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Primary Healthcare Quality in Conflict and Fragility: a subnational analysis of disparities using Population Health surveys
BackgroundRecent global reports highlighted the importance of addressing the quality of care in all settings including fragile and conflict-affected...
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Information System as part of epidemic management in Burkina Faso: from plan to reality (Field Findings)
BackgroundHealth information systems (HIS) in most develo** countries face many challenges. In view of the recurrent weaknesses in preparedness and...
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Who is providing HIV testing services? The profile of lay counsellors providing HIV testing services in Johannesburg, South Africa in the treat-all era
BackgroundLay counsellors are critical in sustaining access to HIV testing services (HTS) and psychosocial support for persons living with HIV...
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Activities of the oral health teams in primary health care: a time-motion study
BackgroundEfficient planning of the oral health workforce in Primary Health Care (PHC) is paramount to ensure equitable community access to services....
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Impact of Gemcitabine Plus S1 Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Borderline Resectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
BackgroundSurgical resection is the only curative strategy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC), but recurrence rates are high even after purported...
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Risk of thrombotic events and other complications in anticoagulant users infected with SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study in primary health care in SIDIAP (Catalonia, Spain)
BackgroundThe risk of thromboembolic events and COVID-19 complications in anticoagulated patients once hospitalized has been widely analyzed. We aim...
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Of primary health care reforms and pandemic responses: understanding perspectives of health system actors in Kerala before and during COVID-19
BackgroundIn 2016, the Government of the southern Indian state of Kerala launched the Aardram mission, a set of reforms in the state’s health sector...
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Primary healthcare seeking behaviour of low-income patients across the public and private health sectors in South Africa
BackgroundThe proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system aims to re-engineer primary healthcare (PHC) in South Africa, envisioning both private...
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Physician turnover in primary health care services in the East Zone of São Paulo City, Brazil: incidence and associated factors
BackgroundThe shortage and high turnover of physicians is a recurrent problem in health care systems; this is especially harmful to the expansion and...
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Knowledge, attitudes, and experiences in suicide assessment and management: a qualitative study among primary health care workers in southwestern Uganda
BackgroundSuicide is one of the leading causes of death globally, with over 75% of all suicides occurring in low-and middle-income Countries....
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Textbook outcome after major hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma — definitions and influencing factors
PurposeThe concept of “textbook outcome” (TO) as composite quality measure depicting the ideal surgical has not yet been defined for patients...
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Psychometric properties of screening questionnaires to detect depression in primary healthcare setting in rural Ethiopia
BackgroundMuch of the research about the validity of depression screening questionnaires is on criterion validity. Evidence is scarce on the...
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Bypassing primary healthcare facilities for maternal healthcare in North West Ghana: socio-economic correlates and financial implications
BackgroundBypassing primary health care (PHC) facilities for maternal health care is an increasing phenomenon. In Ghana, however, there is a dearth...
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Health complaints in individual visiting primary health care: population-based national electronic health records of Iran
BackgroundThe mission of medical schools is a sustainable commitment to orient education, research, and services based on the priorities and...
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Alcohol Use and Anxiety in Primary Health Care Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Phone-Based Study
In March 2020, physical distancing and quarantine measures were implemented in Brazil, which may have affected the physical and mental health of the...
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HIV/AIDS knowledge level, awareness of public health centers and related factors: a cross-sectional study among Brazilians in Japan
BackgroundAccurate information is essential so that HIV infection can be detected in time for initiation of HIV/AIDS treatment. Immigrants are at...
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Access to primary healthcare Services in Conflict-Affected Fragile States: a subnational descriptive analysis of educational and wealth disparities in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and Nigeria
BackgroundMeasuring and improving equitable access to care is a necessity to achieve universal health coverage. Pre-pandemic estimates showed that...
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Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 4. Programme financing
BackgroundThis is the fourth of our 11-paper supplement on “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of New Era”. Here, we first make the case for...
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Impact of capitation on physicians’ behavior among patients with hypertension: an interrupted time series study in rural China
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to explore the change in physicians’ hypertension treatment behavior before and after the reform of the...
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Regional health care profiles – an improved method for generating case studies on the catchment areas of envisaged primary health care units in Austria: a report to the InfAct Joint Action
BackgroundThe recent Austrian Primary Care Act established new primary health care units (PHCUs) and obliged them to draw up a “care strategy”...
