Death from dengue fever as a sentinel event for evaluation of quality of healthcare: a case study in two municipalities in Northeast Brazil, 2008.

Despite the existing resources for adequate dengue patient care in the Brazilian healthcare system, the case-fatality rate for the disease is still high in the country.
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Understanding the determinant factors of Internet business solutions adoption: the case of Portuguese firms.

The purpose of our article is to identify the determinants of Internet Business Solutions (IBS), using a representative sample of Portuguese business sector in 2006. This article is based on a theoretical framework in which the adoption of IBS is done in two stages.
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Impact of pocket-ultrasound in diagnosis and patient management at remote areas.

Authors: Smarandache A, Slotman MA, Almeida AP
Journal: Scientific Reports
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Authors: Carvalho AP, Roman F, Alves-Pires C, Alho A, Rolim JL, Bahia MT, Roman F, Baptista MC, Bahia MT
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+training+and+professional+expectations+of+medical+students+in+Angola%2C+Guinea-Bissau+and+Mozambique

BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the professional expectations of medical students during the 2007-2008 academic year at the public medical schools of Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, and to identify their social and geographical origins, their professional expectations and difficulties relating to their education and professional future.
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The human resource for health situation in Zambia: deficit and maldistribution.

Authors: Alves-Pires C, Alho A, Nunes-Pereira M, Rolão N
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+human+resource+for+health+situation+in+Zambia%3A+deficit+and+maldistribution

INTRODUCTION:
Current health policy directions in Zambia are formulated in the National Health Strategic Plan. The Plan focuses on national health priorities, which include the human resources (HR) crisis.
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Death from dengue fever as a sentinel event for evaluation of quality of healthcare: a case study in two municipalities in Northeast Brazil, 2008.

Understanding the determinant factors of Internet business solutions adoption: the case of Portuguese firms.

Impact of pocket-ultrasound in diagnosis and patient management at remote areas.

The training and professional expectations of medical students in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.

The human resource for health situation in Zambia: deficit and maldistribution.

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