The NHRA was also less than positive about the new primary care co-payments, «It is hard to see how the increase in patient contributions will assist in
improving access to primary care for people in rural and remote communities» said NRHA Chairperson Tim Kelly.
«
Improving access to primary care and mammography screenings in these populations may improve breast cancer outcomes.»
He unveiled a two - pronged approach to narrowing the health gap; by
improving access to primary care and focusing on prevention as much as treatment.
«With the increased stability that comes from having a home and reduced financial burdens, and being introduced into the social service system and the access to other support services it provides, people receiving housing assistance are getting
improved access to primary care health services.
Not exact matches
In «The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How
to Improve Access to Care,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospit
Care,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for
primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospit
care reforms that focus on providing more
care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospit
care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitals.
These included distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants
to reduce inequalities; lay health workers and training of traditional birth attendants
to increase participation in health by consumers; contracting out of health services, integrating
primary healthcare services, reminders and recall for immunisation; working with for - profit providers
to increase the effectiveness of
care; subcontracting the delivery of health services, integrating
primary healthcare services, addressing the distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, substitution of doctors by nurses, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants
to increase coverage or
access; and outpatient referrals
to improve the coordination of
care.
Getso said that over the last two years, the state government had renovated more than 300
primary and secondary health
care facilities in Kano, with a view
to improving access and quality of healthcare services towards reducing maternal and child mortalities.
Improving patients»
access to follow - up
care after hospital discharge is a
primary goal.
«Our findings suggest that despite the insurance expansion under the Massachusetts reform,
access to timely outpatient visits
to a doctor may not have
improved much,,» said Danny McCormick, MD, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a
primary care physician at Cambridge Health Alliance, and the study's lead author.
It also indicates the importance of assisting smokers with mental illness in overcoming barriers
to accessing mental health
care (e.g., insuring the uninsured, increasing the supply of mental health
care professionals,
improving linkages between
primary care and mental health
care) as a means
to address smoking - related harm,» the authors write.
Improving access to the formal health
care sector is a
primary public health goal in many low - income countries.
This trial aims
to improve equity of
access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and further demonstrate the fundamental role that community pharmacists play in
primary health
care, strengthening the future for all pharmacists and contributing
to a sustainable health system.
These advances have had limited impact on community
care, with current data indicating high unmet need28 - 30 and poorer quality and outcomes for community treatment compared with efficacy studies.31, 32 We address these gaps by evaluating a quality improvement intervention aimed at
improving access to evidence - based treatments for depression (particularly CBT and antidepressant medication) in
primary care settings.
Specifically, the
Improving Mood — Promoting
Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) 2 model of
care implemented in US
primary care settings has set the standard for collaborative
care at an international level.
With their model of comprehensive
primary health
care and community governance, ACCHSs have reduced unintentional racism, barriers
to access to health
care, and are progressively
improving individual health outcomes for Aboriginal people.
If members of the Government were truly committed
to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage they would do all they could
to improve access to primary health
care since this would help
to deal with the challenges related
to cancer rather than intensify them.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the
primary Federal agency for
improving access to health
care by strengthening the health
care workforce, building healthy communities, and achieving health equity.
Medicare Locals evolved from the international evidence on the value of a strong
primary health
care system and have been developing rapidly to improve the coordination of and access to General Practice, Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Chronic Disease services and Aged Care services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas of n
care system and have been developing rapidly
to improve the coordination of and
access to General Practice, Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Chronic Disease services and Aged
Care services, as well as delivering local services to improve health in areas of n
Care services, as well as delivering local services
to improve health in areas of need.
The available evidence of intermediate health outcomes achieved by effective Indigenous - specific health services gives grounds for governments
to increase their investment in
improving access to comprehensive
primary health
care.
Health centers have had bipartisan Congressional support for their more than 50 - year history because the model has proven efficient and effective in
improving access to affordable, quality
primary health
care.
With their model of comprehensive
primary health
care and community governance, ACCHS have reduced unintentional racism, barriers
to access to health
care, and are progressively
improving individual health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.