Community Health Centers - Organization & administration
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

HIV prevention and primary care for transgender women in a community-based clinic.

30 Aug 2009 Male-to-female transgender individuals, or transgender women (TW), are at high risk for HIV infection and face multiple barriers to HIV care. Advocates agree that numerous factors need to be addressed concurrently to prevent HIV infection in TW, ... Read more...

Heart failure clinics are associated with clinical benefit in both tertiary and community care settings: data from the Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia (ICONS) registry.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) clinics are known to improve outcomes of patients with HF. Studies have been limited to single, usually tertiary centres whose experience may not apply to the general HF population. OBJECTIVES: To determine the ... Read more...

Are services delivered by community health centers more cost-effective? Evidence from urban China.

29 Jun 2009 China has introduced a system of community health centers (CHCs) to provide primary care. To test whether services provided by such centers are more cost-effective than treatment at local higher-level hospitals, the study compared health outcomes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Community Health Centers - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HIV prevention and primary care for transgender women in a community-based clinic. 30 Aug 2009
• Heart failure clinics are associated with clinical benefit in both tertiary and community care settings: data from the Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia (ICONS) registry. 30 Aug 2009
• Australian primary health care centres: de facto Super Clinics? 18 Jul 2009
• [Nurse at a homeless shelter] 29 Jun 2009
• Are services delivered by community health centers more cost-effective? Evidence from urban China. 29 Jun 2009
• Modelling innovative interventions for optimising healthy lifestyle promotion in primary health care: "prescribe Vida Saludable" phase I research protocol. 16 Jun 2009
• Technological profile assessment of voluntary HIV counseling and testing centers in Brazil. 30 May 2009
• Providing the right level of care. 30 May 2009
• Reforming health care reform. 30 May 2009
• The Well Woman Program: a community-based randomized trial to prevent sexually transmitted infections in low-income African American women. 30 May 2009
• State mental health policy: mending Missouri's safety net: transforming systems of care by integrating primary and behavioral health care. 29 Apr 2009
• Clinic-based nutrition and lifestyle counseling for Hispanic women delivered by community health workers: design of the California WISEWOMAN study. 29 Apr 2009
• Nurse-managed free clinic fosters care connection for homeless population. 29 Apr 2009
• Needs-based care for a community: innovation or common sense? 29 Apr 2009
• Public health responses to the HIV epidemic among black men who have sex with men: A qualitative study of US health departments and communities. 14 Apr 2009
• 'Sex in the City': Birmingham's take on sexual health delivery. 30 Mar 2009
• An investigation of satellite hemodialysis fallbacks in the province of Ontario. 2 Mar 2009
• Satellite dialysis in Ontario. 2 Mar 2009
• [Diffusion of clinical governance among the Italian Local Health Units (LHUs). Analysis of the Health Surveys, the Firm Acts and the Health Plans] 27 Feb 2009
• Building a system for preparedness: the NYCEPCE NEST experience. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Community Health Centers'

Definition: Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.

Descriptor UI: D003151

Alternative terms: Community Health Centers; Center, Community Health; Centers, Community Health; Community Health Center; Health Center, Community; Health Centers, Community; Satellite Centers; Center, Satellite; Centers, Satellite; Satellite Center; Neighborhood Health Centers; Center, Neighborhood Health; Centers, Neighborhood Health; Health Center, Neighborhood; Health Centers, Neighborhood; Neighborhood Health Center;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.035.128;

Online Note: use COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS to search NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS 1975-78; use COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 1968-74

History Note: 79; was NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS see under COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 1968-78

Technical Notes: IM