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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Abdul-Malik Chantimah Abdul-Latif, Justice Nonvignon
Background: The community based management of severe acute malnutrition (CMAM) was introduced in Ghana in 2008 to manage cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) recorded at the community level. This study estimated the economic cost of the CMAM programme for…
Hatsumi Yoshii, Hidemitsu Saito, Saya Kikuchi, Takashi Ueno, Kineko Sato
The Great East Japan Earthquake, a magnitude 9.0 quake that occurred on March 11, 2011, left more than 20,000 killed or missing and resulted in more than 400,000 people being displaced. The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident released large amounts of radi…
Ayşe Demet Kaya, Dumrul Gülen, Mine Aydin, Gamze Varol Saraçoğlu, Aslihan Uzun
Introduction: Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) is an important bacterial pathogen, predominantly in undeveloped countries and regions. We conducted this study to investigate the presence of H. pylori antigen in the stool specimens of children, in Tekirdag, T…
Abbas Sadeghi, Mir Aboutaleb Kazemi Bazardehi, Shahrbanoo Raffe, Batoul Zarif
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker’s yeast) is the most important industrial microorganisms. This yeast is commonly used as a leavening agent in baking bread and bakery products, where it produces carbon dioxide from converting of the fermentable sugars present…
Ronald Lagoe, Shelly Littau
This study reviewed efforts to improve health care efficiency at the community level from the perspective of the financial impact on provider organizations. It focused on utilization and outcomes programs that address this objective in the metropolitan area o…
Sumitra Thongprasert, Unchalee Permsuwan
Resource constraints are a major barrier to lung cancer management, especially in ASIAN developing countries. The availability of data in these issues is very limited. Therefore, this survey was initiated in order to understand the situation of resource const…
Asma Sabermahani, Hosein Ghaderi, Hamid Reza Ashrafzadeh, Farid Abolhasani, Mohsen Barouni, Gabriele Messina, Nicola Nante
Introduction: Adequate information about patient using health care facilities is a critical element in planning activities and allocation resources in health sector. In Iran, with performing family physician plan and attempt to reform referral system, the stu…
Erika Binnendijk, Ruth Koren, David M. Dror
Background: Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes are increasingly implemented in low-income settings. These schemes limit the coverage they offer both by the types of care considered, and by applying thresholds and/or caps to costs reimbursed. The…
Stefanos E. Karakolias, Nikolaos M. Polyzos
Background : The National Organization for Healthcare Provision (EOPYY) constitutes simultaneously the monopsonistic healthcare insurer and a main provider of PHC in Greece. Currently, EOPYY is threatened by financial distress hence emerging a critical discus…
Majid Heydari, Azadeh Ahmadzadeh Ghasab, Haleh Mousavi Isfahani, Mehdi Raadabadi, Mohsen Barouni
Introduction: During the last decade, the health sector of many countries in general has been faced significantly with the increase of health care costs and in particular with the growth in hospital costs, that a significant part of it is due to the inefficie…
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