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Implicaciones familiares y sanitarias del envejecimiento poblacional en la cobertura universal
Familial and health implications of the population aging for the universal health coverage

Rev. cuba. salud pública; 41 (supl.1), 2015
El movimiento de cobertura sanitaria universal llama la atención a los gobiernos del mundo, sobre el derecho a la salud para todos los estratos sociales y los grupos más vulnerables. El objetivo es examinar las implicaciones familiares y sanitarias del proceso de envejecimiento de la población cubana ...

Cobertura universal y eficiencia en salud. Más allá de los términos, en búsqueda del significado
Universal coverage and health efficiency, beyond the terms and the search for their meaning

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Rev. cuba. salud pública; 41 (supl.1), 2015
Nos dirigimos a usted con el mayor respeto para expresar nuestra preocupación por el tratamiento práctico actual dado como respuesta a la demanda de cobertura universal en salud en no pocos países de la región latinoamericana. Tanto gobernantes como políticos, profesionales de la salud y ciudadanos ...

Performance evaluation of hospitals that provide care in the public health system, Brazil

OBJECTIVE To analyze if size, administrative level, legal status, type of unit and educational activity influence the hospital network performance in providing services to the Brazilian Unified Health System.METHODS This cross-sectional study evaluated data from the Hospital Information System and the Ca...

Free-trade agreements: challenges for global health

In this study new free-trade agreements are discussed, which are based on the breaking down of tariff and technical barriers and normally exclude most of the poorest countries in the world. Considering the current context of economic globalization and its health impacts, seven controversial points of the...

Users' dissatisfaction with dental care: a population-based household study

OBJECTIVE To examine whether demographic, socioeconomic conditions, oral health subjectivity and characterization of dental care are associated with users' dissatisfaction with such are.METHODS Cross-sectional study of 781 people who required dental care in Montes Claros, MG, Southeastern Brazil, in 2012...

Institutional and matrix support and its relationship with primary healthcare

OBJECTIVE To analyze whether the level of institutional and matrix support is associated with better certification of primary healthcare teams.METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated two kinds of primary healthcare support - 14,489 teams received institutional support and 14,306 teams receive...

A importância do resfriamento da queimadura no atendimento pré-hospitalar

Rev bras queimaduras; 14 (1), 2015
Sabemos que o Atendimento Pré-Hospitalar (APH) à vítima queimada ainda é uma área bastante carente de informações precisas no Brasil. Os socorristas, muitas vezes, têm pouco conhecimento para fazer um atendimento rápido, eficiente e eficaz ou possuem material escasso - e às vezes inexistentes -...

Calidad de las tromboplastinas utilizadas en el laboratorio clínico y en los equipos POCT y su impacto en la dosificación de acenocumarol en pacientes con terapia anticoagulante oral

Rev. chil. cardiol; 34 (2), 2015
Antecedentes: El monitoreo del tratamiento con anticoagulantes cumarínicos se realiza a través del INR (International Normalized Ratio) que es el parámetro estandarizado del Tiempo de Protrombina. Las recomendaciones de la OMS indican que la precisión en el cálculo del INR puede ser mejorada usando ...