What should be publicly funded in the Colombian health system? A mixed methods study of citizens’ perceptions by Juan Carlos Velasquez, Claudia Marcela Vélez, Diana Patricia Díaz-Hernández, Pamela Velázquez-Salazar, Gilma Hernández-Herrera, Daniel Felipe Patiño-Lugo, Olga Francisca Salazar-Blanco, Leydi Camila Rodríguez-Corredor, Viviana María Vélez-Marín, Anny Julieth Jaramillo-García

“…In the second approach, public funding is conditional on the characteristics of the person who needs the technology, their disease/condition, the kind of technology required and the expectation of efficient health system performance. When integrating the results of the Q methodology, we found five patterns of points of view about the public funding of health technologies.Conclusion Colombian citizens consider and balance a range of different factors when making decisions about which health technologies are publicly funded. …”
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Building health systems resilience in Central Asia through nursing and midwifery: evidence to inform policy action by Alba Llop-Gironés, Gulnaz Kachkynovna Azhymambetova, Aizat Kubanysbekovna Asanova, Yusufi Salomuddin, Malohat Hikmatulloevna Boynazarova, Firdavs Orifovich Raupov, Nazira Usenovna Zholzhanova, Naila Beksautovna Ruzdenova, Gulnora Sheraliyevna Tojiboyeva, Rikhsi Kamilovna Salikhodjayeva, Margrieta Langins

“…In the WHO European region, a broad set of health system reforms have been introduced in Central Asian countries (CACs), namely, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. …”
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Bringing a health systems modelling approach to complex evaluations: multicountry applications in HIV, TB and malaria by Adama Faye, Stephen S Lim, Bernardo Hernandez Prado, Herbert Duber, David E Phillips, Guillermo Ambrosio, Audrey Batzel, Carmen Cerezo, Ibrahima Gaye, Bethany Huntley, Edgar Kestler, Constant Kingongo, Emily Linebarger, Jorge Matute, Godefroid Mpanya, Salva Mulongo, Caitlin O'Brien-Carelli, Erin Palmisano, Francisco Rios Casas, Roger Tine, Daniel Whitaker, Jennifer M Ross

“…Introduction Understanding how to deliver interventions more effectively is a growing emphasis in Global Health. Simultaneously, health system strengthening is a key component to improving delivery. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DISABILITY PENSION, NUTRITIONAL CONDITION AND PHYSICAL INACTIVITY IN ADULTS FROM A MIDDLE-SIZE BRAZILIAN CITY by Monique Yndawe Castanho Araujo, Débora Christante Cantarutti, Dayane Cristina Queiroz, Bruna Camilo Turi, Diego Giuliano Destro Christofaro, Jamile Sanches Codogno

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Challenges faced by the Iranian health system in containing COVID-19: insights from a conventional content analysis by Sajad Khosravi, Mahboobeh IzadPanah, Saeid Mirzaei, Hosein Rahmani, Nadia Oroomiei

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, and health systems worldwide have faced numerous challenges in containing it. …”
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Gatekeeping or Provider Choice for Sustainable Health Systems? A Literature Review on Their Impact on Efficiency, Access, and Quality of Services by Christos Ntais, Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos, Michael A. Talias

“…As early as 1978, the World Health Organization set primary healthcare as the basis on which health systems should be built worldwide. However, the health systems of the different countries show considerable variations in terms of the implementation of gatekeeping from primary to secondary healthcare and direct access to specialists and hospital care. …”
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Global quality scores of Brazilian public health system-related YouTubeTM videos and their users’ engagement by Eliane Maria Mascarenhas Silva, Caroline Rabelo Camargos, Isabela Almeida Pordeus, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de Abreu, Fabiana Vargas-Ferreira, Flávio Freitas Mattos

Subjects: “…Unified Health System…”
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Physical Education Professionals in the Unified Health System: an analysis of the brazilian registry of health institutions between 2013 and 2017 by Paulo Sergio Cardoso da Silva

“… The objective this study was to describe the distribution of Physical Education Professionals (PEP) registered in the Unified Health System (UHS) between 2013 and 2017 in Brazil. …”
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Individual, health facility and wider health system factors contributing to maternal deaths in Africa: A scoping review. by Francis G Muriithi, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Ruth Gakuo, Kia Pope, Arri Coomarasamy, Ioannis D Gallos

“…The most frequently reported contributory factors by level were: (1) Individual-level: Delay in deciding to seek help and in recognition of danger signs (37.5% of articles), (2) Health facility-level: Suboptimal service delivery relating to triage, monitoring, and referral (80.8% of articles) and (3) Wider health system-level: Transport to and between health facilities (84.6% of articles). …”
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Health system factors related to COVID-19 mortality in Eastern India: Hospital-based cross-sectional study by Dinesh Prasad Sahu, Arvind Kumar Singh, Baijayantimala Mishra, Bijayini Behera, Binod Kumar Patro, Jawahar Sreevihar Kunjanpillai, Jyolsna Nair, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar Mohanty, Priyamadhaba Behera, Prasanta Raghav Mohapatra, Sadananda Barik, Sachidanand Mohanty, Subhakanta Sahu, Sudipta Ranjan Singh, Swagata Tripathy

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A Strategic Study about Quality Characteristics in e-Health Systems Based on a Systematic Literature Review by F. J. Domínguez-Mayo, M. J. Escalona, M. Mejías, G. Aragón, J. A. García-García, J. Torres, J. G. Enríquez

“…e-Health Systems quality management is an expensive and hard process that entails performing several tasks such as analysis, evaluation, and quality control. …”
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Prognosis and cardiotoxicity associated to adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: real world study in a public health system by Ana Elisa Ribeiro da Silva Cabello, César Cabello, Susana Oliveira Botelho Ramalho, Otávio Rizzi Coelho, Otávio Rizzi Coelho-Filho, Helymar da Costa Machado, Délio Marques Conde, Luiz Carlos Zeferino

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Programs and interventions for physical activity promotion in the Brazilian Unified Health System: a research object that starts to be unveiled by Mauro Barros, Flavio Guarda, Wallacy Feitosa, Emmanuelly Lemos, Caroline Silva

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Health system governance for injury care in low- and middle-income countries: a survey of policymakers and policy implementors by Alice Sitch, Justine Davies, Kathryn Chu, Stephen Tabiri, Junaid Razzak, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Alemayehu Amberbir, Abebe Bekele, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Mohammed Bukari, Derbew Fikadu Berhe, Barnabas Alayande, Pascal Nzasabimana, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Huba Atiq, Komal Abdul Rahim, Jane Acquaye, Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Napoleon Bellua Sam, Leila Ghalichi, Denys Ndangurura, Irene Bagahirwa, Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, Frederick Sarfo-Antwi, Lambert Nzungize, Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Richard Osei, Tamlyn MacQuene, Zaheer Babar Chand, Zabin Wajidali, Adams Dramani, Ebenezer Kwame Amofa, Eric Twizeyimana, Fazila Sahibjan, Ghislaine Umwali, Mehreen Mustafa, Nadine Mugisha, Tariq Jakhro

“…Introduction Good health system governance is essential for reducing high mortality and morbidity after injury in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). …”
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Demographic, social and health system factors associated with maternal mortality in Pakistan: A nested case-control study. by Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad, Iqbal H Shah, Ali Muhammad Mir, Maqsood Sadiq, Muddassir Altaf Bosan

“…This study aims to identify socio-demographic and health system related factors associated with maternal mortality.…”
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Explaining the Factors Affecting the Competence Development of Managers in Public Hospitals with an Approach Based on the General Policies of the Health System by Saied Moradi, Mohammadreza Rabiee Mandejin, Mohammad Mohammadi

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Identifying alternative models of healthcare service delivery to inform health system improvement: scoping review of systematic reviews by Rachelle Buchbinder, Polina Putrik, Sheila Cyril, Denise A O’Connor, Kobi Rischin, Janet Nezon, Sasha Shepperd, Rebecca Jessup

“…Few reviews investigated the effects of interventions involving changes to how and when care is delivered (n=47, 9%) or interventions addressing a goal-focused question (n=38, 7%).Conclusion A substantial body of evidence about the effects of a wide range of delivery arrangements is available to inform health system improvements. The lack of economic evaluations in the majority of systematic reviews of delivery arrangements means that the value of many of these models is unknown. …”
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Challenges and executive requirements of advanced health system governance based on general health policies in Iran: qualitative research by Masoud Aboulhallaj, Seyed Masood Mousavi, Mehdi Jafari, Abbas Vosoogh-Moghaddam, Sajjad Bahariniya, Shabnam Ghasemyani, Sedighe Sadat Tabatabaei Far

Subjects: “…Health system…”
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Exploring Key Capacities: Insights from Assessing the Resilience of the Public Health System Before and After the Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes by Ismail Tayfur, Mayumi Kako, Abdülkadir Gündüz, Md Moshiur Rahman, Perihan Şimşek, Benjamin Ryan, Shelby Garner, Burcu Bayramoğlu, Chie Teramoto, Yosuke Takada, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Sanjaya Bhatia

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COSTS FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF OBESITY THROUGH LAPAROSCOPY IN A FEDERAL TERTIARY HOSPITAL BY THE BRAZILIAN UNIFIED HEALTH SYSTEM by Álvaro Antonio Bandeira FERRAZ, Hiago Dantas MEDEIROS, Fernando SANTA-CRUZ, Flávio KREIMER

“…CONCLUSION: Despite the increasing number of eligible patients for surgical treatment of obesity and the consequent quantitative growth of these procedures funded by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), the costs exceed the reimbursement from the funding source in federal public hospitals. …”
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