Trust in governments is an important determinant of citizens’ compliance with public health policies, especially in times of crisis. This relationship, rarely studied in the literature, deserves a particular attention in the present context of global pandemic. COVID-19 has forced governments to take...
Analyzing policies within different health sub-systems becomes imperative in the Mexican case due to the longstanding fragmentation of the health-care system and health inequalities. Data and Methods: Policies purposely included in the analysis were published by four public health institutions (IMSS, ...
This cross-sectional study creates a dataset and dashboard of US state- and territory-level COVID-19 policies specific to nursing homes and home health
In recent months, a number of studies have appeared that reflect the growing interest in the mental health of children and adolescents due to COVID-19. Worthy of note are studies such as that of Breaux et al.27who followed 338 adolescents by assessing them before COVID-19 and during the ...
policies. The WHO and partners will develop ahealth and care worker action plan and investment agendafor support through to 2030. Countries must implement the plan, including with full funding. The WHA alsomandated the WHO’s director-generalto lead a process to develop a global health and ...
COVID-19political trustpolicy stringencyWhile degraded trust and cohesion within a country are often shown to have large socioeconomic impacts, they can also have dramatic consequences when complianceBargain, OlivierAminjonov, UlugbekSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
While the implementation of no-visitor policies has been necessary to protect the health of patients and the workforce in hospitals, such restrictions have also caused hardship to patients, families and staff. Many approaches to healthcare assume that family support (however defined) is available to...
BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Medical bills for the treatment of COVID-19 will be reimbursed by China's health insurance fund in the same manner as other Class B infectious diseases, according to a circular released by Chinese authorities on Thursday. ...
“Provisional death estimates provide an early indication of shifts in mortality trends and can guide public health policies and interventions aimed at reducing mortality, including deaths directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,” authors wrote in the first ...
The country's epidemic policies are thus adjusted dynamically, proactively and on a scientific basis, while displaying a consistent effort to effectively balance epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development needs. "The current focus of the response has been shifted from infection...