Background Immunocompromised patients are vulnerable to severe or complicated
influenza infection. Vaccination is widely recommended for this group. This systematic …

Background The UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates worldwide and in recent
years the Government has made breastfeeding promotion one of its priorities. The UNICEF …

Vaccination of immunocompromised patients is recommended in many national guidelines
to protect against severe or complicated influenza infection. However, due to uncertainties …

Objectives To identify the differential effects of patient, health service, temporal and
geographic factors on length of stay (LOS) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Objectives: To examine the relative importance of patients' socio-demographic
characteristics, health service factors, health conditions, day and season of admission as …

Breastfeeding is important to the health and wellbeing of mothers and their babies. The
World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that babies start breastfeeding within one …

The quest for finding a sustainable and affordable means of financing health care provision
in the Country has led to attention being directed to communitybased health financing …

Ce treizième bulletin de liaison du RIAC est en grande partie consacré à la problématique
du financement des soins. Longtemps l'accès aux services de santé a été synonyme d'accès …