scholarly journals Supply and Demand-Related Decisive Factors in the Utilization of Non-Medical Community Healthcare Services among Elderly Chinese

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Zhao Yu ◽  
Lijian Wang ◽  
Tolulope Ariyo
Keyword(s):  
Supply And Demand ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Community Healthcare ◽  
Elderly Chinese ◽  
Service Need ◽  
Community Healthcare Services

There is little research on the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among the elderly, compared with that of medical community healthcare services. From the perspective of both supply and demand, based on the survey data from Shaanxi province, this study examined supply-related factors (including service supply, service quality, service charge and service accessibility) and demand-related factors (including service need, individual financial status, family care support and knowledge of service) affecting the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among the elderly in China by using Poisson regression. The findings show that service supply, service quality, service need and knowledge of service are positively associated with the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among elderly Chinese, but the other factors identified in previous studies are not significant predictors for the utilization of the services among the elderly in the context of China. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine both supply-related factors and demand-related factors affecting the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among elderly Chinese.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN PERILAKU MASYARAKAT DALAM PEMBERANTASAN SARANG NYAMUK DAN FAKTOR LINGKUNGAN DENGAN KEJADIAN DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE DI WILAYAH PUSKESMAS I DENPASAR SELATAN DAN PUSKESMAS I DENPASAR TIMUR

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Dwi Jata ◽  
Nyoman Adi Putra ◽  
I.B.G. Pujaastawa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
Community Behavior ◽  
Service Need

Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is one of diseases that causes health problems in Indonesia and oftenly creates extraordinary events with great death. The purpose of this research is to discover relationship community behavior in mosquito nesting eradication and environmental factors with DHF incidence in 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Selatan and 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Timur. The research design used is observational, cross-sectional. Total sample of 82 households. Sampling was done in proportion sampling method. Results of the analysis of environmental variables associated with DHF incidence in 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Selatan: occupant density (p = 0.02), mobility (p = 0.01), the habit of hanging clothes (p = 0.04). 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Timur: mobility (p = 0.00), clogged water ditches (p = 0.00), containers water existance (p = 0.03), the habit of hanging clothes (p = 0.00). Knowledge, attitude and actions in 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Selatan and 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Timur statistically correlated with DHF incidence. As conclusion of the research results, in 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Selatan and 1st Public Health Center Denpasar Timur, that is mobility, the habit of hanging clothes, knowledge, attitude and actions strongly related with DHF incidence, while that is clogged water ditches, containers water existance and occupant density has no relation with DHF incidence. Public Health Center need to intensify health promotion, improves the quality of MNE (PSN), and the Provincial Health Service need to support Public Health Center on setting policies which necessary.

Perceived Service Need After Hurricane Sandy in a Representative Sample of Survivors: The Roles of Community-Level Damage and Individual-Level Stressors

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sampson ◽  
Sarah R. Lowe ◽  
Oliver Gruebner ◽  
Gregory H. Cohen ◽  
Sandro Galea
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Building Damage ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Service Need

AbstractObjectiveWe aimed to explore how individually experienced disaster-related stressors and collectively experienced community-level damage influenced perceived need for mental health services in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study we analyzed 418 adults who lived in the most affected areas of New York City at the time of the storm. Participants indicated whether they perceived a need for mental health services since the storm and reported on their exposure to disaster-related stressors (eg, displacement, property damage). We located participants in communities (n=293 census tracts) and gathered community-level demographic data through the US Census and data on the number of damaged buildings in each community from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Modeling Task Force.ResultsA total of 7.9% of participants reported mental health service need since the hurricane. Through multilevel binomial logistic regression analysis, we found a cross-level interaction (P=0.04) between individual-level exposure to disaster-related stressors and community-level building damage. Individual-level stressors were significantly predictive of individual service needs in communities with building damage (adjusted odds ratio: 2.56; 95% confidence interval: 1.58-4.16) and not in communities without damage.ConclusionIndividuals who experienced individual stressors and who lived in more damaged communities were more likely to report need for services than were other persons after Hurricane Sandy. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:428–435)

Quality assurance in echocardiography

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.F. Fox ◽  
B.A. Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Clinical Decisions ◽  
Measurement Variability ◽  
Systematic Process ◽  
Laboratory Life ◽  
Service Need

Quality assurance (QA) in echocardiography is the systematic process of ensuring that information sent out by echo laboratories is timely, appropriate, and accurate. All aspects of a service need to be continuously monitored and optimized if quality is to be maintained and furthermore improved.Particular focus is needed on reporting and measurement with continuous checking for reporting errors and assessment of measurement variability.A systematic QA programme needs to be an essential part of any echo laboratory. Life-determining clinical decisions may depend on it. In this chapter we describe the background to QA, current evidence and guidelines, and a systematic approach to QA.

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