Diabetic Care through Public-Private Partnership in Rural Set-up: A Case Study of Primary Health Centre, Valam, Mehsana
Introduction
Prevalence of diabetes is increasing rapidly in across the world and India is no exception. In the year 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that India had 32 million diabetic. One of the proven strategies to improve access to healthcare, especially in the areas that are underserved or un-served through public healthcare services, is Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs).
Methodology
The case study is based on the observation of the facilities and service delivery, desk review of service delivery statistics of the PHC, in-depth interviews with stakeholders.
Findings
It was observed that the...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Trivedi, M., Gaurav, K., Saxena, D. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Expectant Mothers Preferences for Services in Public Hospitals of Tamil Nadu, India
This study uses a sample of 261 women who came for antenatal check-ups across six different public hospitals in Tamil Nadu. The DCE technique, which is rooted in random utility theory (RUT), and conditional logit model have been used to analyze the relative importance of health service attributes. The result showed that regular ward visits by specialist doctors like obstetricians and gynaecologists (O&G) and paediatricians were the most preferred attribute of the maternal care service. Expectant mothers are willing to wait the maximum and are prepared to tolerate health service characteristics in public hospitals, such...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Rajasulochana, S., Nyarko, E., Dash, U., Muraleedharan, V. R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Inequalities in the Distribution of Health Care Facilities: Evidence from Southwestern Iran
Inequality in the distribution of health care facilities is one of the main barriers to health care access. The purpose of this study was to assess the regional differences in health care facilities across the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad (KBA) province in order to reduce the gap between different regions. The study was carried out in the KBA province in the southwest of Iran. Fifteen health indices were selected based on their availability in the 2011 Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) annual report. Data analysis was conducted through using numerical taxonomy. The findings obtained showed a huge gap between the different cou...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Mousavi, S. M., Nemati, A., Asar, M. E., Anjomshoa, M., Bahadori, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Are There Other Options?: Child and Adolescent Telepsychiatry Services for Rural Population
This study compared University of Missouri child and adolescent telepsychiatry services patients’ specific zip codes to child and adolescent psychiatrists’ practice locations to learn if telehealth was an appropriate option for this group of patients.
In demographically and geographically diverse state such as Missouri, patients in rural areas may have limited or no access to timely, affordable and quality care. Many large urban health-care institutions have turned to telehealth as a means of providing equal access to care for all population, no matter where they choose to live.
The management analyst system Co...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Becevic, M., Green, T., Walker, L. Y., Hicks, L., Mutrux, E. R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Strengthening the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management with Information Communication Technology Intervention: A Windfall to the Indian Rural Public Healthcare System
Medicines are major elements of modern healthcare systems and have helped significantly to reduce the burden of deaths and diseases all over the globe. Access to these essential medicines is a major need in order to achieve ‘Good Health to All’. Traditionally, India has been a rural, agrarian economy where the majority of the population still live in villages. The main factors which affect the provision of good healthcare among the rural population are affordability, unavailability and average quality of drugs and other medical supplies. The availability and quality of medicines are substandard when compared to...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Kokilam, M. B., Joshi, H. G., Kamath, V. G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Association between Public Health Care Access and Financing of Health Infrastructure in India: An Interstate Analysis
Health financing is presumed to have an immense importance in designing the delivery mechanism in health care service. Financing in public health care institutions (comprising local, state and central governments, along with autonomous public sector bodies) is not observed to be adequate in India as compared to the global standard. As a result, the participation of private health care institutions in this health care domain is urgently called for to address the gap between demand for and supply of health care services. Health financing by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as the government initiatives in the fo...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Chatterjee, S., Laha, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Lean Principles in an Operating Room Environment: An Action Research Study
This article presents the implementation of lean principles using action research, in a health-care environment, focused on the operating room. Lean production has been successively adopted in the services sector because its implementation improves process efficiency and resources management. Additionally, a culture of continuous improvement search is created in the organization, a culture focused on the client (patient) that creates value for the client. This implies a change of the paradigm that prevails in some countries where the doctor is viewed as the ‘client’. The action research described in this articl...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Matos, A. A., Alves, A. C., Tereso, A. P. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Relationship between Personality Traits and Blood Viscosity: A Study on Healthy Young Adults
Personality characteristics have been linked to various health outcomes. Personality characteristics and rheological parameters have been found to be independent correlates of cardiovascular diseases. The present study aimed to explore the possible relationship between the two independent factors, personality characteristics (Big Five traits and Type A behaviour pattern) and rheological parameters (blood viscosity, plasma viscosity and red cell rigidity), and it was expected that the factors would be positively correlated to each other. The study was conducted on the sample of 68 healthy young adults. Personality assessmen...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Shukla, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Variability and Overcrowding Management: Ongoing Challenge for Spanish Hospital Emergency Departments
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding has become a common situation with significant negative effects on the quality of care. The aim of this study is to detail the flow of patients and their variability and determine the existence of stable patterns that allow better planning of resources.
We performed a retrospective descriptive observational study of emergencies attended from 2008 to 2010 in the ‘Juan Ramón Jiménez’ General Hospital (Huelva, Spain), with a sample of 343,233 visits. The time between consecutive arrivals of patients and the arrival patterns according to severity and clinical are...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Aguado-Correa, F., Herrera-Carranza, M., Padilla-Garrido, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Patients Perception of Service Quality of Health Care Services in India: A Comparative Study on Urban and Rural Hospitals
This study is, therefore, an attempt to measure the perception of patients regarding quality of health care services in India along with a comparative study on urban and rural hospitals. Here, current status of health care service quality and preferred service dimensions of urban and rural patients in India was investigated through literature review and questionnaire survey. Data were collected from 368 patients, who were then hospitalized or already discharged. The Service Quality Measurement scale (SERVQUAL) was applied to verify the hypotheses. The findings reveal that the health care service quality was unsatisfactory ...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Pramanik, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Service Quality Perception and Behavioural Intention: A Study of Indian Private Hospitals
This study may further facilitate them in building positive behavioural intention of customers towards the health care services, thereby attracting and gaining more number of customers. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - March 21, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Kondasani, R. K. R., Panda, R. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Management of Cases of Blunt Trauma Abdomen at the Peripheral Health Care Facility Level--A Suggested Protocol
Trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in today’s world. It is the fourth major cause of death in the general population, and the principal cause of mortality among individuals under 45 years of age. Cases of abdominal trauma are frequently encountered by health professionals at different levels of care, as abdomen is the third most commonly injured region, with surgery required in about 25 per cent of civilian cases. In this article, an attempt has been made to review, analyze and present a suggestive protocol for managing cases of blunt trauma abdomen at peripheral health care facilities whe...
Source: Journal of Health Management - March 21, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Sharma, P., Agarwal, A., Patel, A. H., Shah, J. K., Champaneri, H. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Using Statistical Forecasting to Optimize Staff Scheduling in Healthcare Organizations
Modern-day business environment of healthcare organizations demands the maximization of operational effectiveness and quality with optimal cost. Therefore, healthcare executives are often required to make difficult decisions based on subjective experience and judgement. An example of such a decision is scheduling of resources to fulfil demand for service. The effective use of statistical forecasting can lead to better personnel scheduling decisions based on estimates of patient arrival rates, resulting in improvement in quality of service as well as reduction of cost.
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the typic...
Source: Journal of Health Management - March 21, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Ganguly, A., Nandi, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Super Generics--First Step of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry in the Innovative Space in US Market
This article is aimed at studying the concept of incremental research in pharmaceutical industry, development cycle and regulatory pathway for super generics, profitability estimates and possibilities in future for Indian firms. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - March 21, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Suri, F. K., Banerji, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Comparison of Cost Structure, Package Rates and Financial Feasibility for Selected Surgeries Covered under Social Health Insurance Schemes: A Case Study
Conclusions
In general, Kalaignar scheme showed better cost recoveries than Yeshasvini scheme for similar types of cardiac and non-cardiac procedures. In all the cases studied, the major costs were attributable to cost of medicine and consumables and cost of manpower. The cost of medicine and consumables in cardiac and non-cardiac surgeries was 37 per cent and 29 per cent of the total cost, respectively. Manpower costs in the two types of surgeries were 42.5 per cent and 47.5 per cent, respectively. Net realization for all surgeries studied, showed that cardiac cases gave a better cost recovery than non-cardiac categories....
Source: Journal of Health Management - March 21, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Manjunath, U., Kumar, C. N. S., Kailashnath, M. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
