Search for dissertations about: "health care utilisation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 83 swedish dissertations containing the words health care utilisation.

2. 21. Case management for frail older people. Effects on healthcare utilisation, cost in relation to utility, and experiences of the intervention

   Author : Magnus Sandberg; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Intervention Studies; Hospitalisation; Informal Caregiver; Case Management; Content Analysis; Registries; Healthcare Utilisation; Frail Elderly; Complex intervention; Healthcare Costs;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate healthcare utilisation patterns and to explore the effects of a case management intervention for frail older people on healthcare utilisation and costs in relation to utility. A further aim was to explore the older people’s and case managers’ experiences of the intervention. READ MORE

4. 22. Promises and pitfalls of value-based reimbursement in healthcare : A mixed method health economic approach

   Author : Thérèse Eriksson; Lars-Åke Levin; Hans Tropp; Ann-Britt Wiréhn; Ann-Charlotte Nedlund; Claes Rehnberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Financial incentives can be an effective tool to influence behaviour in almost any context and healthcare is no exception. The healthcare market is, however complex, characterised by uncertainty, information asymmetry and multiple agency connections. The reach and limits of financial incentives in healthcare has been widely debated for decades. READ MORE

5. 23. 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

6. 24. Morbidity and mortality among foreign-born Swedes

   Author : Björn Albin; Sölve Elmståhl; Katarina Hjelm; Jan Ekberg; Töres Theorell; Geriatrik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gerontology; edidemiology; public health; longitudinal study; health care utilisation; causes of death; mortality; Sweden; transients and migrants; Gerontologi; Health and Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : Aims: The general aim of this thesis was to describe and compare the group of foreign-born persons living in Sweden and native Swedes with regard to health development over time, thus studying the influence of migration on health. Methods: All four studies are based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB) and the National Board of Health and Welfare, Centre for Epidemiology covering the period 1970?1999. READ MORE

7. 25. Use of Healthcare, Perceived Health and Patient Satisfaction in Patients with Burns

   Author : Björn Wikehult; Mimmie Willebrand; Bengt Gerdin; Gun Nordström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Burns; health status; care utilisation; rehabilitation; personality traits; care experiences; patient satisfaction; Plastic surgery; Plastikkirurgi;

   Abstract : A severe burn is a trauma fraught with stress and pain and may change the entire course of life. This thesis focuses on care utilisation, care experiences and patient satisfaction after a severe burn. The patients studied were treated at the Burn Unit at Uppsala University Hospital between 1980 and 2006. READ MORE