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Unit Cost Analysis Of Acute Respiratory Infection (Ari) Clinic For Covid-19 Screening At Bangbuathong Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand, Tharit Mongkol
Unit Cost Analysis Of Acute Respiratory Infection (Ari) Clinic For Covid-19 Screening At Bangbuathong Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand, Tharit Mongkol
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected the services of all hospitals in Thailand, especially making their financial position at risk of bankruptcy. Although managing the cost of health care services for COVID-19 effectively can help reduce that risk, but very few researches has been done and analyzed on these issues. This study aimed to identify the unit cost and cost recovery of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) clinic for COVID-19 screening at Bangbuathong Hospital. This research was a descriptive study by retrospective data collection from hospital recorded and database of costs of ARI clinic between March to May 2021, which was the …
Factors Influencing Practice Regarding Severe Malaria Among Health Workers In Central Province, Papua New Guinea., Leonard Rakhuna Nawara
Factors Influencing Practice Regarding Severe Malaria Among Health Workers In Central Province, Papua New Guinea., Leonard Rakhuna Nawara
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Severe malaria is the severe form of malaria which usually leads to significant morbidity, or death if left untreated. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one country outside sub-African where malaria is heavily endemic, despite the recent positive progresses resulting from intensified control. This study was designed to describe the current practice and investigate factors influencing practice regarding severe malaria among health workers in Central Province, PNG. This was a health facility-based cross-sectional study conducted in May 2018. A total of 142 participants completed self-administered questionnaires for analysis. The dependent variable covered all aspects of case management: overall practice, diagnosis, treatment …
A Randomized Controlled Trial On The Effectiveness Of Court-Type Traditional Thai Massage Versus Topical Diclofenac To Treat Frozen Shoulder, Puangpaka Tankitjanon
A Randomized Controlled Trial On The Effectiveness Of Court-Type Traditional Thai Massage Versus Topical Diclofenac To Treat Frozen Shoulder, Puangpaka Tankitjanon
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the court-type traditional Thai massage (CTTM) in treating patients suffering from frozen shoulder in comparison with topical diclofenac (TD). A randomized controlled trial was conducted at the Thai Traditional Medical Service Center, Sukhothai Thammatirat University, Nonthaburi province. The participants of idiopathic frozen shoulder were diagnosed by the orthopedic doctor. Sixty female patients aged were randomly assigned to receive CTTM (treatment group, n=30) and TD (control group, n=30). CTTM was performed for 12 sessions during a 1-6 week period, and followed up at week 8th, 10th. TD was administered 5 g three times …
Chinese Tourists' Perception For Medical Tourism Services In Bangkok, Thailand, Zhuang Liu
Chinese Tourists' Perception For Medical Tourism Services In Bangkok, Thailand, Zhuang Liu
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The objectives of this research, a cross-sectional study, were twofold: 1) to investigate the factor structure of medical tourism perception among Chinese tourists, 2) to investigate the correlation between medical tourism perception and demographic, health characteristics among Chinese tourists. The data were analysed by performing Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with varimax rotation method. The questionnaire was distributed to the samples covering 481 Chinese tourists currently travelling to Thailand through travel agency as tour group and as Free Individual Tourists (FIT). The purposive sampling technique, a non-probability sampling, was used for data collection. The research findings can be summarized as follows: …