these challenges. Methods A descriptive exploratory qualitative design using semi-structured interviews was conducted in March 2019. Participants were 16 triage nurses from two New Zealand emergency departments. Qualitative content and thematic data analysis techniques were used. Results Emergency nurses highlighted existing safety issues in their practice, and their concerns about how a pandemic might exacerbate these issues. These themes were identified as: safety of self and family, safety of patients, and safety of organisational systems. Nurses also shared their perspectives on how to mitigate these safety issues. Conclusions This study provides a detailed understanding of the concerns emergency nurses hold about working during pandemics. Similar fears for staff and patient safety have been voiced globally during the current COVID-19 pandemic, and it is crucial that emergency departments worldwide develop pandemic plans that address the safety concerns to which fear was attributed.
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- 2021
46. Female sex workers population size estimation in Rwanda using a three-source capture−recapture method
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E. Tuyishime, E. Remera, V. Mutarabayire, S. Nsanzimana, R. H. Doshi, D. Prybylski, C. Kayitesi, Samuel S. Malamba, P. Mugwaneza, S. Gutreuter, M.-H. Dong, A. Mulindabigwi, D. Sebuhoro, G. Musengimana, and Eugenie Kayirangwa
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sub-Saharan Africa ,Epidemiology ,030231 tropical medicine ,Sample (statistics) ,HIV Infections ,Mark and recapture ,03 medical and health sciences ,Capture−recapture ,0302 clinical medicine ,Recall bias ,population size estimation ,Statistics ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Epidemic control ,female sex workers ,Estimation ,Population Density ,Original Paper ,Models, Statistical ,Sex Workers ,Population size ,Rwanda ,Female sex ,Bayes Theorem ,Multiple source ,Health Planning ,Infectious Diseases ,Geography ,HIV/AIDS ,Female - Abstract
Establishing accurate population size estimates (PSE) is important for prioritising and planning provision of services. Multiple source capture−recapture sampling method increases PSE accuracy and reliability. In August 2018, the three-source capture−recapture (3S-CRC) method was employed with a stringent assumption of sample independence to estimate the number of female sex workers (FSW) in Rwanda. Using Rwanda 2017 FSW hotspots mapping data, street and venue-based FSW were sampled at the sector level of each province and tagged with two unique gifts. Each capture was completed within one week to minimise FSW migration between provinces and recall bias. The three captures had 1042, 1204 and 1488 FSW. There were 111 FSW recaptured between captures 1 and 2; 237 between captures 2 and 3; 203 between captures 1 and 3 and 46 captured in all three. The PSE for street and venue-based FSW in Rwanda lies within 95% credible set: 8328–22 806 with corresponding median of 13 716 FSW. The 3S-CRC technique was low-cost and relatively easy to use for PSE in hard-to-reach populations. This estimate provides the basis for determining the denominators to assess HIV programme performance towards FSW and epidemic control and warrants further PSE for home- and cyber-based FSW in Rwanda.
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- 2021
47. Asia's population and family planning programmes: leaders in strategic communication.
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Piotrow PT and Rimon JG 2nd
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- Asia, Demography, Developing Countries, Health, Population, Population Dynamics, Public Policy, Communication, Family Planning Services, Health Planning, Population Control, Population Growth, Reproductive Medicine, Research
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- 1999
48. Family planning and adoption promotion: new proposals, long-standing issues.
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Dailard C
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- Americas, Behavior, Child Rearing, Delivery of Health Care, Demography, Developed Countries, Economics, Health, Health Facilities, North America, Organization and Administration, Population, Population Dynamics, United States, Adoption, Ambulatory Care Facilities, Family Planning Services, Fertility, Financial Management, Government Programs, Health Planning, Research
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- 1999
49. Fertility patterns of adolescent and older women in Pacific Island countries: programme implications.
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House WJ and Ibrahim N
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- Age Factors, Birth Rate, Demography, Developing Countries, Family Planning Services, Fertility, Health, Micronesia, Pacific Islands, Palau, Population, Population Characteristics, Population Dynamics, Adolescent, Health Planning, Maternal Age, Reproductive Medicine, Research, Women
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- 1999
50. Social security and demographic shocks.
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Demange G and Laroque G
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- Financial Management, Financing, Government, Organization and Administration, Population, Population Density, Social Planning, Demography, Economics, Family Characteristics, Health Planning, Health Resources, Models, Theoretical, Population Dynamics, Social Security
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- 1999
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