Search for dissertations about: "utilisation of health care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 83 swedish dissertations containing the words utilisation of health care.

2. 1. Determinants of health care and drug utilisation : The causes of health care utilisation study

   Author : Ahmad Al-Windi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Sociodemographic characteristics; well-being. symptom. chronic disease; health care utilisation; drugs; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

   Abstract : The costs of health care and medicines are a considerable and rapidly increasing part of the gross national product in Sweden. like in many other countries.The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influenced the we of health care and drugs in subjects aged 16 years and above in Håbo, a Swedish municipality. READ MORE

4. 2. Assessing responsiveness in the mental health care system : the case of Tehran

   Author : Ameneh Setareh Forouzan; Miguel San Sebastián; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mojgan Padyab; Ahmad Mohit; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental health care; responsiveness; health system; Iran; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : Introduction: Understanding health service user perceptions of the quality of care is critical to developing measures to increase the utilisation of healthcare services. To relate patient experiences to a common set of standards, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the concept of health system responsiveness. READ MORE

5. 3. Assistive technology and welfare technology explorations : Aspects of perception, utilisation and decision-making

   Author : Katarina Baudin; Angelina Sundström; Maria Müllersdorf; Christine Gustafsson; Johan Borg; Maria Haak; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; assistive technology; welfare technology; older adults; health care providers; content analysis; cross-sectional; thematic analysis; interdisciplinary health care professionals; decision-making; managers; utilisation; perception; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore decision makers’ and professionals’ perceptions, utilisation, and decision-making about assistive technology (AT) and welfare technology (WT) within the interprofessional field of care for older adults. Methods: A literature review was conducted, including nine peer-reviewed scientific articles (I), analysed with a qualitative descriptive method. READ MORE

6. 4. Country of birth and socioeconomic disparities in utilisation of health care and disability pensions - a multilevel approach

   Author : Anders Beckman; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Disability pension; Utilisation of health care; Country of birth; Socioeconomic; Multilevel; Public health; medical training; General practice; epidemiologi; medicinsk utbildning; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; Allmän medicinsk utövning;

   Abstract : Besides individual characteristics, people born in the same country may present a related pattern of health status and health care utilisation, perhaps because they share a number of socioeconomic and cultural characteristics in addition to their common geographic origin and language. Rather than using simple ethnical or geographical categories, we apply multilevel regression analysis with individuals nested within countries of birth. READ MORE

7. 5. Adolescent mental health and utilisation of psychiatric care : the role of parental country of birth and neighbourhood of residence

   Author : Anna-Karin Ivert; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : children; mental health; psychiatric care; neighbourhoods; parental country of birth;

   Abstract : The studies included in this thesis aim to illustrate different aspects of mentalhealth and the utilisation of psychiatric care among Swedish children andadolescents, with the overarching aim being to improve the existingknowledge on how the neighbourhood of residence and parental country ofbirth influence adolescents’ mental health and their pathways into andutilisation of psychiatric care.The first study investigates referral pathways to child and adolescentpsychiatric clinics, directing a special focus at how these pathways differ onthe basis of parental country of birth and neighbourhood of residence. READ MORE