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Research for universal health coverage.
Everyone should have access to the health services they need without being forced into poverty when paying for them. This report argues that universal health coverage - with full access to high-quality services for prevention treatment and financial risk protection - cannot be achieved without the e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva, Switzerland :
World Health Organization,
[2013]
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| Colección: | World health report.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Message from the Director-General; Contents; Executive summary; 1. The role of research for universal health coverage; Developing the concept of universal health coverage; Investigating financial risk protection; Investigating the coverage of health services; Equity and universal health coverage; Coverage of health services: quality as well as quantity; Conclusions: research needed for universal health coverage; References; 2. The growth of research for universal health coverage; Creativity everywhere; Research ascending; Growing unevenly; The value of health research.
- Conclusions: building on the foundationsReferences; 3. How research contributes to universal health coverage; Case-study 1 Insecticide-treated mosquito nets to reduce childhood mortality; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 2 Antiretroviral therapy to prevent sexual transmission of HIV; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 3 Zinc supplements to reduce pneumonia and diarrhoea in young children; The need for research.
- Study designSummary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 4 Telemedicine to improve the quality of paediatric care; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 5 New diagnostics for tuberculosis; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 6 The "polypill" to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease; The need for research; Methods; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage.
- Main conclusionsCase-study 7 Combination treatment with sodium stibogluconate (SSG) and paromomycin compared to SSG monotherapy for visceral leishmaniasis; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 8 Task shifting in the scale-up of interventions to improve child survival; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 9 Improving access to emergency obstetric care; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings.
- Towards universal health coverageMain conclusions; Case-study 10 Conditional cash transfers to improve the use of health services and health outcomes; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 11 Insurance in the provision of accessible and affordable health services; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings; Towards universal health coverage; Main conclusions; Case-study 12 Affordable health care in ageing populations; The need for research; Study design; Summary of findings.