A Comprehensive Health Care Program in the Community1

1972 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-113
Author(s):  
THOMAS M. BATCHELOR ◽  
ANTOINETTE MC. NOWELL ◽  
MURIEL G. WAGNER
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Comprehensive Health Care ◽  
Health Care Program ◽  
Comprehensive Health

scholarly journals Effect of a Comprehensive Health Care Program by Korean Medicine Doctors on Medical Care Utilization for Common Infectious Diseases in Child-Care Centers

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjung Park ◽  
Jimin Park ◽  
Soonman Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Child Care Centers ◽  
Comprehensive Health Care ◽  
Medical Care Utilization ◽  
Health Care Program ◽  
Comprehensive Health

As the role of traditional medicine in community health improvement increases, a comprehensive health care program for infectious diseases management in child-care centers by Korean medicine doctors was developed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the program intervention on infection-related medical care utilization among children. The study used a quasi-experimental design with nonequivalent control group, comparing pre- and post-intervention data of the same children. The program implemented interventions in terms of management, education, and medical examination for the teachers, parents, and children in 12-week period. The frequency of utilization, cost, and prescription days of drugs and antibiotics due to infectious diseases prior to the intervention were compared with those during the 3-month intervention, using health insurance claim data. A panel analysis was also conducted to support the findings. A significant reduction (12%) in infection-related visit days of hospitals was observed with the intervention (incident rate ratio = 0.88,P=0.01). And medical cost, drug prescription days, and antibiotics prescription days were decreased, although not statistically significant. A further cost-effectiveness analysis in terms of social perspectives, considering the opportunity costs for guardians to take children to medical institutions, would be needed.

scholarly journals Effect of a Comprehensive Health Care Program on Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, Body Composition, and Depression in Older Adults Living Alone: A Quasi-Experimental Pretest–Posttest Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Eun Jeong Hwang ◽  
In Ok Sim
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Comprehensive Health Care ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control

This study explored the effects of a comprehensive health-care program (CHCP) on blood pressure, blood glucose, body composition, and depression in older adults living alone. We used a quasi-experimental, two-group, pretest–posttest design. The CHCP consisted of open lectures, health counseling, exercise classes, nutrition counseling, and self-help group meetings at a local senior welfare center. Fifty-eight subjects participated in this study, with thirty subjects in the experimental group and twenty-eight subjects in the control group. Data were analyzed by using the descriptive statistics, χ2-test, and t-test. Comparisons of the pretest and posttest systolic blood pressure (t = −2.530, p < 0.016) and blood glucose (t = 3.089, p < 0.004) between the experimental and control groups showed significant differences. In both the experimental (t = 3.949, p < 0.001) and control groups (t = 3.816, p < 0.002), depression symptoms showed a significant decrease posttest, compared with pretest. Our findings infer that older adults require physical and psychosocial health care and that more efforts must be made to improve the general health and well-being of this population group.

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