Paediatric care and immunisation among Jordanian children

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer ◽  
Eva Deykin ◽  
Joseph Potter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Immunisation Coverage ◽  
Paediatric Care ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Behavioural Aspects

SummaryThis paper investigates the behavioural aspects of health care use for Jordanian children from birth to 3 years using data from a national survey. Statistical analysis indicate differences in the determinants of the use of paediatric care and immunisation: whereas immunisation coverage was already good in 1983 (and has improved subsequently), paediatric care is used for fewer than half of the children under 1 year of age. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population, especially female education, and maternal health care use, are important determinants of these patterns of child health care. The absence of differences in paediatric care and immunisation by sex of the child are discussed.

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care? Evidence from Online Job Postings

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 400-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avi Goldfarb ◽  
Bledi Taska ◽  
Florenta Teodoridis
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Popular Press ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Job Postings

This paper documents a puzzle. Despite the numerous popular press discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, there has been relatively little adoption. Using data from Burning Glass Technologies on millions of online job postings, we find that AI adoption in health care remains substantially lower than in most other industries and that under 3 percent of the hospitals in our data posted any jobs requiring AI skills from 2015-2018. The low adoption rates mean any statistical analysis is limited. Nevertheless, the adoption we do observe shows that larger hospitals, larger counties, and integrated salary model hospitals are more likely to adopt.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Health Care Use in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9351
Author(s):  
André Hajek ◽  
Freia De Bock ◽  
Lothar H. Wieler ◽  
Philipp Sprengholz ◽  
Benedikt Kretzler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Access To Healthcare ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Perceived Access

This paper examined the determinants of perceived access to health care use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany using data from two waves (8 and 16) of the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO). Descriptive and regression analysis were used. In wave 8, we found that about 60% of the individuals rather disagreed about having had problems accessing medical care. Furthermore, 73% of the individuals rather disagreed to having experienced health deteriorations due to restrictions on the availability of medical care. Moreover, 85% of the individuals were rather optimistic about future access to healthcare services. Overall, slightly better past and future access to healthcare services has been reported in wave 16. Several determinants were identified in regression analysis. In conclusion, data suggest that perceived past and future access to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic is reasonably good.

scholarly journals Patterns of health care utilization among people who overdosed from illegal drugs: a descriptive analysis using the BC Provincial Overdose Cohort

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 328-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Otterstatter ◽  
Alexis Crabtree ◽  
Sabina Dobrer ◽  
Brooke Kinniburgh ◽  
Salman Klar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Illegal Drugs ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Using Data

Introduction British Columbia (BC) declared a public health emergency in April 2016 in response to a rapid rise in overdose deaths. Further understanding of health care utilization is needed to inform prevention strategies for individuals who overdose from illegal drugs. Methods The Provincial Overdose Cohort includes linked administrative data on health care utilization by individuals who experienced an illegal drug overdose event in BC between 1 January 2015 and 30 November 2016. Overdose cases were identified using data from ambulance services, coroners’ investigations, poison control centre calls and hospital, emergency department and physician administrative records. In total, 10 455 overdose cases were identified and compared with 52 275 controls matched on age, sex and area of residence for a descriptive analysis of health care utilization. Results Two-thirds (66%) of overdose cases were male and about half (49%) were 20–39 years old. Over half of the cases (54%) visited the emergency department and about one-quarter (26%) were admitted to hospital in the year before the overdose event, compared with 17% and 9% of controls, respectively. Nevertheless, nearly onefifth (19%) of cases were recorded leaving the emergency department without being seen or against medical advice. High proportions of both cases (75%) and controls (72%) visited community-based physicians. Substance use and mental health–related concerns were the most common diagnoses among people who went on to overdose. Conclusion People who overdosed frequently accessed the health care system in the year before the overdose event. In light of the high rates of health care use, there may be opportunities to identify at-risk individuals before they overdose and connect them with targeted programs and evidence-based interventions. Further work using the BC Provincial Overdose Cohort will focus on identifying risk factors for overdose events and death by overdose.

scholarly journals The Context Specific Factors Affecting Women Empowerment and Empowerment’s Implications for Resource Allocation, Awareness and Fertility: An Econometric Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mokammel Karim Toufique
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Expenditure Patterns ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Income Generating Activities ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Context Specific

Using data from a survey of Bangladeshi households, this paper constructs an index of women empowerment and explores both the determinants of empowerment of married women and the impacts that empowerment has on various aspects of a woman’s life. The findings reveal that female education, her involvement in income generating activities (both formal and informal) and the structure of the household (unit or extended) are important determinants. As regards the impacts of empowerment on the female’s life, the paper finds that empowerment affects her food intake and expenditure patterns in quantitative and qualitative terms – it positively impacts women’s nutritional status and health care and confers positive impacts on taking family planning measures. Also empowered women’s behavior is less discriminating when it comes to serving food among family members.

scholarly journals Urgency in Improving Child Health Care Workers' Awareness and Knowledge of ASD: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Study in Southwest China

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Ma ◽  
Yan Zhou ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Yue Ping ◽  
Yaozhou Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

Objective: To evaluate the levels of awareness and knowledge of ASD among child health care workers in China, we conducted a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study to assess the participants' awareness and knowledge of ASD.Methods: A total of 159 child health care workers from Southwest China participated in the survey and filled out the questionnaire.Descriptive analysis was conducted on the five parts of the questionnaire, including general knowledge, symptomology, screening and diagnosis, and intervention and treatment. Univariate analysis was used to assess impacts of the participants' basic demographic characteristics on the questionnaire scores. Multivariate analysis was used to analyze association of the participants' basic demographic characteristics and the questionnaire scores.Results: Less than 15% of the participants knew that ASD is a developmental, congenital and genetic disorder. Few participants knew that the symptoms include language disorder (38.4%) and social dysfunction (29.6%). A minority of the participants knew the diagnostic criteria (22.6%) and the age for early screening (14.5%). A total of 23.9% of the participants agreed that there are no effective drugs to treat ASD, and 6.3% agreed that ASD is incurable. A number of years in practice of ≥10 (OR = 0.3249, 95% CI: 0.1080–0.9189) was the main factor related to a high questionnaire score.Conclusions: Most participants had relatively low levels of awareness and knowledge of ASD, especially in terms of general knowledge as well as knowledge of intervention and treatment. Working for more than 10 years was a significant predictor of higher levels of awareness and knowledge of ASD. ASD-related training and knowledge dissemination are crucial for the early diagnosis and intervention of ASD. Child health care workers' awareness and knowledge of ASD needs to be improved to help build public awareness about ASD.

scholarly journals The Health Care Consequences of Smoking and Its Regulation

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Moore ◽  
James W. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Cigarette Tax ◽  
Lower Health ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The One ◽  
Smoking And Health ◽  
Care Costs

The literature on the health economics of smoking presents two principal facts: (1) that smoking increases health care costs and (2) that restrictions on smoking lead to reductions in smoking prevalence and intensity. Some researchers have hypothesized that these two facts, in combination, allow the inference that restricting smoking will lower health care costs. For various reasons, however, observed associations between smoking and health care use on the one hand, and regulations and smoking on the other, do not imply a causal effect of the restrictions on health care.This article extends the literature by examining whether cigarette tax increases lead to lower health care costs. Using data from the 1991 and 1993 National Health Interview Surveys, it fi

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