Nonurgent visits to emergency departments (ED) are a controversial issue; they have been
negatively associated with crowding and costs. We have conducted a critical review of the …

Purpose–The aim of this article is to identify gaps in research and to set up a research
agenda that investigates how gender attributes and different sets of skills contribute to …

Cuba's public health system is well known for its integrated first line services based on family
medicine. Less publicized is the country's experience in public hospital management. After a …

Objetivo Avaliar a associação entre variáveis sociodemográficas, clínicas e de utilização ea
inadequação dos atendimentos realizados em uma Unidade de Pronto Atendimento (UPA) …

During the 1990s, Cuba was able to overcome a severe crisis, almost without negative
health impacts. This national retrospective study covering the years 1989–2000 analyses …

La revolución científico-técnica ha contribuido al envejecimiento poblacional (mayor
proporción de ancianos en la población), y ha impactado al sistema de salud con la …

Objective: The objective of this study was to undertake a proof of concept that demonstrated
the use of primary care data and natural language processing and term extraction to assess …

Methods All ED visits between April 14, 2013, and April 13, 2014, were included and
analyzed, totaling 1,239 patient visits. Data were collected from their electronic medical …

Logistics performance in the humanitarian context has been linked to gender issues in
several ways. From the perspective of the beneficiary, gender-based disaster vulnerabilities …

First-line health services with a primary health care approach are a strong trigger for
adequate health-care-seeking behavior. Research on the association between prevalence …