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Motivating provision of high quality care: it is not all about the money.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
Mylène Lagarde, Luis Huicho, and Irene Papanicolas discuss different strategies policy makers can use to motivate health providers in order to improve quality of care. The inclusion of universal health coverage as a target ...
High-quality health systems: time for a revolution in research and research funding
(Elsevier, 2019)
The launch of two landmark publications on the quality of care in the world's poorest populations, including The Lancet Global Health Commission on high-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era ...
New guidelines on mental health in Peru
(Elsevier, 2019)
In October, 2018, the Ministry of Health of Peru approved the sectoral policy guidelines on mental health, which update those published 14 years ago. The five guidelines highlight the transitional framework of public mental ...
Changing care and prevention needs for global public health: In pursuit of a comprehensive perspective
(Taylor and Francis, 2012)
An assessment of changing care and prevention needs in the framework of global public health should not be just a technical exercise of 'standard' demographic and epidemiological analysis; rather, it should also involve a ...
Identification of nurses` competencies in primary health care through a Delphi study in southern Brazil
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2008)
Objective: This investigation aimed to identify and analyze the general and specific competencies of nurses in the primary health care practice of Brazil. Design: The Delphi Technique was used as the method of study. Sample: ...
A primary care system to improve health care efficiency: Lessons from Ecuador
(AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE, 2017-05-01)
Ecuador is a country with few resources to spend on health care. Historically, Ecuador has struggled to find a model for health care that is efficient, effective, and available to all people in the country, even those in ...
Lessons learnt during the implementation of WISN for comprehensive primary health care in India, South Africa and Peru
(MDPI, 2021)
Introduction: The World Health Organization introduced the workload indicators of staffing needs (WISN) in 1998 to improve country-level health workforce planning. This study presents the primary care health workforce ...
Social disparity and oral health
(2012-12-01)
There is a clear reported association between social disparity and oral health, for example, between dental caries and malnutrition in children. This fact is detected in several studies, and also found amongst the Brazilian ...
Social disparity and oral health
(2012-12-01)
There is a clear reported association between social disparity and oral health, for example, between dental caries and malnutrition in children. This fact is detected in several studies, and also found amongst the Brazilian ...
Comparing the performance of the public, social security and private health subsystems in Argentina by core dimensions of primary health care
(Oxford University Press, 2016-06)
Background: Most Latin American health systems are comprised of public (PubS), social security (SSS) and private (PrS) subsystems. These subsystems coexist, causing health care fragmentation and population segmentation. ...