scholarly journals Psychiatric services in the fifth year of health care reform in Poland

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 6-8
Author(s):  
Wanda Langiewicz ◽  
Elzbieta Slupczynska-Kossobudzka
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Purchasing Power Parity ◽  
Health Care Expenditure ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Power Parity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
State Financing

Changes in the Polish health care system, introduced by a Parliamentary Act in 1999, resulted from an urgent need for a more effective provision of health services, which were held in poor esteem by the public. Public expenditure on health care at the time of the reform was equivalent to 4.19% of gross national product, or US$363 at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita. This amount was considerably lower than in the most developed countries (i.e. members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD). The reformers’ main modification consisted of replacing state financing of health services with insurance-based financing. Statutory health insurance covers 99.4% of Poland's 38.2 million citizens. The insurance fee is to be increased from 7.0% of personal income at the beginning of the reforms to 9.0% (at present it has reached 8.25%). The aim was also to achieve relatively stable health care expenditure, independent of the annual political budget allocation. A special administrator was appointed for the Sickness or National Health Fund and was authorised to contract for health services. These market-oriented developments were paralleled by the implementation of special programmes, financed from the Ministry of Health budget, which were aimed at restructuring health care facilities.

scholarly journals Descriptive Study of Physiotherapy Services Used in the South Kalimantan Region in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maulida Wijaya Putri
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
The South ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Therapy Manual

Health services, including physiotherapy services, are carried out in almost all health care facilities such as clinics, health centers, and hospitals. Physiotherapy services are one form of health services needed by the community. In order to provide physiotherapy services, physiotherapists can provide various types of modalities or physiotherapy services in the form of electro therapy, actino therapy, hydro therapy, manual therapy or exercise therapy. Almost all health care facilities in South Kalimantan have physiotherapy services, but there is no data on the number and types of physiotherapy services used by health care facilities in the South Kalimantan region. This study aims to determine the types of physiotherapy services that are widely used by health care facilities in South Kalimantan. This study uses a descriptive approach. Based on the results of the study, it was found that 35 respondents (67.3%) used electrotherapy very often and 30 respondents (57.7%) used actino therapy very often. These two types of physiotherapy services are the most widely used by health care facilities in the South Kalimantan region in 2020

scholarly journals TUMPAH TINDIH DALAM PROSES PERIZINAN KLINIK PRATAMA DI DINAS PENANAMAN MODAL DAN PELAYANAN TERPADU SATU PINTU KOTA PADANG

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-156
Author(s):  
Delfina Gusman ◽  
Marryo Borry WD
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Individual Health Services ◽  
Basic Medical

Clinics are health care facilities that provide individual health services that provide basic medical and / or specialist services. Primary Clinic is a clinic that provides basic medical services both general and special. To establish primary clinics until they can operate through a series of licensing processes, namely the Hinder Ordonnantie (HO) Permit, Clinical Establishment Permit (IMK) and Clinical Operational Permit (IOK). The results of the process are overlapping or suggesting requirements that make the process ineffective and inefficient

Confidentiality and security of information in the public health-care facilities to curb HIV/AIDS trauma among patients in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoako Solomon Marutha ◽  
Olefhile Mosweu
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Chronic Patients ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Hiv Aids

Purpose This study sought to investigate a framework for ensuring the confidentiality and security of information at the public health-care facilities to curb HIV/AIDS trauma among patients in Africa. In most instances, trauma to HIV/AIDS patients accelerate because of their personal information relating to the state of illness leaks to public people. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study used literature to study confidentiality and security of information at the public health-care facilities to curb HIV/AIDS trauma among patients in Africa. Findings The study revealed that confidentiality and security of information has been neglected, in most instances, at the health-care facilities, and this has, to some extent, affected HIV/AIDS patients negatively, leading to trauma, stigma and skipping of treatment by patients resulting in accelerated mortality among chronic patients. The study recommends that patients’ information be always strictly controlled and kept confidential and secured at all the times, especially that of HIV/AIDS patients. Practical implications The proposed framework can be used by health-care facilities to guide the management and promotion of the confidentiality and security of information in the public health-care facilities to curb additional trauma to HIV/AIDS patients in the context of Africa, and even beyond. Originality/value The study provides a framework to ensure the confidentiality and security of information at the public health-care facilities to curb additional trauma to HIV/AIDS patients.

scholarly journals Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Sikap Ibu Postpartum tentang Persalinan di Fasyankes dengan Pemilihan Pertolongan Persalinan

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 522
Author(s):  
Ratu Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Postpartum Mothers ◽  
Selection Of

Safe childbirth is childbirth that helped by health personnel in health care facilities. Coverage of childbirth in health care facilities in Jambi province did not reach strategic plan target yet (77.00%), achievement (63.03%), Jambi city (93.86%) and the public health center did not reach target province yet (90%) that is the public health center Talang Bakung (79.00%) and Pal Merah II (78.00%). This study aimed to determine the correlation of knowledge and postpartum mothers attitude about childbirth in health care facilities with a selection of helping in childbirth at the public health center Talang Bakung. This is an analytic descriptive research; with total populations were 32 postpartum mothers, it used total sampling technique. Instrument test was conducted at the public health center Pal Merah II toward 10 postpartum mothers; an instrument used demographic data instrument, knowledge instrument, attitude instrument, and selection of helping in childbirth instrument, with fisher exact test and contingency coefficient. The findings indicated that there is no significant correlation between knowledge and attitudes of childbirth in healthcare facilities with a selection of helping in childbirth with each score p is (p=0.444 p=1.000), contingency coefficient (p=0.399, p=1.000). It is concluded that knowledge and attitude of the postpartum mother about childbirth in healthcare facilities did not affect in a selection of childbirth place chosen by the mother. For the next researcher to research about childbirth in healthcare facilities with the different method.

Rama V. Baru. Private Health Care in India: Social Characteristics and Trends. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998. Hardback. Indian Rs 295.00. 184 pages.

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-300
Author(s):  
Samina Nazli
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Private Health Care ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Care Facilities

The provision of health care has been recognised as a fundamental human right. Consequently, developed countries incur heavy expenditures in the provision of health care facilities to their citizens. For example, Canada’s public expenditure on health as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 6.9 percent, Norway’s is 6.6 percent, the USA’s is 6.5 percent, and Japan’s is 5.6 percent. On the other end of the scale are the developing countries such as Niger, which spends 1.6 percent of its GDP on health, Mozambique 1 percent, Haiti 1.3 percent, and Senegal 1.2 percent. In South Asia, Pakistan spends 0.8 percent and India 0.7 percent of their GDP, respectively, on health provision.

The Evolution of a Public Health Policy: Health Care Providers and the Transmission of HIV

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Guttmacher
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Spread Of Infection

The single known instance of transmission of HIV from a health care provider to a patient raised issues concerning the responsibility of clinicians to their patients, and sparked debate over policies to prevent the spread of HIV in health care facilities. The intensity and politicization of the debate were reflected in revision of the Centers for Disease Control guidelines to control the spread of infection at health care facilities, and in legislation proposed in Congress. The guidelines and proposed legislation provoked responses by public health and medical organizations, several of which considered the measures to be unnecessarily restrictive and too costly in terms of potential benefits. This article describes the events and responses that took place during 1991–1992 after the public was made aware of the case involving transmission from provider to patient. The author examines the situation in the context of public health efforts to control the spread of HIV.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Accessibility in Seven Peruvian Primary Health Care Facilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 2301-2306
Author(s):  
Mario J. Valladares-garrido ◽  
Laura M. Ccosco-blas ◽  
Paula Gutiérrez ◽  
Paola J. Ramos-rupay ◽  
Alix X. Rivera-pinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Primary Health Care Facilities

Introduction: There is limited evidence on factors associated with access to health primary health care services in users of marginal urban areas of Lima, Peru. Objective: To determine factors associated with access to primary health care services in Lima, Peru. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study in users treated at seven primary health care facilities in a marginal urban area of Lima, Peru in 2019. A questionnaire was used to measure accessibility to health services; demographic and socioeconomic factors and characteristics of health services were investigated as well. Simple and multiple regression analyses were performed, estimating prevalence ratios. Results: Out of a total of 150 participants, 85.2% had access to health services. Female gender was positively associated with access to health services (aPR:1.17, 95% CI:1.11-1.23). Secondary education (aPR:0.65, 95% CI:0.44-0.98) and higher technical education or armed forces (aPR:0.64, 95%CI:0.46-0.89) were negatively associated with access to health services. On the other hand, we found that waiting time for care reduces the possibility of accessing health care; in case wait time is more than 30 minutes (aPR:0.83, 95% CI: 0.77-0.95), more than one hour (RPa:0.85, CI95%:0.75-0.95) and more than two hours (RPa:0.84, CI95%:0.75-0.93). Conclusions: The majority of users treated at the Primary Health Care facilities had access to health services. Having a higher educational level and reporting a longer waiting time for care were associated with a lower frequency of accessibility, while being a woman was associated with a higher frequency of accessibility. Key words: Health services, primary health care, health services accessibility, delivery of health care, public health.

A performance measurement model for the housekeeping services in healthcare facilities

Facilities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandunika Sasuli Chiranthi Ginthotavidana ◽  
Kapugama Geeganage Anuradha Samarajeewa Waidyasekara
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Management Service ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Facilities

Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a customised model to measure the performance of housekeeping (HK) services in Sri Lankan health-care facilities. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory sequential mixed approach was adopted in the study to collect and analyse data. A case study strategy was adopted in the initial phase to explore the current HK practices, and to determine the applicable key performance indicators (KPIs) found through literature. Semi-structured interviews were used as the data collection method in the selected case studies. A questionnaire survey was conducted in the next phase to verify the validity of case study findings. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics. One sample t-test was used to identify significant KPIs and to formulate the customised performance measurement (PM) model. Findings The study identified and ranked 46 KPIs, which can be used to measure the performance of HK divisions of health-care facilities, in balanced scorecard perspectives. The findings also revealed that the KPIs determined using the model have a significant impact on implementing effective health-care HK services and could be used to measure both real and subjective cleanliness. Practical implications The developed model can be used for numerous PM requirements in health-care setups in both developing and developed countries. The KPIs determined using this model can be presented in quality audits and government inspections as proof of effective HK management. The HK managers of the health-care sector can effectively monitor the performance of their divisions using the proposed PM model and this model can be customised to match the other facilities management service divisions. Originality/value Many studies focus on overall health-care PM. This study expands the knowledge on HK PM in the health-care sector by presenting a collection of performance indicators centred on HK function.

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