Health services

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy are particularly susceptible to drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Practitioners should keep themselves updated with the most current DDI information, particularly involving new anticancer drugs (ACDs). Databases can be useful to obtain up-to-date DDI information in a timely and efficient manner. Our objective was to investigate the DDI...

Introductory Editorial by Dr Karna Dev Bardhan

Objective: To review the efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Data Sources: Literature was accessed via MEDLINE (1950–February 2009) and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1960–2009) using the medical subject heading terms omega-3 fatty acids and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity. Additional references were found by...

Today’s medicine is in the midst of an undeniable crisis. Calls to reform healthcare are in the forefront of economic and political discussions worldwide. Economic pressures reduce the amount of time physicians can spend with patients contributing to burnout among medical staff and endangering the patient iatrogenically. Politicians are getting...

Introduction: Levels of utilization of health services vary socially and geographically. Differences in the rates of usage are also associated with geographical aspects of health care systems. The purpose of this study was to capture spatial variations in hospital health services utilization in the elderly population in Hong Kong, a...

Ciro Augusto Floriani Bioethics Council, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Abstract The global expansion of the modern hospice movement has been fast and impressive, and in developing countries this phenomenon has also been registered, despite the structural and operational difficulties of...

Amal K Halder1,2 and M Kabir1 1Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. 2ICDDR,B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. Abstract Background: Although, health status of Bangladeshis has improved, levels of child mortality in Bangladesh remain unacceptably high. This paper reviews household wealth inequalities in immunization coverage in Bangladesh. The objective...

Anne L. Coleman1, Gergana Kodjebacheva1,2, Steven P. Wallace2, Michael Prelip2, Alexander N. Ortega3, Joann Giaconi1, Fei Yu1,4 and Abdelmonem A. Afifi4 1Jules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. 2School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of...

Peter N. Nemetz Strategy and Business Economics, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Abstract This paper advances the somewhat paradoxical hypothesis that the emergence of managed care which threatens to accelerate the decline of the autopsy may, in fact, offer an opportunity for its...

Elsy Söderberg and Ulrika Müssener Division of Social Medicine and Public Health Science, Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden. Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Science, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. Abstract Background:  Social insurance offices (SIOs) handle...

Dr. Lynne Wrennall Public Health Research Group, Criminology Programme, School of Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Clarence Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom, L3 5UG. Abstract Conflicting opinion regarding the relative weight that should be allocated to the investigation of organic causes of child illness, compared to the pursuit...

Dr. Jarold L Cosby Assistant Professor, Applied Health Science, Brock University, Ontario, Canada.