CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTH DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-363
Author(s):  
Reham Ershaid Sami NUSAIR ◽  
Omar Jamil Ahmad MUQEDI
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Development ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Sustainable Health ◽  
Shed Light

Health has become one of the most important concerns in the field of development in various societies, as it is one of the most important factors contributing to achieving sustainable development, because healthy development represents an important element in the process of social and economic development, where real development cannot be achieved without improving health conditions. This study aims to identify the concept of sustainable health development, and the factors that contribute to achieving it, and its future directions, as well as an add value research related to health service facilities and the challenges that prevent achieving sustainability. The two researchers adopted the descriptive approach and deductive analysis of sustainability indicators, by reviewing many scientific sources related to the subject of the study in order to shed light on the sustainable design of health care services

Opioid Substitution: Critical Issues and Future Directions

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Marsden ◽  
Michael Gossop ◽  
Michael Farrell ◽  
John Strang
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Dose Administration ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Treatment Providers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Dose Levels ◽  
Injectable Form ◽  
Opioid Substitution

Opioid substitution with oral methadone is the most widely implemented treatment for heroin dependence. In Britain, a complex array of specialist and generic health care services have evolved to deliver this treatment modality. Several minority aspects of British substitution practices receive enduring international interest, including the use of heroin itself as a substitute and the prescribing of methadone in an injectable form. This paper focuses on six linked dimensions that characterize substitution services: (1) treatment providers and settings, (2) prescribing regimes and treatment goals, (3) substitute drugs, (4) dose administration, (5) dose levels, and (6) substitute formulations. Against a background of increasing central and local accountability for the quality and efficiency of specialist providers and critical attention toward their effectiveness, the strengths and weaknesses of the British approach are considered and key issues and future directions are discussed.

scholarly journals Cost Accounting for Management of Health Services in a Hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (329) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiza Piersiala
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Cost Accounting ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject

In Polish hospitals there are clear standards for cost accounting which can be used to report information on costs and to correctly price health care services. Medical activities of hospitals are very diverse because of the existence of different types of entities and a variety of services. The article aims to discuss the essence of the subject of cost accounting in medical entities (hospitals), in particular activity‑based costing. The article includes the conclusions of the study of the literature in the field of the subject matter and legal documents concerning the Polish health care system, especially the existing costing standards, using the research method of literature and legal acts analysis. The article, in the theoretical part, presents the essence of cost accounting systems. Additionally, elements of the new legislation are presented, with the emphasis on those that are potentially important in generating cost management information. The article provides an example of the use of resource costing in a gynaecology and obstetrics department of a hospital.

Reflections and future directions for psychological science in Prosthetics and Orthotics International

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 402-407
Author(s):  
Deirdre Desmond ◽  
Pamela Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Rehabilitation Psychology ◽  
Considerable Potential ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Broad Interpretation

In the inaugural edition of Prosthetics and Orthotics International in 1977, Dr Sidney Fishman identified the Psychological Sciences as one of six indispensable areas of skill and knowledge in professional prosthetic–orthotic practice. Since then, there have been substantial changes and developments in the complexity and capabilities of assistive technologies, greater emphasis on understanding the relationships between people and enabling technologies, growing recognition of the importance of the contexts and environments that support their use, and changes in both health care services and the professional development of prosthetists and orthotists. The aim of this narrative review is to reflect on the role of Prosthetics and Orthotics International in shaping the evolving understanding of psychology in prosthetics and orthotics. There remains considerable potential and opportunity for the development and application of psychology in addressing the challenges of disability globally. However, a broad interpretation and application of the principles of rehabilitation psychology are needed if we are to meaningfully incorporate psychological science into the knowledge that informs prosthetic and orthotic practice.

scholarly journals The experiences of merging health insurance funds in South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, and Indonesia: a cross-country comparative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Bazyar ◽  
Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi ◽  
Arash Rashidian ◽  
Anahita Behzadi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Benefit Package ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Insurance Funds ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Health Insurance Funds

Abstract Background Fragmentation in health insurance system may lead to inequity in financial access to and utilization of health care services. One possible option to overcome this challenge is merging the existing health insurance funds together. This article aims to review and compare the experience of South Korea, Turkey, Thailand and Indonesia regarding merging their health insurance funds. Methods This was a cross-country comparative study. The countries of the study were selected purposefully based on the availability of data to review their experience regarding merging health insurance funds. To find the most relevant documents about the subject, different sources of information including books, scientific papers, dissertations, reports, and policy documents were studied. Research databases including PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Science Direct and ProQuest were used to find relevant articles. Documents released by international organizations such as WHO and World Bank were analyzed as well. The content of documents was analyzed using a data-driven conventional content analysis approach and all details regarding the subject were extracted. The extracted information was reviewed by all authors several times and nine themes emerged. Results The findings show that improving equity in health financing and access to health care services among different groups of population was one of the main triggers to merge health insurance funds. Resistance by groups enjoying better benefit package and concerns of workers and employers about increasing the contribution rates were among challenges ahead of merging health insurance funds. Improving equity in the health care financing; reducing inequity in access to and utilization of health care services; boosting risk pooling; reducing administrative costs; higher chance to control total health care expenditures; and enhancing strategic purchasing were the main advantages of merging health insurance funds. The experience of these countries also emphasizes that political commitment and experiencing a reliable economic growth to enhance benefit package and support the single national insurance scheme financially after merging are required to facilitate implementation of merging health insurance funds. Conclusions Other contributing health reforms should be implemented simultaneously or sequentially in both supply side and demand side of the health system if merging is going to pave the way reaching universal health coverage.

scholarly journals RESPONSE OF WOMEN ON HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN HIMALAYAN HILLS: A STUDY FROM ALMORA DISTRICT OF UTTARAKHAND, INDIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Deepak Paliwal ◽  
Harish Joshi ◽  
Saroj Paliwal
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Women Health ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Status Of Women

The mountain people, especially the rural women have been the subject of colossal neglect for centuries. In a family, they have different status and role to performed, i.e. mother, daughter, daughter-in-law etc. Their family works are distributed among themselves, according to their position, but the common concern is ‘Drudgery’and Health Status which is widely spread in their life. Frequent pregnancies, coupled with poor diet, result in anemia. Illiteracy among women has added to the problem as most of the rural women are subjected to the various traditional beliefs and health practices. Women share abundant responsibilities to perform a wide spectrum of duties both in the home and outside, but their participation is considered as normal by the society. This paper starts with the concept of status of women , health facilities, and moves on to examine the understanding of health seeking behaviorand social dogmas imposed on women and women perception towards various health issues.

scholarly journals ما جاءَ على غيرِ حالِهِ مِنْ كلامِ العربِ في بابِ الأفعالِ /The unusual verb structure in Arabic Utterance

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
Saeed Almosa ◽  
Yahya Ahmad Al-Ltiniy
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Structure ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Intransitive Verbs ◽  
Shed Light

ملخص البحث:  يهدف البحث إلى الإتيان على المواضع التي خرجت عن كلام العرب في باب الأفعال، وبيان تعليلات النحويين وتأويلاتهم لها، ولإنجازه أُتبع المنهج الوصفي الاستقرائي، وقُسّم البحث إلى ثلاثة مباحث، المبحثُ الأولُ: ما جاءَ على غيرِ حالِهِ من الأفعالِ الناسخةِ وما في معناها، والمبحث الثاني: ما جاء على غير حاله من تعدي اللازم بنفسه، والمبحث الثالث: ما جاء على غير حاله من الأفعال لأغراض معنوية خاصة. من أبرز نتائجه: أنه ظهر من خلال هذه الدراسة أهمية الدراسة الأصولية، والتعليلات والتأويلات النحوية، ومما جاء على غير حاله استخدام كان لغير المضي، ومجيء خبر الفعل الناسخ (عسى) مفرداً، ومشابهة جاءَ ونظائره لــ: (صار الناسخة)، والأفعال التي تأتي لأغراض معنوية مثل فعلي التعجب، ونعم وبئس، وحبذا ولا حبذا. الكلمات المفتاحية: الدراسة الأصولية-ما جاءَ على غيرِ حالِهِ– كلام العرب–الأفعال.    Abstract This research aims to shed light on unusual verb structures in Arabic and the justifications provided by the grammarians. It follows a descriptive approach and comes in three topics: The first deals with the unusual structures in the verbs that change the last vowel and the meaning of the subject and predicate (nÉsikh), the second deals with the unusual structures of the intransitive verbs. The third deals with the unusual structures of the verbs with special purposes. Among the most important conclusions of the study: the importance of fundamental studies was felt in this undertaking; the grammatical justifications and interpretation; the unusual structure has its own usage of changing the last vowel of the subject and predicate of the sentence similar to the function of the implicit verbs such as in the exclamation of surprise (taÑajjub), niÑma and bi’sa, ÍabbazÉ and lÉ habbazÉ. Keywords: Unusual structure – Arabic verbs – deeds   Abstrak Kajian ini bertujuan membincangkan struktur kata kerja perbuatan luar biasa dalam Bahasa Arab dan sebab-sebab yang telah dikemukan oleh para pakar tatabahasa Arab. Ia menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif dan mengandungi tiga topik: Yang pertama membincangkan struktur luar biasa kata perbuatan dalam kata kerja yang berfungsi menukarkan baris akhir dan makna subjek dan predikat (nÉsikh), keduanya membincangkan struktur luar biasa kata kerja intransitif. Ketiganya membincangkan struktur luar biasa kata kerja yang mempunyai tujuan-tujuan tertentu. Di antara kesimpulan terpenting kajian ialah: kajian asas amat diperlukan dalam pengkajian isu ini yang merupakan sebab-sebab yang berkaitan tatabahasa dan interpretasi; strutur luar biasa itu mempunyai kegunaannya yang tersendiri yang menukarkan vowel terkahir subjek dan perdikat sesuatu ayat yang merupakan satu fungsi serupa dengan fungsi kata-kata kerja implisit seperti (taÑajjub), niÑma and bi’sa, ÍabbazÉ and lÉ habbazÉ. Kata kunci: Struktur luar biasa – Kata kerja  – Perbuatan- perbuatan.

Parental Custody Negotiations and Health Insurance Access for Children

2003 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-228
Author(s):  
Walter L. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Sole Custody ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Logical Regression

Family practitioners who provide divorce education programs should be aware that a child in a sole-custody household (especially one headed by the father) is highly likely to lack insurance coverage for access to health care services for healthy development. Examining 543 divorce records in New Hampshire, the author analyzed coverage across divergent family types following custody negotiations and found that a child in a sole-custody household was at higher risk for lacking coverage than was one in a shared-custody household. These results were confirmed by a chi-square test and logical regression statistical analysis. In a multivariate analysis, the author found that teenagers, children whose parents earned high incomes, and those with working mothers were likely to be covered, although the likelihood was lower in the case of daughters.

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