Browsing by Subject "Health Services Needs and Demand"

Alcohol dependence and use of treatment services among women in the community.

Wu, Li-Tzy; Ringwalt, Chris L (The American journal of psychiatry, 2004-10)

OBJECTIVE:This study examined the extent and characteristics of alcohol dependence and the perceived need for and use of alcohol treatment services among women compared with men in a nonclinical sample of adults 18-64 years ...

Alcohol use disorders and the use of treatment services among college-age young adults.

Wu, Li-Tzy; Pilowsky, Daniel J; Schlenger, William E; Hasin, Deborah (Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 2007-02)

OBJECTIVES:This study examined the utilization of and the perceived need for alcohol treatment services among college-age young adults (18-22 years) according to their educational status: full-time college students, part-time ...

Antibiotic resistance-the need for global solutions.

Laxminarayan, Ramanan; Duse, Adriano; Wattal, Chand; Zaidi, Anita KM; Wertheim, Heiman FL; Sumpradit, Nithima; Vlieghe, Erika; ... (26 authors) (Lancet Infect Dis, 2013-12)

The causes of antibiotic resistance are complex and include human behaviour at many levels of society; the consequences affect everybody in the world. Similarities with climate change are evident. Many efforts have been ...

Availability of post-hospital services supporting community reintegration for children with identified surgical need in Uganda.

Smith, Emily R; van de Water, Brittney J; Martin, Anna; Barton, Sarah Jean; Seider, Jasmine; Fitzgibbon, Christopher; Bility, Mathama Malakha; ... (11 authors) (BMC health services research, 2018-09-20)

BACKGROUND:Community services and supports are essential for children transitioning home to recover from the hospital after surgery. This study assessed the availability and geographic capacity of rehabilitation, assistive ...

Can we understand population healthcare needs using electronic medical records?

Chong, Jia Loon; Low, Lian Leng; Chan, Darren Yak Leong; Shen, Yuzeng; Thin, Thiri Naing; Ong, Marcus Eng Hock; Matchar, David Bruce (Singapore medical journal, 2019-09)

<h4>Introduction</h4>The identification of population-level healthcare needs using hospital electronic medical records (EMRs) is a promising approach for the evaluation and development of tailored healthcare services. Population ...

Economic evaluation of access to musculoskeletal care: the case of waiting for total knee arthroplasty.

Mather, Richard C; Hug, Kevin T; Orlando, Lori A; Watters, Tyler Steven; Koenig, Lane; Nunley, Ryan M; Bolognesi, Michael P (BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2014-01-18)

BACKGROUND: The projected demand for total knee arthroplasty is staggering. At its root, the solution involves increasing supply or decreasing demand. Other developed nations have used rationing and wait times to distribute ...

Essential Long-Term Care Workers Commonly Hold Second Jobs and Double- or Triple-Duty Caregiving Roles.

Van Houtven, Courtney Harold; DePasquale, Nicole; Coe, Norma B (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2020-08)

<h4>Objectives</h4>Long-term care (LTC) facilities are particularly dangerous places for the spread of COVID-19 given that they house vulnerable high-risk populations. Transmission-based precautions to protect residents, ...

Future requirements for and supply of ophthalmologists for an aging population in Singapore.

Ansah, John P; De Korne, Dirk; Bayer, Steffen; Pan, Chong; Jayabaskar, Thiyagarajan; Matchar, David B; Lew, Nicola; ... (11 authors) (Hum Resour Health, 2015-11-17)

BACKGROUND: Singapore's population, as that of many other countries, is aging; this is likely to lead to an increase in eye diseases and the demand for eye care. Since ophthalmologist training is long and expensive, early ...

Implications of long-term care capacity response policies for an aging population: a simulation analysis.

Ansah, John P; Eberlein, Robert L; Love, Sean R; Bautista, Mary Ann; Thompson, James P; Malhotra, Rahul; Matchar, David B (Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2014-05)

<h4>Introduction</h4>The demand for long-term care (LTC) services is likely to increase as a population ages. Keeping pace with rising demand for LTC poses a key challenge for health systems and policymakers, who may be ...

Perceived acceptability of home-based couples voluntary HIV counseling and testing in Northern Tanzania.

Njau, B; Watt, MH; Ostermann, J; Manongi, R; Sikkema, KJ (AIDS Care, 2012)

It is estimated that 5.6% of the Tanzanian population ages 15-49 are infected with HIV, but only 30% of adults have ever had an HIV test. Couples' testing has proven to increase testing coverage and introduce HIV prevention, ...

Population segmentation based on healthcare needs: a systematic review.

Chong, Jia Loon; Lim, Ka Keat; Matchar, David Bruce (Systematic reviews, 2019-08-13)

<h4>Background</h4>Healthcare needs-based population segmentation is a promising approach for enabling the development and evaluation of integrated healthcare service models that meet healthcare needs. However, healthcare ...

Projection of young-old and old-old with functional disability: does accounting for the changing educational composition of the elderly population make a difference?

Ansah, John P; Malhotra, Rahul; Lew, Nicola; Chiu, Chi-Tsun; Chan, Angelique; Bayer, Steffen; Matchar, David B (PloS one, 2015-01)

This study compares projections, up to year 2040, of young-old (aged 60-79) and old-old (aged 80+) with functional disability in Singapore with and without accounting for the changing educational composition of the Singaporean ...