Journal ArticleBMC Public Health · April 8, 2022
BACKGROUND: Indonesia suffers from a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes (DM). The government initiated national TB-DM co-management activities under the National TB Control Program in 2017. This study investigates the detection and treatment out ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ open · April 2022
ObjectivesSince 2009, China has introduced policies, principally targeting health professionals, to reduce caesarean section (CS) overuse. In 2016, China endorsed a universal two-child policy. Advanced maternal age and previous CS may indicate cha ...
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Journal ArticleReprod Health · January 28, 2022
BACKGROUND: Almost all pregnant people in Sri Lanka receive antenatal care by public health midwives. While there is strong infrastructure in Sri Lanka for postpartum mental health care, the current practices within antenatal mental health care have not be ...
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Journal ArticleLancet Public Health · December 2021
China has made remarkable progress in reducing tuberculosis cases and deaths during the past three decades; however, it is still far from achieving the targets set out in the WHO End TB Strategy. Since the 2000s, China has tried to transform its vertical t ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Pregnancy Childbirth · November 10, 2021
BACKGROUND: There is a high prevalence of antenatal depression in low-or-middle-income countries, but information about risk factors in these settings is still lacking. The purpose of this study is to measure the prevalence of and explore risk factors asso ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ open · May 2021
IntroductionCaesarean section (C-section) has been a public health concern globally. This study investigated the change in C-section rate in 1998-2017 in Indonesia and explored the socioeconomic, geographic and health system factors associated wit ...
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Journal ArticleAgeing research reviews · December 2020
One of the key issues facing public healthcare is the global trend of an increasingly ageing society which continues to present policy makers and caregivers with formidable healthcare and socio-economic challenges. Ageing is the primary contributor to a br ...
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Journal ArticleAsian J Psychiatr · January 2020
BACKGROUND: Previous studies in Sri Lanka have shown a high prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD). Postpartum depression screening using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) has been validated and included in routine postnatal care in 2012. ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Environ Res Public Health · July 12, 2019
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major social and public health problem in China. The "China-Gates TB Project" started in 2012, and one of its objectives was to reduce the financial burden on TB patients and to improve access to quality TB care. The ...
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Journal ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health · July 2019
Purpose: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and it requires lifelong medication. This study aimed to investigate the factors impacting on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among hypertensive patients in ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of clinical pharmacology · March 2019
Magnesium sulfate is the standard therapy for prevention and treatment of eclampsia. Two standard dosing regimens require either continuous intravenous infusion or frequent, large-volume intramuscular injections, which may preclude patients from receiving ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS medicine · October 2018
BackgroundChina has witnessed a rapid increase of cesarean section (CS) rates in recent years. Several non-clinical factors have been cited as contributing to this trend including maternal request and perceived convenience. We aimed to assess pref ...
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Journal ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · November 2017
ObjectiveTo characterise the current clinical practice patterns regarding the use of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4 ) for eclampsia prevention and treatment in a multi-country network of health facilities and compare with international recom ...
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Journal ArticleFudan University Journal of Medical Sciences · March 25, 2017
Objective: To investigate the health seeking intention and its influencing factors among patients with type 2 diabetes in Chongqing Chronic Disease Management System. Methods: Multi-stage cluster random sampling was used to investigate basic information, d ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Health Serv Res · February 11, 2017
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been identified as one of the priority diseases and included in the essential public health service package in China. This study investigated the frequency of follow-up visits and contents of care for case managemen ...
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Journal ArticleDiabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · January 2017
AimThis study aims to investigate the medical expenditure of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chongqing, China; to explore factors that contribute to the expenditure; and to examine the financial burden placed on households, particularly po ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ Global Health · January 1, 2017
Background The capacity for health systems to support the translation of research in to clinical practice may be limited. The cluster randomised controlled trial (cluster RCT) design is often employed in evaluating the effectiveness of implementation of ev ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Equity Health · October 18, 2016
BACKGROUND: Health expenditure for tuberculosis (TB) care often pushes households into catastrophe and poverty. New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) aims to protect households from catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment in rural China. T ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Public Health · April 8, 2022
BACKGROUND: Indonesia suffers from a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes (DM). The government initiated national TB-DM co-management activities under the National TB Control Program in 2017. This study investigates the detection and treatment out ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ open · April 2022
ObjectivesSince 2009, China has introduced policies, principally targeting health professionals, to reduce caesarean section (CS) overuse. In 2016, China endorsed a universal two-child policy. Advanced maternal age and previous CS may indicate cha ...
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Journal ArticleReprod Health · January 28, 2022
BACKGROUND: Almost all pregnant people in Sri Lanka receive antenatal care by public health midwives. While there is strong infrastructure in Sri Lanka for postpartum mental health care, the current practices within antenatal mental health care have not be ...
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Journal ArticleLancet Public Health · December 2021
China has made remarkable progress in reducing tuberculosis cases and deaths during the past three decades; however, it is still far from achieving the targets set out in the WHO End TB Strategy. Since the 2000s, China has tried to transform its vertical t ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Pregnancy Childbirth · November 10, 2021
BACKGROUND: There is a high prevalence of antenatal depression in low-or-middle-income countries, but information about risk factors in these settings is still lacking. The purpose of this study is to measure the prevalence of and explore risk factors asso ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ open · May 2021
IntroductionCaesarean section (C-section) has been a public health concern globally. This study investigated the change in C-section rate in 1998-2017 in Indonesia and explored the socioeconomic, geographic and health system factors associated wit ...
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Journal ArticleAgeing research reviews · December 2020
One of the key issues facing public healthcare is the global trend of an increasingly ageing society which continues to present policy makers and caregivers with formidable healthcare and socio-economic challenges. Ageing is the primary contributor to a br ...
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Journal ArticleAsian J Psychiatr · January 2020
BACKGROUND: Previous studies in Sri Lanka have shown a high prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD). Postpartum depression screening using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) has been validated and included in routine postnatal care in 2012. ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Environ Res Public Health · July 12, 2019
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major social and public health problem in China. The "China-Gates TB Project" started in 2012, and one of its objectives was to reduce the financial burden on TB patients and to improve access to quality TB care. The ...
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Journal ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health · July 2019
Purpose: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and it requires lifelong medication. This study aimed to investigate the factors impacting on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among hypertensive patients in ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of clinical pharmacology · March 2019
Magnesium sulfate is the standard therapy for prevention and treatment of eclampsia. Two standard dosing regimens require either continuous intravenous infusion or frequent, large-volume intramuscular injections, which may preclude patients from receiving ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS medicine · October 2018
BackgroundChina has witnessed a rapid increase of cesarean section (CS) rates in recent years. Several non-clinical factors have been cited as contributing to this trend including maternal request and perceived convenience. We aimed to assess pref ...
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Journal ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · November 2017
ObjectiveTo characterise the current clinical practice patterns regarding the use of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4 ) for eclampsia prevention and treatment in a multi-country network of health facilities and compare with international recom ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleFudan University Journal of Medical Sciences · March 25, 2017
Objective: To investigate the health seeking intention and its influencing factors among patients with type 2 diabetes in Chongqing Chronic Disease Management System. Methods: Multi-stage cluster random sampling was used to investigate basic information, d ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Health Serv Res · February 11, 2017
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been identified as one of the priority diseases and included in the essential public health service package in China. This study investigated the frequency of follow-up visits and contents of care for case managemen ...
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Journal ArticleDiabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · January 2017
AimThis study aims to investigate the medical expenditure of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chongqing, China; to explore factors that contribute to the expenditure; and to examine the financial burden placed on households, particularly po ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ Global Health · January 1, 2017
Background The capacity for health systems to support the translation of research in to clinical practice may be limited. The cluster randomised controlled trial (cluster RCT) design is often employed in evaluating the effectiveness of implementation of ev ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Equity Health · October 18, 2016
BACKGROUND: Health expenditure for tuberculosis (TB) care often pushes households into catastrophe and poverty. New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) aims to protect households from catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment in rural China. T ...
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Journal ArticlePublic health · February 2016
ObjectiveTo examine the associations between components of social networks and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in community-dwelling old adults in urban areas in China.Study designData from the 4th National Household Health Survey ...
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Journal ArticleInfect Dis Poverty · January 25, 2016
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) often causes catastrophic economic effects on both the individual suffering the disease and their households. A number of studies have analyzed patient and household expenditure on TB care, but there does not appear to be any ...
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Journal ArticleInfect Dis Poverty · January 22, 2016
BACKGROUND: In the 1990s, China introduced a "free" tuberculosis (TB) care policy under the national TB control program. Recently, as a part of a new TB diagnosis and treatment model, it has been recommended that the integrated model scale up. This paper e ...
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Journal ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty · January 2016
BackgroundTreatment of tuberculosis (TB) in China is partially covered by national programs and health insurance schemes, though TB patients often face considerable medical expenditures. For some, especially those from poorer households, non-medic ...
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Journal ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty · January 2016
BackgroundHealth inequity is an important issue all around the world. The Chinese basic medical security system comprises three major insurance schemes, namely the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), the Urban Resident Basic Medical In ...
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Journal ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty · January 2016
BackgroundChina has the second highest caseload of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the world. In 2009, the Chinese government agreed to draw up a plan for MDR-TB prevention and control in the context of a comprehensive health system r ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ Global Health · January 1, 2016
Introduction: To ensure timely access to comprehensive emergency obstetric care in low- and middle-income countries, a number of interventions have been employed. This systematic review assesses the effects of onsite midwife-led birth units (OMBUs) embedde ...
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Journal ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty · October 2015
BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) patients in China still face a number of barriers in seeking diagnosis and treatment. There is evidence that the economic burden on TB patients and their households discourages treatment compliance.MethodsA cro ...
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Journal ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth · October 2015
BackgroundThe Caesarean section (C-section) rate is used as an indicator for availability and utilization of life-saving obstetric services. The purpose of the present study was to explore changes in C-section rates between 1995 and 2011 by area, ...
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Journal ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth · August 2014
BackgroundCesarean section (CS) rate has increased rapidly over the past two decades in China mainly driven by non-medical factors. This study was to compare recalled preferences for CS among first-time mothers in early and late pregnancy with act ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Public Health · 2014
Paralleled with the rapid socio-economic development and demographic transition, an epidemic of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) has emerged in China over the past three decades, resulting in increased disease and economic burdens. Over the past de ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Equity Health · June 13, 2013
BACKGROUND: China's health system reform launched in early 2000s has achieved better coverage of health insurance and significantly increased the use of healthcare for vast majority of Chinese population. This study was to examine changes in the structure ...
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Journal ArticleInfect Dis Poverty · April 5, 2013
BACKGROUND: Over the past two decades, international health policies focusing on the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and those diseases that address maternal and chil ...
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Journal ArticleMatern Child Health J · February 2013
To report on the design and basic outcomes of three interventions aimed at improving the use and quality of maternity care in rural China: financial interventions, training in clinical skills, and training in health education. Community-based cluster rando ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · August 2012
The epidemic of Caesarean section (CS) is worldwide, and it has been argued that it is mainly due to non-medical factors, including healthcare financing patterns. We investigated the use of CS in rural China and the related factors, particularly health ins ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ Open · July 16, 2012
Objectives: To study the influence of population policy and boy preference on the sibling structure, that is, in which order and combinations boys and girls are born into families. Design: A population-based survey with a representative sample of new mothe ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Public Health · May 26, 2011
BACKGROUND: Charging for tuberculosis (TB) treatment could reduce completion rates, particularly in the poor. We identified and synthesised studies that measure costs of TB treatment, estimates of adherence and the potential impact of charging on treatment ...
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Journal ArticleBull World Health Organ · February 1, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To investigate changes in the expenditure of giving birth in health-care facilities in rural China during 1998-2007, to examine the financial burden on households, particularly poor ones, and to identify factors associated with out-of-pocket exp ...
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Journal ArticleBMC public health · November 2010
BackgroundSince 2003, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) has been implemented throughout rural China, usually covering delivery services in its benefit package. The objective of this study was to compare the difference of utilization of del ...
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Journal ArticleBMC health services research · November 2010
BackgroundIn China, the New Co-operative Medical System (NCMS), a rural health insurance system, has expanded nationwide since 2003. This study aims to describe prenatal care use, content and costs of care in one county where prenatal care is incl ...
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Journal ArticleTrop Med Int Health · October 2010
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors influencing maternal health care utilisation in western rural China and its relation to income before (2002) and after (2007) introducing a new rural health insurance system (NCMS). METHODS: Data from cross-section ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · May 2010
Cesarean delivery (CD) rates were until recently low in rural China where the population lacked health insurance. In July 2003 the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was introduced. We report findings from a health systems study carried out in the EC-fu ...
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Journal ArticleBMC Health Serv Res · October 2, 2008
BACKGROUND: China is facing a significant tuberculosis epidemic among rural-to-urban migrants, which poses a threat to TB control. This study aimed to understand the health seeking behaviour of and health systems responses to migrants and permanent urban r ...
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Journal ArticleTrop Med Int Health · July 2008
OBJECTIVES: To understand the health-seeking behaviour of rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing city, and compare this with the permanent urban population taking into account the socioeconomic factors influencing delays in access to healt ...
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