We expect that in the context of lower healthcare costs, patients will be more inclined to choose those primary care services that are more cost-effective. This tendency not only reflects economically rational decision-making, but may also be influenced by psychosocial factors, such as a sense ...
There is a wide range of actions an individual could take when sick or injured such as self-care, consulting a traditional healer, or seeking treatment from a private or public health care facility. The specific action taken is influenced by individual c
The differences might be influenced by the conventional male’s role as the “backbone” of the family. The gender differences may also be affected by the “male outside, female inside” tradition, in which females are stereotypically responsible for housework and do not play important decision-...
1 Two important contributors to this growth—the increasing prevalence of largely preventable chronic conditions and the suboptimal use of health care resources—are strongly influenced by the behavioral choices consumers make. For example, obesity, which is largely preventable, significantly raises the ...
By VICTORIA ADEWALE & J.D. KLEINKE How desperate are we to findsomekind of good news about the sorry state of maternity care in America? To find out, look no further than the current cover of no less venerable a health policy journal thanHealth Affairs. ...
Generalized ordered logistic regression was used to identify factors that influenced the users’ perspectives on responsiveness to health services and quantify their effects. Results Communication (55.4%), dignity (54.1%), and quality of facilities (52.0%) were rated as “extremely important” ...
s 2009 healthcare reform have positively influenced utilization rates and equity in health service utilization in the past decade, a range of health service-targeted strategies are needed including strengthen the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, focus attention on the health status of ...
A study based on a randomized control trial on educational interventions for contraceptive use reveals that women who received postpartum counseling on family planning with repeated contacts were more influenced to use FP methods.21 Bihar is the third most populous and one of the least developed ...
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 2024, 17:2415-2425 Published Date: 15 October 2024 Original Research Knowledge and Attitude Towards Bell’s Palsy Rehabilitation Among Physical Therapists in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Albishi AM, Al-Ageel HM, AlAbdulwahab SS Risk Management and...
The present study aims to understand the experiences, challenges, psychological well-being and needs of clinical and non-clinical government healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Hyderabad-Karnataka (H-K) region. This qualitative