OpenUCT Home
→
Browsing by Author

Browsing by Author "Cleary, Susan"

Now showing items 1-20 of 38

Next Page

Access barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zimbabwe: a case study of Chivhu Hospital

Author: Siduna, Willie Date: 2012 Access to healthcare is one of the basic social goods which ensures that individuals lead healthy and long lives. There is an increased need towards ensuring access to health care for all, which has led to the question of how access is defined. ... Read more
An analysis of adherence & equity in access to TB services in Mitchell's Plain, South Africa

Author: Docrat, Sumaiyah Date: 2012 The control of tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa has fallen short of the targets outlined by the World Health Organization and without improvement; TB is expected to have grave consequences for both the mortality and morbidity of South Africans ... Read more
An analysis of expenditure on HIV/AIDS patients in Zambia

Author: Kaliki, Chipalo Date: 2006 According to the 2000/2001 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS), HIV/AIDS prevalence is 16% and is expected to be higher in the next five years. The disease is quite pervasive across all sectors of economic activity, but the impact is ... Read more
Assessing access barriers to Tuberculosis (TB) and Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town South Africa

Author: Mweemba, Chrispin Date: 2011 Access to health care is a very important concept which has equally important implications to the health status of individuals. However, there have been a lot of debates among researchers and policy makers on what constitutes access, and ... Read more
Assessing the barriers to accessing prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services in Marondera Zimbabwe

Author: Magaso, Farai Beverley Date: 2011 Although Zimbabwe has invested in nationwide scale-up of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services, high HIV-specific under-five mortality rates continue to be observed. This study aimed to document the potential reasons for ... Read more
Brief interventions to address substance use in emergency departments in the Western Cape: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Author: Dwommoh, Rebecca Akua Kyerewaa Date: 2014 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Clinical and financial burdens of secondary level care in a public sector antiretroviral roll-out setting (G F Jooste Hospital)

Author: Kevany, Sebastian ; Meintjes, Graeme ; Rebe, Kevin ; Maartens, Gary ; Cleary, Susan Date: 2009 Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being extended across South Africa. While efforts have been made to assess the costs of providing ART via accredited service points, little information is available on its downstream costs, particularly ... Read more c b
Comparing dedicated and designated models of integrating mental health into chronic disease care: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Author: Myers, Bronwyn ; Lund, Crick ; Lombard, Carl ; Joska, John ; Levitt, Naomi ; Butler, Christopher ; Cleary, Susan ; Naledi, Tracey ; Milligan, Peter ; Stein, Dan J ; Sorsdahl, Katherine Date: 16 Mar 2018 Background In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), it is uncertain whether a “dedicated” approach to integrating mental health care (wherein a community health worker (CHW) has the sole responsibility of delivering mental ... Read more c b
Cost effectiveness analysis of two alternative interventions for the integration of Tenofovir into South Africa's public sector First Line Antiretroviral treatment regimen

Author: Lin, Iming Date: 2009 In 2003, South Africa's National Department of Health (DoH) initiated the roll out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV positive individuals in the public health sector. Based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, South Africa's ... Read more
Cost effectiveness of cryptococcal antigen screening as a strategy to prevent HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in South Africa

Author: Jarvis, Joseph N ; Harrison, Thomas S ; Lawn, Stephen D ; Meintjes, Graeme ; Wood, Robin ; Cleary, Susan Date: 2013 Objectives Cryptococcal meningitis (CM)-related mortality may be prevented by screening patients for sub-clinical cryptococcal antigenaemia (CRAG) at antiretroviral-therapy (ART) initiation and pre-emptively treating those testing positive. ... Read more c b
Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative statin prescribing strategies for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease at a South African public sector tertiary hospital

Author: De Waal, Reneé Date: 2016 Strokes and ischaemic heart disease are among the top ten causes of death in South Africa. Given that burden of disease, it is important to establish whether interventions aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease are not only effective, but ... Read more
The cost-effectiveness of Antiretroviral Treatment in Khayelitsha, South Africa - a primary data analysis

Author: Cleary, Susan ; McIntyre, Di ; Boulle, Andrew Date: 2006 BACKGROUND:Given the size of the HIV epidemic in South Africa and other developing countries, scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) represents one of the key public health challenges of the next decade. Appropriate priority setting and ... Read more c b
Costs and effects of a multifaceted intervention to improve the quality of care of children in district hospitals in Kenya

Author: Barasa, Edwine W Date: 2011 In Kenya, an intervention to improve the quality of care of children was developed and tested in district hospitals. This was a multifaceted intervention employing clinical practice guidelines, training, supervision, feedback and facilitation, ... Read more
Disability Grant: a precarious lifeline for HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa

Author: Govender, Veloshnee ; Fried, Jana ; Birch, Stephen ; Chimbindi, Natsayi ; Cleary, Susan Date: 2015 BACKGROUND:In South Africa, HIV/AIDS remains a major public health problem. In a context of chronic unemployment and deepening poverty, social assistance through a Disability Grant (DG) is extended to adults with HIV/AIDS who are unable to ... Read more c b
Early and late direct costs in a Southern African antiretroviral treatment programme: a retrospective cohort analysis

Author: Leisegang, Rory ; Cleary, Susan ; Hislop, Michael ; Davidse, Alistair ; Regensberg, Leon ; Little, Francesca ; Maartens, Gary Date: 2009 Gary Maartens and colleagues describe the direct heath care costs and identify the drivers of cost over time in an HIV managed care program in Southern Africa. Read more c b
Early severe morbidity and resource utilization in South African adults on antiretroviral therapy

Author: de Cherif, Teresa ; Schoeman, Jan ; Cleary, Susan ; Meintjes, Graeme ; Rebe, Kevin ; Maartens, Gary Date: 2009 BACKGROUND:High rates of mortality and morbidity have been described in sub-Saharan African patients within the first few months of starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). There is limited data on the causes of early morbidity ... Read more c b
Economic evaluation of antenatal screening for Down Syndrome and serious congenital heart defects in Norway

Author: Movik, Espen Date: 2010 Following recommendations laid down by a consensus conference in 1986, the policy of the Norwegian government has been to offer a routine ultrasound scan to all pregnant women at 18 weeks of gestation, i.e. in the second trimester (weeks ... Read more
The economic feasibility and potential resource requirements of scaling up prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV services in Zambia from a provider's perspective

Author: Kamanga, Mpuma Date: 2006 The purpose of this study was to estimate the costs and human resource requirements of scaling up PMTCT to the proposed targets. Estimates are compared with the proposed 2006-2008 medium term expenditure estimates and projected staffing levels ... Read more
Equity and efficiency in health and health care for HIV-positive adults in South Africa

Author: Cleary, Susan Date: 2007 This dissertation presents a framework for assessing equity and efficiency in health and health care for HIV-positive adults in South Africa, which is tested in the extensive analysis of empirical data on the costs and consequences of alternative ... Read more
Examining priority setting and resource allocation practices in county hospitals in Kenya

Author: Barasa, Edwine W Date: 2014 Hospitals consume a significant proportion of healthcare budgets and are a key avenue for the delivery of key interventions. Understanding how hospitals use resources is therefore an important question. Priority setting research has however ... Read more

Now showing items 1-20 of 38

Next Page

Browse

All of OpenUCT