Article: Mortality rates lower with decentralisation.(STATE AND TERRITORY: NT)

Article: Fixing Iraqi Health Care Comes at Expense of U.S. Needs, Critics Say
The Washington Post;  October 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ......have a vision for health care in Iraq in which...care, childhood mortality rates plummet and every...understand the need for health care in Iraq," said Sen...such as veterans' health care, schools, police...wants to improve health care in Iraq is so ...

Article: Peru/WB: US$15 Million to Improve Health Care for Poor Rural Populations; Expands the capacity and quality of women's and child health care services in the poorest areas of the country.
M2 Presswire;  February 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Million to Improve Health Care for Poor Rural...women's and child health care services in the...mother-child rural health care services. The funds...the Ministry of Health. The total budget...scheme for universal health coverage, as provided...building the universal ...

Article: Mortality rates improve; But readmissions also up at Pa. hospitals
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  September 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ......information to improve health care in the state. Every...Performance Report comparing mortality rates, costs of procedures...interest to consumers and health care professionals. Still...decide where to spend health care dollars. Local hospitals...in 2003. Overall, ...

Article: WISCONSIN HOSPITALS LOWER MORTALITY RATES, REPORT SAYS ACCORDING TO A HOSPITAL GROUP, TODAY'S HEALTH CARE IS OF HIGHER QUALITY.(LOCAL)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 5, 2006 ;     448 words ......The most significant decline in mortality rates at Wisconsin hospitals from 2001...correction published 1-6-06) ***** Mortality rates at Wisconsin hospitals for 11...more quickly have helped reduce mortality rates, hospital officials say. The...developed by the federal government. ...

Article: Fed: More consistent care can cut mortality rates, project finds
AAP General News (Australia);  May 17, 2004 ;     532 words ......consistent care can cut mortality rates, project finds By...Australians had an excellent health system but things...arguably best levels of health care in the world ... we...2002 by the World Health Organisation found...harm in Australian health care facilities, ...

Article: Increased Heart Mortality Rates Linked to Decreased State Subsidies of Uninsured in New Jersey Hospitals; Penn Study Finds Market-Based Competition, Decreased Subsidies for Uninsured Cases Directly Affect Patient Outcomes.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  April 15, 2003 ;     607 words ......relative increase in mortality rates among uninsured heart...which the New Jersey health care system underwent dramatic...They found that while mortality rates for uninsured hospital...the Department of Health Care Systems at the Wharton...rate-setting system with the ...

Article: Responding to Crisis: Patterns of Health Care Utilization in Central Kenya Amid Economic Decline
African Studies Review;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......to provide adequate health care to their citizens...areas and driving up mortality rates after decades of decline...determine choice of health-care facility, including...areas and driving up mortality rates after decades of decline...changing patterns of health ...

Article: Region's hospitals fare well in report: State health care council looked at 26 treatment categories in examining the facilities.
Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA);  September 27, 2007 ;     493 words ......from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council...stay, readmissions and mortality rates. Overall, the patient...and Wyoming Valley Health Care System's Wilkes-Barre...together. The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council...

Article: Hospital mortality rates drop; But administrators warn: Data can deceive
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  December 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment...PHC4) studied mortality rates for 11 hospital...sole increase in mortality rates was a slight...did. Now the health care consumer is much...and physician health care providers to...only improves health ...

Article: Pennsylvania Mortality Rates Drop for Coronary Surgeries.
The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  May 11, 2002 ;     447 words ......which found that patient mortality rates for coronary bypass...surgeries. Statewide, mortality rates for coronary surgeries...by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council...surgeries performed, mortality rates and readmission rates...period. Wyoming Valley ...

Article: Pioneering new ways to ensure quality health care.
Nursing Economics;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Efforts to improve quality in health care services aren't new. In...review data on hospital mortality rates. Her efforts illuminated...primarily the purview of health care delivery systems, regulators...concern regarding quality of health care is voiced by a wide ...

Article: Infant, maternal mortality rates decline in Zimbabwe
Xinhua News Agency;  November 1, 2007 ;     312 words ...Infant, maternal mortality rates decline in Zimbabwe HARARE...Zimbabwe's infant and maternal mortality rates have declined over the...efforts to improve maternal health care in the country, local media...required to improve maternal health care. The infant mortality ...

Article: Kaiser CEO Shares Lessons in Health Care from Uganda.
PR Newswire;  December 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......is $270 per year, infant mortality rates are among the highest in...group of intrepid American health care experts, including George...described by Halvorson in Health Care Co-ops in Uganda: Effectively...on how to create a micro health care co-op. A group of ...

Article: Family doctor compares presidential candidates on health care
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  October 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......coverage for its citizens. Health-care quality outcomes such as...expectancy, obesity and infant mortality rates reflect the system of health-care delivery. Namely, the United...industrialized countries spend on health care. Here in West Virginia...have adequate access ...