Introduction/background: Ayurveda is an ancient holistic medical system largely used in India. Complementary and alternative forms of medicine (CAM) like Ayurveda is starting to spread to the western parts of the world. In Sweden, there is an ongoing project of integrating CAM methods in Swedish health care. Research has shown that this has been beneficial for patients and can reduce care costs. Despite the popularity of CAM methods, knowledge of the methods might be deficient among Swedish healthcare staff. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine registered nurses’ perception of the use of ayurvedic medicine compared to western medicine in a hospital in Kerala, India. Method: A qualitative method was used with an inductive design. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with five registered nurses. A thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Result: The analysis resulted in three themes: Pros and cons, To combine or not? and Negotiating the use of Ayurveda. Conclusion: Ayurveda can be helpful in treating less critical conditions. Western medicine was seen as more relevant when treating more serious illnesses. Ayurvedic treatments was perceived to take longer and have more side effects. A combination of the two medical approaches was not recommended, however, Ayurveda could work as a complement to western medicine in terms of less acute conditions.

The author studied the welfare state typology in China from a health care perspective. This study aims to figure out what type of welfare typology works in Chinese health care system through comparative welfare state typology, specifically the decommodification principle proposed by Esping-Andersen (2019) and health care decommodification index put forward by Bambra (2006). Studying the classification of Chinese welfare state typology by analysing the Chinese health care system and comparing it with other countries in the world within the scope of welfare state typology, helps China enhancing the public administration. The author found that China belongs to medium decommodification group which means it is the same decommodification level as Conservative-Corporatist regimes, but also indicates there's a huge improvement potential to high decommodification group in the future. Keywords Welfare State Typology; China; Chinese Health Care System; Health Decommodification Index Range of the Thesis: 66 pages

The present study involved the implementation of one component, Community Health Status Assessment, of a comprehensive, strategic planning tool, Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP), to qualitatively uncover the perceptions of the quality of life and local health care system of 28 residents in New River Valley (NRV), Virginia. The current study represents the initial qualitative study utilizing MAPP in Virginia. Interviewees perceived an overall good quality of life (e.g., ample green space, safe neighborhoods), with an urgent need for health care reform, affordable insurance, and transportation, particularly for after-hours medical care. The current study also reviews the specific findings from the one-on-one interviews, and provides a step-by-step look at the MAPP process for potential users as applied to a real-world community, specifically, the NRV. / Ph. D.

The purpose of this study was to show how information from the District Health Information System can be used to empower managers to make evidence-based decisions that will strengthen the health care system to reduce the under-five mortality rate. A quantitative, contextual, exploratory evaluative and descriptive approach was followed and a data extraction framework, based on systems theory, was developed to guide the process of extracting existing routine data. A results-based approach was used to measure under-five mortality related health care in terms of impact, outcomes, outputs, processes and inputs. The study has highlighted that proxy indicators obtained this way places health care managers in the position to monitor progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal for child mortality in the interim periods between large population surveys. The findings displayed in the diagnostic performance profile revealed that drastic interventions are required to reduce the under-five mortality rate. / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)

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La France est caractérisée par un bon état de santé global et d'importantes inégalités sociales de santé. Le renouveau d'intérêt pour ces dernières est l'occasion de questionner une définition univoque centrée sur les résultats au détriment des procédures, dans un pays qui a axé ses politiques de lutte sur le système de soins. La médecine générale y a une place particulière par son apparition récente en tant que spécialité universitaire et la nécessité de se définir qui s'ensuit. Elle est décrite tout à la fois comme pivot du système de soins, agent de santé publique ou chantre d'une relation inter-individuelle et d'une prise en charge globale. Si la médecine est fondée sur les données de la science, elle est aussi une profession prudentielle en ce qu'elle prend en compte des situations singulières, générant de l'incertitude dans la pratique. Parmi les sources de singularité, l'aspect social, tant du patient que du médecin, est à considérer. Dans sa pratique, ce dernier éprouve cependant une diversité de social. Tantôt obstacle à son activité professionnelle et vu comme extérieur au médical, tantôt élément apparenté aux données de la science par l'épidémiologie, il peut aussi être une brique de la construction individuelle du patient sur laquelle s'appuyer, conduisant parfois à une moralisation des conduites et des identités. Les caractéristiques sociales du médecin sont quant à elles souvent oubliées, comme s'il était neutre ou simple représentant de la science. C'est pourtant dans l'interaction entre ces deux mondes que se jouent aussi les inégalités sociales de santé et tout se passe comme si le médecin ne pouvait bien soigner que ses semblables. / France is characterized by a good overall health status and high social inequalities in the health sector. The renewed interest in health inequalities is the opportunity to question a unique definition focused on results at the expense of processes, in a country where policies on tackling inequalities are based on the health care system. General practice has a particular position in this system, as a new academic speciality, which still needs to figure out how to define itself. It is described simultaneously as a heath care system gatekeeper, a public health officer or an advocate for inter-individual relationship and holistic care. While medicine is based on scientific evidence, it is also a prudential profession as it considers singular situations, generating uncertainty in practice. Among singular sources, social characteristics of both patients and doctors have to be considered. However, in their practice, physicians experience a diversity of social. Sometimes a barrier to the professional activity and considered external to the medical world, sometimes considered as part of scientific evidences by epidemiology, it could also be considered as a component of the individual construction of the patient on which the physician can rely, with the potential to lead to a moralization of behaviours and identities. The physician's social characteristics are often omitted, as if doctors were neutral or mere representatives of science. It is however in the interaction between these two worlds that social determinants of health inequalities can be found, and it seems that a physician could only provide good care to patients sharing the same similarities.

Le système de santé brésilien bénéficie d’atouts indéniables depuis sa création il y a 25 ans et aussi en particulier depuis l’évolution de la condition sociale de la population à la suite de la stabilité monétaire, de l’organisation de l’État et de politiques sociales en faveur des plus démunis. Cependant, la participation directe des usagers dans le système reste limitée, malgré l’influence du mouvement pour la santé (dit « mouvement sanitariste ») et le fait que la « participation de la collectivité » ait été consacrée à l'article 198 de la Constitution de 1988 comme un principe déterminant du système. Or, la population souhaite participer activement pour résoudre des problèmes importants concernant la structure du système ; cette volonté peut être illustrée par le nombre important d’actions judiciaires intentées contre le système public ou privé, les professionnels et les hôpitaux. Pour résoudre ce problème et favoriser la participation des usagers, la solution serait de présenter le système brésilien aux Français, de développer des échanges internationaux d’informations (théoriques ou pratiques) et de modifier le système en transplantant au Brésil certaines règles de droit français, notamment des dispositions de la loi française du 4 mars 2002 (loi dite « Kouchner »). / After 25 years of existence, the Brazilian health-care system shows good results, mainly because our population's social condition has improved, mostly through the advent of currency stability and State organization and, also, through the transfer of income to the poverty-stricken populations. Nevertheless, despite having been created from a people-driven movement (the so-called sanitary movement) and having citizen participation as one of its tenets, the Brazilian health-care system does not allow for a direct contribution by the users who, in view of the system's serious structural problems, have been demanding further participation, which can be seen through the increase in number of lawsuits against the public and the private systems and against professionals and hospitals. To face up to this problem and make the participation of the citizen an effective one, we take this opportunity to introduce the French system to the Brazilian system, to encourage further exchange between these two countries and draw on the former for inspiration on the evolution of the latter, specifically with respect to some aspects of Kouchner Act dated March 4, 2002.

A dissertação trata do acesso aos serviços de alta complexidade, particularmente os exames diagnósticos e complementares, estudado entre usuários de planos de saúde privados que buscam atendimento e diagnóstico especializado. Desde a década de 80 o usuário do sistema público de saúde vem procurando a saúde suplementar. Contudo, afirmar que o acesso é garantido no domínio privado, através da contratação dos planos de saúde, é uma incerteza que rodeia a inspiração para esta pesquisa, que se justifica pela relevância de ações que possibilitem a melhora da qualidade regulatória dos planos de saúde, a partir do controle social de seus usuários. O objetivo geral é analisar as percepções do acesso aos exames de alta complexidade nos serviços de saúde privados entre usuários de planos de saúde. Os objetivos específicos são descrever as percepções dos usuários de planos de saúde acerca do acesso aos exames de alta complexidade; analisar as motivações dos usuários de planos de saúde privados para a realização de exames de alta complexidade através da rede privada de assistência; e analisar o nível de satisfação dos usuários de planos de saúde quanto ao acesso aos exames de alta complexidade. A metodologia é qualitativa-descritiva, onde a amostra foi de trinta usuários de planos de saúde, acima de 18 anos, selecionados no campo de estudo no ano de 2010. O cenário de estudo foi um laboratório privado de medicina diagnóstica no Rio de Janeiro. As técnicas de coleta de dados utilizadas foram formulário e entrevista individual estruturada. A análise do formulário foi realizada através de estatística descritiva, e as entrevistas através da análise de conteúdo temática-categorial. Os usuários de plano de saúde declararam que o acesso é garantido com facilidade para os exames de alta complexidade. Suas principais motivações para a realização desses exames na rede privada de assistência foram caracterizadas pela rapidez de atendimento, flexibilidade e facilidade de marcação pela internet, telefone ou pessoalmente no laboratório estudado, pronta entrega dos resultados, dificuldade e morosidade do atendimento do SUS, localização do prestador credenciado próxima de bairros residenciais ou do trabalho, resolutividade diagnóstica de imagem de excelência, possibilidade de escolha pelo usuário entre as modalidades aberta e fechada de ressonância magnética e tomografia computadorizada, além da densitometria óssea que foram facilmente acessíveis a todos os sujeitos da pesquisa. O nível de satisfação foi correspondido com a rapidez na realização dos exames em caráter eletivo e de urgência quase equiparados na escala de tempo de acordo com os usuários. Contudo, embora as notas de avaliação dos usuários quanto aos seus planos de saúde tenham sido altas, foram abordadas algumas dificuldades, tais como: prazos de validade dos pedidos médicos com datação prévia; solicitações de senhas de autorização pela operadora; burocracia nos procedimentos de agendamento; dificuldades de acesso para tratamentos como implantes, fisioterapia, RPG, pilates, home care, consultas de check up; negação de reembolsos; restrição de materiais cirúrgicos, em especial as próteses e órteses; e restrições específicas de grau para cirurgias de miopia. Conclui-se que o atendimento rápido dos exames de imagem de alto custo na amostra foi descrito como satisfatório, embora a percepção de rapidez possa variar em função do tipo de produto do plano de saúde privado contratado, com necessidade de melhoria regulatória em alguns aspectos pontuais da saúde suplementar. / This dissertation deals with access to services of high complexity, particularly diagnostic and complementary exams between users of private health system that seek specialized treatment and diagnosis care. Since the 80's people has being looking for additional health system. However, say that access is guaranteed in the private system, is an uncertainty that leads the inspiration for this research, which is justified by the importance of actions that enable the improvement of regulatory quality of health plans from social control of its users. The overall objective is to analyze the perceptions to access high complexity exams in the health system between users of private health plans. The specific objectives are to describe the perceptions of users of health plans to access high complexity exams; analyze motivations from users of private health plans for the exams of high complexity through the private network; and analyze the level of users satisfaction with health plans regarding access to tests of high complexity. The methodology is qualitative-descriptive, and the sample was thirty users of private health care system greater than 18 years, selected in 2010. The research scenario was a private laboratory of medical diagnostic in Rio de Janeiro. Data collection techniques used were individual interviews and structured form. The analysis was performed by the form of descriptive statistics, and interviews through the analysis of thematic content-category. Users of health plan stated that the access is guaranteed with facility for tests of high complexity. Their main motivations for doing exams in private health care services were characterized by quick responsiveness, flexibility and ease of marking their exams by internet, telephone or personally in the laboratory, prompt delivery of results, difficulty and length of service in SUS, location of laboratory near home or work, excellence resolution in diagnostic image, user choice between open and closed methods of magnetic resonance and computed tomography, and bone densitometry were easily accessible to all research subjects. Satisfaction level was reached by quickly resolution of the exams, and performing elective and emergency procedures in almost similar time scale, according to users. However, although evaluation from users with their health plans have been high, some difficulties were pointed such as validity periods for realization of exams; according to the date on the medical application; password requests for authorization by the operator; bureaucracy in procedures for scheduling exams; and poor access to treatments such as implants; physiotherapy; RPG; pilates; homecare; check ups; denied refunds; restricted surgical materials; in particular prosthetics and orthotics; and specifics degree limitation for myopia surgery. We conclude that the quickly response of high complexity exams were described as satisfactory, although the perception of speed may vary depending on the type of private health plans contracted, with the need for regulatory improvement in specific points in privete health system.

Submitted by Fabiana Gonçalves Pinto (benf@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-07-13T20:04:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Socrates Miranda de Oliveira Xavier Schwartz.pdf: 2393385 bytes, checksum: ef4be0240a2e0a50a35d7b88e2366103 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-13T20:04:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Socrates Miranda de Oliveira Xavier Schwartz.pdf: 2393385 bytes, checksum: ef4be0240a2e0a50a35d7b88e2366103 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Mestrado Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde / Introdução: A identificação acurada do diagnóstico de enfermagem Recuperação cirúrgica retardada (código 00100) pode auxiliar no planejamento do cuidado, proporcionando a segurança cirúrgica para prevenção de danos ao paciente. Objetivo: Avaliar o diagnóstico de enfermagem recuperação cirúrgica retardada em pacientes cirúrgicos da rede suplementar de saúde. Método: Trata-se de um estudo de coorte prospectiva com uma amostra aleatória simples de 144 participantes. Com esse tamanho amostral pode-se afirmar que as proporções identificadas consideram-se ao nível de confiança de 95% e a erros percentuais máximos de 8,37%. Foram critérios de inclusão: idade igual ou superior a 18 anos; estar no segundo dia de pós-operatório, ou seja, pós-operatório mediato de cirurgias urológicas ou cirurgia geral; que puderam ser acompanhados até o momento da alta hospitalar e que apresentaram disponibilidade para atender uma ligação telefônica após um mês da alta hospitalar. Critérios de exclusão: pacientes em reinternação para revisão cirúrgica de procedimento realizado nos últimos 60 dias. A coleta de dados foi realizada no período de março a setembro de 2016 por meio do instrumento de produção de dados, cujas variáveis foram as características definidoras e os fatores relacionados do diagnóstico de enfermagem recuperação cirúrgica retardada. Os dados sociodemográficos e clínicos provenientes da análise documental de consulta ao prontuário também foram coletados e decodificados através de instrumento de avaliação. Para a análise dos dados, utilizou-se o programa SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science), versão 22.0, e o programa Microsoft Excel 2007. Resultados: A incidência de Recuperação cirúrgica retardada foi estimada em 6,9%. O tempo de internação total (0,026) e o tempo de internação pós-operatório (0,001) foram distintos nos dois grupos. A ocorrência do diagnóstico não esteve relacionada à idade (0,505), nem ao sexo do paciente (0,745); ou ao tipo de cirurgia, se geral ou urológica (0,309). Apendicectomia foi a cirurgia mais incidente estimada em 5,3%, juntamente com a Remoção de Cálculo Renal, estimada em 7,1%. As características definidoras do Diagnóstico que estiveram significativamente associadas foram: Mobilidade Prejudicada (0,033); Perda de apetite (p 0,011); Precisa de ajuda para o autocuidado (0,038) e Desconforto (0,014). Ao considerar que as melhores características definidoras são aquelas que maximizam simultaneamente tanto a Se (sensibilidade) quanto a Es (especificidade) e Ac (acurácia), teve-se: Perda de Apetite (Se=70; Es=71,6; Ac=71,5); Precisa de Ajuda para o Autocuidado (Se=70%; Es=657%; Ac=66%); Desconforto (Se=80,0%; Es=64,2%; Ac=65,3%) e Mobilidade Prejudicada (Se=80,0%; Es=55,2%; Ac=56,9%). Conclusão: A taxa de incidência de recuperação cirúrgica retardada é maior na rede pública de saúde quando comparada à rede suplementar. A identificação do diagnóstico possibilita instituir medidas protetoras que previnem prolongamento no tempo da recuperação cirúrgica e promover adoção de políticas para segurança do paciente cirúrgico / Introduction: The accurate identification of the nursing diagnosis delayed surgical recovery (code 00100) can aid in the care plan, providing surgical safety to prevent harm to patients. Objective: To evaluate the nursing diagnosis delayed surgical recovery in surgical patients in a private healthcare system. Method: This is a prospective cohort study with a simple random sample of 144 participants. With this sample size, it can be stated that the proportions identified are considered at the 95% confidence level and at maximum posible percentage errors of 8.37%. The inclusion criteria were: Age equal to or greater than 18 years; Being on the second postoperative day, ie, after 24 hours of urological or general surgeries; Those who could be followed up until the moment of hospital discharge and who were available to answer a telephone call after one month of hospital discharge. Exclusion criteria: patients in readmission for surgical revision of procedures performed in the last 60 days. Data collection was carried out from March to September 2016 through an instrument of data production, whose variables were the defining characteristics and related factors of the nursing diagnosis delayed surgical recovery. Sociodemographic and clinical data obtained from the documentary analysis of the medical records were also collected and decoded through an assessment instrument. Statistical Package for the Social Science, version 22.0, and the program Microsoft Excel 2007 were used to analyze the data. Results: The incidence of delayed surgical recovery was estimated at 6.9%. The total hospitalization time (0.026) and the time of postoperative hospitalization (0.001) were distinct in both groups. The occurrence of the diagnosis was not related to age (0.505) nor to the sex of the patient (0.745); Or to the type of surgery, whether general or urological (0,309). Appendectomy was the most incident surgery estimated at 5.3%, together with Renal Calculus Removal, estimated at 7.1%. The defining characteristics of the Diagnosis significantly associated were: Impaired Mobility (0.033); Loss of appetite (p 0.011); Requires assistance for self-care (0.038) and Discomfort (0.014). When considering that the best defining characteristics are those that maximize both Se (sensitivity) and Sp (specificity) and Ac (accuracy), we have: Loss of Appetite (Se=70%, Sp=71.6, Ac=71.5); Requires assistance for self-care (Se=70%, Sp=65,7%, Ac=66%); Discomfort (Se=80.0%, Sp=64.2%, Ac=65.3%) and Impaired Mobility (Se=80.0%, Sp=55.2%, Ac=56.9%). Conclusion: The incidence rate of delayed surgical recovery is higher in the public health system when compared to the private system. The diagnosis identification makes possible to institute protective actions that prevent extension of the days for surgical recovery, and promote adoption of policies for safety of the surgical patient

The primary question at issue in this paper is the following: given the similarities between the two countries with regard to welfare state institutions, why have the United States and the United Kingdom diverged on the issue of health care? Drawing on sociological institutionalism, a branch of the new institutionalist paradigm, this paper provides an answer to this question: during the formative years of the health care stories in the two countries, variations in institutional and cultural conditions produced contrasting policy outcomes. More specifically, this paper discusses how the combination of institutions (political, labor, and medical) and culture led to private insurance in the United States and public insurance in the United Kingdom. Of course, this paper has implications for several areas of scholarship, as well as for current policy debates on a wide range of issues.