Sökning: "Income comparison"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 107 avhandlingar innehållade orden Income comparison.

  1. 21. Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context

    Författare :Sayem Ahmed; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: In Bangladesh, on an average 62% of total healthcare spending was borne by households through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments annually during 2000- 2015. Because of such high OOP payments, a sizable proportion of households (15.7%) faced catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and a number of them fell into poverty in 2010. LÄS MER

  3. 22. The potential of ambulance records for a road traffic safety agenda in low-income cities : studies from Karachi, Pakistan

    Författare :Junaid A Razzak; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Road traffic injuries; prehospital care; vulnerable road users; time trends;

    Sammanfattning : Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a major public health problem in low-income countries. The overall aim of the thesis is to increase knowledge about the characteristics of RTI events and victims and their changes over time in an urban, low-income setting. The accuracy of ambulance data for RTI surveillance is also investigated. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Long term health-related quality of life among women with high-risk breast cancer receiving adjuvant high-dose chemotherapy : a comparison with the normal population

    Författare :Helena Michelson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Adjuvant high-dose chemotherapy; health related quality of life; EORTC QLQC30; reference values; chronic health problems.;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of the thesis were 1) to provide reference values for the EORTC QLQ-C30 in the general Swedish population, 2) to investigate effects of adjuvant high-dose treatment on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among high-risk breast cancer patients during and after treatment and 3) to investigate differences in HRQoL between the patients and women of corresponding age in the general population. The EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire was mailed to a sample of 4008 randomly selected individuals in the Swedish population. LÄS MER

  5. 24. A comparison of self-rated health among Iranians in Teheran, Iranian immigrants and Swedes in Stockholm : a cross-sectional study on self-rated health, mental health and sleep quality among three urban populations, aged 60–75 years

    Författare :Pardis Momeni; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Self-rated health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Self-rated health (SRH) is one of the most widely used single measures of perceived current health status. It is used across disciplines to explore and explain people’s perceived health. LÄS MER

  7. 25. The emerging elderly population in Bangladesh : aspects of their health and social situation

    Författare :Zarina Nahar Kabir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Elderly people; self-reported health; functional ability; cognition; emotional support; material support; practical support; low-income countries; Bangladesh; South Asia.;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Bangladesh is one of the twenty countries in the world with the largest elderly populations, and by 2025, along with four other Asian countries, will account for 44% of world's total elderly population. This rapidly increasing population is a new and important group in terms of social and health policy in the country. LÄS MER