Search for dissertations about: "health priorities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 84 swedish dissertations containing the words health priorities.
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1. Self-rated health in public health evaluation
Abstract : There is still a debate concerning the evidence base for community interventions. The randomised clinical trial design (RCT) is increasingly challenged as a gold standard for their evaluation. READ MORE
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2. Decentralization and National Health Policy Implementation in Uganda - a Problematic Process
Abstract : The Ugandan Government has aimed at creating a needs-based and cost-effective health care system. The means to carry out this aim have been 1) a decentralization of the health sector in order to increase lower-level responsibility, accountability, and participation, and 2) a strong national policy formulation capacity, facilitating needs assessment and cost-effective prioritization. READ MORE
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3. Setting priorities in health care : Studies on equity and efficiency
Abstract : The inevitable gap between needs and resources in health care, together with the problems associated with a market solution, necessitates priority setting. The aims of this thesis are associated with the process of priority setting in health care, and are divided into three issues:1. READ MORE
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4. Health Care Utilization among Young Adults in Primary and Emergency Health Care : The Need for Support, the Capacity to Support, and the Communication in between
Abstract : Swedish health care has set an aim of working towards ‘a good and integrated care’ with focus on patient-centred care in an effort to strengthen patient autonomy and improve accessibility. Problems with accessibility in earlier research have been associated with non-urgent complaints, especially at emergency departments (EDs). READ MORE
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5. Dying to make a fresh start : mortality and health transition in a new South Africa
Abstract : Rationale: Vital registration is lacking in developing settings where health and development problems are most pressing. Policy-makers confront an “information paradox”: the critical need for information on which to base priorities and monitor progress, and the profound shortage of such information. READ MORE