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July 4, 2017 Western Pacific Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Strengthening governance and accountability, Reorienting the model of care

The Vanguard of Community-based Integrated Care in Japan: The Effect of a Rural Town on National Policy

Japan has the largest percentage of elderly people in the world. In 2012 the government implemented a community-based integrated care system which provides seamless community helahtcare resources for elderly people with chronic diseases and disabilities. This paper explains the establishment and outcomes of Japan´s first community-based integrated care system in the rural town because the history of Mitsugi could inform policy making in other countries with aging populations.

community-based integrated care, japan, national policy, rural area, rural communities

Nov. 27, 2017 Africa Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care, Creating an enabling environment

Urban-rural difference in satisfaction with primary healthcare services in Ghana

Understanding regional variation in patient satisfaction about healthcare systems (PHCs) on the quality of services provided is instrumental to improving quality and developing a patient-centered healthcare system by making it more responsive especially to the cultural aspects of health demands of a population. Reaching to the innovative National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana, surpassing several reforms in healthcare financing has been a milestone. However little research has been conducted concerning patient satisfaction in resource-poor settings like in Ghana. This study was therefore dedicated to examining the variation in satisfaction across rural and urban women in Ghana.

ghana, health outcomes, inequality, patient satisfaction, primary care service, rural area, urban-rural difference, women health

April 2, 2018 Eastern Mediterranean Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Creating an enabling environment

Improving the Distribution of Rural Health Houses Using Elicitation and GIS in Khuzestan Province (the Southwest of Iran)

Rural health houses constitute a major provider of some primary health services in the villages of Iran. Given the challenges of providing health services in rural areas, health houses should be established based on the criteria of health networks systems (HNSs). The value of these criteria and their precedence over others have not yet been thoroughly investigated. The present study was conducted to propose a model for improving the distribution of rural health houses in HNSs

geography, health system performance, information system, iran, primary health services, rural area, rural health

May 9, 2018 Europe Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care, Creating an enabling environment

Participation in medical activities beyond standard consultations by Swiss general practitioners: a cross-sectional study

Few data exist to support the observation that general practitioners (GPs) occupy many important positions in our communities or to characterize which GPs devote more of their time to such activities. We sought to characterize community-based complementary medical activities performed by GPs in the canton Vaud, Switzerland.

community medicine, complementary profiles, cross-sectional study, primary care, primary physicians, rural area