Emerging Patterns of Morbidity and Hospitalization— A Comparison of Kerala and Bihar

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Sinimole
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health System ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Lifestyle Related Diseases

Health status of the population is one of the significant indicators of social and economic well-being. Government of India has tried to ensure the highest possible health status of India’s population and access to quality health care through a number of policy documents. Improved overall health status and socioeconomic pressures have resulted in changes in the demographic profile. The type of health-care service requirement has changed due to the rise of lifestyle-related diseases and communicable diseases. It is also crucially relevant that maternal and infant mortality continue to remain unacceptably high in several parts of the country. States like Kerala have performed well and “Kerala Model Health System” is often viewed as a rare combination of higher order human development and not so noticeable pattern of consistent exponential economic growth. However, the well-known “Kerala Model Health System” has been facing a crisis due to the demographic transition in Kerala and it is reflected in its patterns of morbidity and hospitalization. Bihar, on the other hand, has low longevity and performs poor in terms of medical and educational facilities, and it has the lowest rates of reported morbidity. At this context, this article tries to assess the socioeconomic determinants of morbidity and hospitalization in the states of Kerala and Bihar.

Boosting Job Satisfaction Through Emotional Intelligence: A Study on Health Care Professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 097206342110352
Author(s):  
Shalini Srivastava ◽  
Richa Misra ◽  
Deepti Pathak ◽  
Poonam Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
The Relationship

Emotional intelligence (EI) is possibly one of the most studied psychological factors of the twenty-first century. EI is very much relevant in service industry particularly in management, academics, life sciences or psychology. The purpose of the empirical study is to test the relationship between the defined constructs of EI and job satisfaction ( JS) amongst health care professionals of Delhi NCR region of India. It further tried to understand whether gender moderates the EI and JS relationship. Structured survey was used to solicit response from 260 health care professionals comprising doctors and nurses belonging to different hospitals of Delhi NCR region. Standardised instruments were used to assess the data. Linear and moderated regression were used to test hypotheses developed. The findings suggest that EI constructs significantly impact the level of JS among health care professionals. The result of moderated regression suggested that the relationship of EI and JS is significantly moderated by gender. The construct of EI is relevant in providing high quality health care service delivery to the patients.

scholarly journals Benchmarking in health care: A review of the literature

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Care Costs

This paper provides a review of the 10 significant publications related tobenchmarking in health care. The discussion which follows is presented according tofour headings: what the study did, how the study was conducted, what was learntfrom the experience, and what the implications were for health care generally. Thefindings of this review are reassuring in that all studies provided valuable information,in terms of clinical practice and the health care service or the benchmarking process.They highlight the importance of the maintenance of quality health care, thereduction of health care costs and the need for improved efficiency and effectivenessin providing health care.

scholarly journals Adapt or die?

Curationis ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Visser ◽  
A. H. Nel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Quality Health

The worldwide economic recession and the concomitant limited stock of finances have had an influence on the available money of every household and have also inhibited the improvement of socio-economic conditions and medicine. The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) has the objective of improving the living conditions of the people with regard to housing, education, training and health care. The latter seems to be a major problem which has to be addressed with the emphasis on the preventive and promotional aspects of health care. A comprehensive health care system did not come into being properly in the past because of the maldistribution of health care services, personnel and differences in culture and health care beliefs and values. The question that now arises, is how to render a quality health care service within the constraints of inadequate financing and resources. A comprehensive literature study has been done with reference to quality health care and financing followed by a survey of existing health services and finances.

scholarly journals Legal limitations for nurse prescribers in Primary Health Care

Curationis ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Geyer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Related Substances ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Quality Health

The nurse plays an important role in the delivery of primary health care services in South Africa. The primary purpose is to provide the public with access to safe competent basic health care and to achieve this, the nurse should be empowered to practice within legal and ethical boundaries. This paper explores and describes the limitations imposed by legislation on the nurse’s ability to prescribe treatment in the primary health care field. The focus is mainly on the Nursing Act, the Pharmacy Act and the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act which highlights a number of limitations. It is concluded that empowerment of the nurse should not only include addressing the legal boundaries for practice, but also education and training opportunities to equip them with the expert knowledge and skills that they need to render a quality health care service.

scholarly journals Quality indicators of dental health care in Serbia

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Svetlana Jovanović ◽  
Maja Milošević ◽  
Irena Aleksić-Hajduković ◽  
Jelena Mandić
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Health System ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health

Summary Health care has witnessed considerable progresses toward quality improvement over the past two decades. More precisely, there have been global efforts aimed to improve this aspect of health care along with experts and decision-makers reaching the consensus that quality is one of the most significant dimensions and features of health system. Quality health care implies highly efficient resource use in order to meet patient’s needs in terms of prevention and treatment. Quality health care is provided in a safe way while meeting patients’ expectations and avoiding unnecessary losses. The mission of continuous improvement in quality of care is to achieve safe and reliable health care through mutual efforts of all the key supporters of health system to protect patients’ interests. A systematic approach to measuring the process of care through quality indicators (QIs) poses the greatest challenge to continuous quality improvement in health care. Quality indicators are quantitative indicators used for monitoring and evaluating quality of patient care and treatment, continuous professional development (CPD), maintaining waiting lists, patients and staff satisfaction, and patient safety.

scholarly journals Patients’ Perception and Satisfaction on Model Pharmacies in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesmin Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Pharmaceutical Journal ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Patients Satisfaction

The aim of the present study is to find out the patients’ perception and satisfaction about model pharmacies in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Model pharmacies of Dhanmondi, Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Kalabagan, Green road, Panthopath, Mohakhali, Gulshan and old Dhaka were considered as the study area. The factors for better health care service have been discussed from the points of patients’ perception. Pharmaceutical sector of Bangladesh is improving day by day although the inclusion of graduate pharmacists in the health sector is not yet implemented. Lack of modern facilities, improper management of medicines, selling of poor quality medicines as well as no counseling in pharmacies for the patients by “A grade” pharmacists are major causes of poor quality health care service. Recent initiation of model pharmacies in Bangladesh may be a hope for better healthcare management and patients’ satisfaction. The correlation matrix shows the factors that impact patients’ satisfaction and purchasing decision in model pharmacy. The most important and significant factors are counseling by “A grade” pharmacists, patient database system, affordable price and quality of medicines. Recommendations have been made for further improvement of the model pharmacies from the patients’ point of view and satisfaction, which might help to create a model for other developed and developing countries.Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal 21(1): 47-54, 2018

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