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Featured Article: Cost analysis of large-scale implementation of the ‘Helping Babies Breathe’ newborn resuscitation-training program in Tanzania

Clarence Goss

 In efforts to reduce early newborn asphyxia and mortality in low-resource countries, the ‘Helping Babies Breathe’ curriculum has been initiated, a low-cost intervention with potential for high impact on perinatal mortality in resource-poor settings

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Featured Article: Social media use in healthcare: A systematic review of effects on patients and on their relationship with healthcare professionals

CC Ibrahim.ID

 Patients’ use of social media was found to lead to improved self-management and control, enhanced psychological well-being, enhanced or diminished subjective well-being, addiction to social media, loss of privacy, and being targeted for promotion, as well as affecting the healthcare professional-patient relationship.

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Featured Article: Patient experiences and the association with organizational factors in general practice

In Norway, patients report predominantly positive experiences when consulting a general practitioner (GP). A negative patient's experience results from a short or long GP's patient list and if they have a rural location.

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1. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   China’s community-based strategy of universal preconception care in rural areas at a population level using a novel risk classification system for stratifying couples´ preconception health status

   Qiongjie Zhou, Shikun Zhang, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Weidong Tian, Jingqi Chen, Ganesh Acharya and Xiaotian Li

   Published on: 28 December 2016
2. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Assessing key cost drivers associated with caring for chronic kidney disease patients

   Paul Damien, Holly J. Lanham, Murali Parthasarathy and Nikhil L. Shah

   Published on: 28 December 2016
3. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   The economic impact of mental healthcare consumption before and after stroke in a cohort of stroke patients in the Netherlands: a record linkage study

   M. van Eeden, G. A. P. G. van Mastrigt, S. M. A. A. Evers, E. P. M. van Raak, G. A. M. Driessen and C. M. van Heugten

   Published on: 13 December 2016
4. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   Quantitative evaluation of essential medicines lists: the South African case study

   Velisha Ann Perumal-Pillay and Fatima Suleman

   Published on: 12 December 2016
5. RESEARCH ARTICLE

   A quantitative study on factors influencing enrolment of dairy farmers in a community health insurance scheme

   Tineke de Groot-de Greef, Lydia V. Monareng and Janetta H Roos

   Published on: 9 December 2016

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