Did the COVID-19 quarantine policies applied in Cochabamba, Bolivia mitigated cases successfully? an interrupted time series analysis by Rodrigo K. Arce Cardozo, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Yercin Mamani Ortiz, Miguel San Sebastian, Frida Jonsson

“…A detailed examination of these policies’ impacts on health systems is crucial, particularly in Bolivia, where information about policy implementation and outcomes is limited. …”
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Dispensing antiretrovirals during Covid-19 lockdown: re-discovering community-based ART delivery models in Uganda by Henry, Zakumumpa, Christopher, Tumwine, Kiconco, Milliam, Spicer, Neil

“…Background: The notion of health-system resilience has received little empirical attention in the current literature on the Covid-19 response. …”
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Empirical evidence for a process-based model of health-related quality of life using network analysis by Nicolette Stogios, Nicolette Stogios, Troy Francis, Troy Francis, Rachel G. Peiris, Aleksandra Stanimirovic, Aleksandra Stanimirovic, Valeria Rac, Valeria Rac, Robert P. Nolan, Robert P. Nolan

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Syrian refugee and diaspora healthcare professionals: Case studies from the eastern mediterranean and European regions by Aula Abbara, Munzer Alkhalil, Kinan Wihba, Omer Abdrabbuh, Diana Rayes, Andrew Ghobrial, Manar Marzouk, Fadi Halabi, Mahmoud Hariri, Abdulkarim Ekzayez

“…For host countries, those which implement policies that support retraining, accreditation and entry into the workforce have the potential for sustained and cost-effective benefit to their health systems; the impact of this on the HCPs and health system needs further exploration. …”
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La médecine libérale en France by Nicolas Da Silva, Maryse Gadreau

“…The regulation of physician private practice in France since the end of the 18th century is analyzed within the framework of the transformations of capitalism and the chain of conflicts and compromises between the actors of the health system. We focus on incentives policies introduced at the beginning of the 80’s (in the line of New Public Management), both on the demand side (with the role of fees, prices and cost sharing) and the supply side (with medical guidelines and pay-for-performance mechanisms).…”
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Time Trends and Predictors of Abnormal Postoperative Body Temperature in Infants Transported to the Intensive Care Unit by Hedwig Schroeck, Angela K. Lyden, Wendy L. Benedict, Satya Krishna Ramachandran

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Epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria related to international travel in the Republic of Korea from 2009 to 2018 by Byoung Hak Jeon, Jung Ah Lee, Shin Young Lee, Sang Eun Lee, Joon Sup Yeom

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Understanding the use of patient-reported data by health care insurers: A scoping review. by Anne Neubert, Óscar Brito Fernandes, Armin Lucevic, Milena Pavlova, László Gulácsi, Petra Baji, Niek Klazinga, Dionne Kringos

“…<h4>Background</h4>Patient-reported data are widely used for many purposes by different actors within a health system. However, little is known about the use of such data by health insurers. …”
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Insights into Radiology Publications by Paul Sathiadoss, Rajesh Bhayana, Zara A. Shaikh, Satheesh Krishna

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A global scoping review of the circumstances of care seeking for abortion later in pregnancy. by Laura E Jacobson, Blair G Darney, Heidi Bart Johnston, Bela Ganatra

“…Prominent themes included health system challenges, late pregnancy recognition, financial challenges, and delayed decision making. …”
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The impact of chronic kidney disease on developed countries from a health economics perspective: A systematic scoping review. by Sarah Elshahat, Paul Cockwell, Alexander P Maxwell, Matthew Griffin, Timothy O'Brien, Ciaran O'Neill

“…Costs were examined from a health system and societal perspective, and HRQoL was assessed from a societal and patient perspective. …”
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South African healthcare reforms towards universal healthcare – where to next? by G Solanki, T Wilkinson, N G Myburgh, J E Cornell, V Brijlal

“…It is critical that the process of strengthening the health system to advance universal healthcare (UHC) begins now, and there are several viable initiatives that can be implemented without delay. …”
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A national framework for transition to precision medicine by Samaneh Karimi Esboei, Sepehr Ghazinoory, Fatemeh Saghafi

“…The resistance of the health system to accepting PM will gradually decrease. …”
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Wake-up call for recovery: a paradigm shift to address the deep crisis in Israel’s public mental health services in the shadow of October 7, 2023 by Amir Krivoy, Gadi Rosenthal

“…Abstract Background The events of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war have starkly exposed the shortcoming of Israel’s public mental health system. This system, already strained by years of underfunding and the COVID-19 pandemic, was unprepared for the surge in mental health needs resulting from these traumatic events. …”
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A framework for chronic care quality: results of a scoping review and Delphi survey by Grace Marie V. Ku, Willem Van De Put, Deogratias Katsuva, Mohamad Ali Ag Ahmed, Megumi Rosenberg, Bruno Meessen

“…The framework specifies seven CCCQ ‘aims’ and identifies health system determinants which can be acted upon with ‘organising principles’ and measured through chronic care quality ‘attributes’ related to structures, processes and outcomes. …”
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A Multi‐Center Prospective Study on the Healing of Neuro‐Ischemic Ulcers in Singapore: A Prospective Cohort Study by Lingyan Meng, Priya Bishnoi, Zhiwen Joseph Lo, Enming Yong, Tze Tec Chong, David Carmody, Rajesh Babu Dharmaraj, Yi Zhen Ng, Keith Harding, Pei Ho

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Biliary Drainage Method and Temporal Trends in Patients Admitted with Cholangitis: A National Audit by Julia McNabb-Baltar, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Alan N Barkun

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Covid-19 fully exposes Zimbabwe’s comatose economy by Tapiwa Chagonda

“…Given the nation’s parlous health system, conventional wisdom would suggest that the country should go into a total lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of the virus. …”
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A Look At Mandatory Overtime Nursing In Iran by Fatemeh Dehghani, Adel Eftekhari

“…Nursing is one of the most sensitive and important jobs in the health system, which in recent years has led to dissatisfaction and strikes among nurses due to the increasing demand for services, shortage of nursing staff, and forced overtime. …”
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Healthcare access, quality of care and efficiency as healthcare performance measures: A Canadian health service view by Yamin Tauseef JAHANGIR, Elena NEITERMAN, Craig R. JANES, Samantha B. MEYER

“…Therefore, such concepts do not provide sufficient information to inform changes to the health system that may improve population level outcomes related to structural factors. …”
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