Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T13:46:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Katrini Guidolini Martinelli.pdf: 2375909 bytes, checksum: 291c73d644bca5e04e659c2dab99219b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O pré-natal é um dos fatores que contribui para a persistência de desfechos perinatais negativos e morte materna em níveis elevados. Sendo assim, a avaliação do acesso e do processo da assistência pré-natal é de suma importância na detecção dos nós que persistem no serviço oferecido. Os objetivos deste estudo são os de avaliar a adequação do processo da assistência pré-natal segundo os parâmetros do Programa de Humanização do Pré-natal e Nascimento acrescido dos procedimentos previstos pela Rede Cegonha, bem como o acesso à assistência pré-natal, segundo as dimensões de disponibilidade, capacidade de pagamento e aceitabilidade, no SUS da microrregião de São Mateus - ES. Trata-se de um estudo seccional que selecionou 742 puérperas em sete maternidades da região escolhida para a pesquisa. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas e análise do cartão da gestante e prontuário do recém-nascido. Posteriormente, esses dados foram processados e submetidos ao teste Qui-quadrado, ao teste exato de Fisher e ao teste não paramétrico de Spearman com p-valor menor que 5%. Apesar de o SUS garantir constitucionalmente o acesso universal ao sistema de saúde, nota-se que ainda existem iniquidades entre as puérperas no acesso aos serviços de saúde. Apenas 7,4% e 0,4% das puérperas receberam pré-natal adequado segundo os parâmetros do PHPN e Rede Cegonha, respectivamente. Recomenda-se que a localização das unidades de saúde, os recursos de transporte e o financiamento dos serviços de saúde sejam reorganizados, do mesmo modo o atendimento pré-natal precisa ser sistematizado, mais humano e focalizado na atenção as mulheres mais vulneráveis / Prenatal care is one of the factors that contributes to the persistence of adverse perinatal outcomes and maternal death at high levels. Thus, the evaluation of access and the process of prenatal care is of high importance in the detection of the issues who remain in the offered service. The objectives of this study are to evaluate the adequacy of the process of prenatal care according to the parameters of the Program for the Humanization of Prenatal and Birth plus procedures provided by Stork Network , as well as access to prenatal care, according to the dimensions of availability, acceptability and ability to pay, on the SUS of the region of São Mateus - ES. It is a cross-sectional study that selected 742 postpartum women in seven hospitals in the region chosen for the research. Data were collected through interviews and analysis of records from prenatal care and newborn records. Subsequently, these data were processed and subjected to chi-square test, the Fisher exact test and the nonparametric Spearman with p-value less than 5%. Although the SUS constitutionally guarantee universal access to health care, it is noted that there are still inequalities between pregnant women in accessing health services. Only 7.4% and 0.4% of the mothers received adequate prenatal care according to the parameters PHPN and Stork Network , respectively. It is recommended that the location of health facilities, transport resources and financing of health services are reorganized, the same way the prenatal care needs to be systematized, more humane and focused on attention to the most vulnerable women

In this study, the utilization of palliative care services, acute care services, and location of death for clients who were palliative and receiving services from Champlain Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) in Ontario during their last month of life were investigated. An adaptation of Andersen?s Behavioral Model of Health Services Utilization provided context and structure to this study. This is an historical, quantitative descriptive study using chart audits for data collection. The data on CCAC clients who were palliative and who died during the month of July 2009 were tracked during their last month of life. Collection of socio-demographic data, services provided through CCAC, emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and location of death provided the data for this study. The clients who died at home used more CCAC services than those who died at other locations and frequently community palliative care physicians provided their medical care. The findings of this study included: 1) The majority of the clients, who expressed a preference, died in their preferred location. 2) The role of community palliative care physicians was an important component of the services that supported the clients to die in their location of choice. 3) Over 25% of the study sample died in a hospital and the clients used a large number of in-patient hospital days with one quarter of the hospital deaths taking place in an emergency department or an intensive care unit. 4) During the last month of life, 25% of the clients received chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. 5) The clients who died at home used more CCAC services than those who died in other locations and who used institutional resources. The implications for practice, policy, research, and education are discussed.

L'imagerie médicale est une activité de soins à la croisée de toutes les spécialités médicales. Elle est devenue une activité de soins primordiale au coeur du diagnostic et du traitement de nombreuses pathologies en oncologie, neurologie et cardiologie, par exemple. Son rôle essentiel dans le parcours de soins du patient est le résultat du développement important des technologies, mais également des indications cliniques. L'encadrement de l'imagerie médicale dans le système de santé français reste néanmoins flou et bordé de contraintes juridiques et économiques. Ce flou juridique et économique est un frein à l'accès effectif aux techniques d'imagerie médicale pour les patients à travers notamment un contrôle exacerbé des installations des équipements et une tarification des actes désorganisée. Par ailleurs, l'absence d'évaluations médico-économiques retarde l'implémentation des innovations et crée même des risques d'atteinte à la sécurité et à la qualité des examens d'imagerie réalisés. / Medical imaging is a care activity at the crossroads of all medical specialties. It has become a primary care activity at the heart of the diagnosis and treatment of many pathologies in oncology, neurology and cardiology, for instance. Its essential role in the care path of the patient is the result of the important development of the technologies, but also of the clinical indications. The framing of medical imaging in the French healthcare system remains nevertheless unclear and bordered by legal and economic constraints. This legal and economic uncertainty is an obstacle to the effective access to medical imaging technology for patients through, in particular, an exacerbated control of equipment installations and a disorganized acts pricing procedure. Furthermore, the lack of medico-economic evaluations delays the implementation of innovations and even creates risks to the safety and quality of the imaging tests performed.

In Sweden, where a decentralized healthcare system is applied, all patients are registered at a primary healthcare center. To access most of the publicly funded specialized care clinics, patients need to be referred by a general physician at the primary healthcare center. However, long waiting times and queues to access specialized care clinics in Sweden, has been a serious problem and concern for decades. Addressing this issue is important for improving patients’ transition to specialized care and the functionality of the Swedish healthcare system. The aim of this thesis is to explore the Swedish healthcare system to analyze the transition of patients to specialized care clinics and identify the reasons for long waiting times and queues. This was done by analyzing the Swedish healthcare system and develop a serious game prototype which models the process of access to specialized care within the Swedish healthcare system. The prototype was used to understand the delay that happens in patients’ transition and access process to specialized care services.  A system analysis including a literature review is conducted to gain an understanding of the Swedish healthcare system and gather data to be used in the designed prototype. The outcome of the system analysis is a visual representation of the Swedish healthcare system including laws and stakeholders. A game frame is developed from the system analysis. Maps, tables, and a flow-diagram are developed to visualize patients’ access to specialized care. All of this was used to design the game prototype. The final prototype is developed through an iterative process, where several prototypes are designed and tested through game sessions with experts. The prototypes are evaluated after each game session. Finally, learning and findings gained from the prototypes design and the game sessions are documented. This includes reasons for long waiting times for a first visit at a specialized care clinic such as the structure of the Swedish healthcare system, mainly that the PHC is the foundation of the system. Staff shortages, and the need for a referral to access most of the specialized clinics are also discussed and stated along with other reasons. / I Sverige tillämpas decentraliserat sjukvårdssystem där alla patienter registeras vid en vårdscentral. För att få tillgång till de flesta offentligt finansierade specialistvårdsmottagningar remitteras patienterna av en allmänläkare vid vårdscentralen. Dock har långa väntetider och köer till specialiserad sjukvård varit ett allvarligt problem och bekymmer i Sverige i årtionden. Att hantera denna fråga är avgörande för att förbättra patienternas övergång till specialiserad vård och för att den svenska sjukvården ska fungera smidigt. Målet med detta projekt är att utforska det svenska sjukvårdssystemet för att analysera patientövergångar till specialistvårdsmottagningar och identifiera orsakerna till de långa väntetiderna och köerna. Detta uppnåddes genom att analysera det svenska sjukvårdssystemet och utveckla en prototyp av ett seröst simuleringssspel som simulerarr processen att få tillgång till specialiserad vård inom det svenska sjukvårdssystemet. Prototypen användes för att förstå förseningar som uppstår under patientövergångar och tillgång till specialvårdtjänster. En systemanalys inklusive en litteraturöversikt genomförs för att få en djupare förståelse för det svenska sjukvårdssystemet och samla in data som kommer att användas i den utformade prototypen. Resultatet av systemanalysen är en visuell representation av det svenska sjukvårdssystemet, inklusive juridiska lagar och berörda parter. Genom systemanalys utvecklas ett spelramverk. Kartor, tabeller och ett flödesschema utvecklas för att visuellt framställa patienternas tillgång till specialiserad vård. Allt detta användes sedan för att designa spelprototypen. Den slutliga prototypen utvecklas genom en iterativ process, där flera prototyper designas och testas genom spel sessioner med experter. Prototyperna utvärderas och dokumenteras efter varje spel-sessioner. Slutligen dokumenteras de lärdomar och resultat som erhållits från prototyputformningen och spel-sessionerna. Detta inkluderar orsaker till långa väntetider för ett första besök på en specialiserad vårdmottagning såsom strukturen i den svenska sjukvården, främst att PHC är grunden i systemet. Personalbrist och behovet av remiss för att komma åt de flesta specialiserade klinikerna diskuteras också och anges tillsammans med andra skäl.