Asia-Pacific journal of public health
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Asia Pac J Public Health · Jan 1994
Maternal and child health in urban Sabah, Malaysia: a comparison of citizens and migrants.
This paper describes selected maternal and child health indicators based on a cross-sectional study of citizens and migrants in Sabah, Malaysia. A total of 1,515 women were interviewed from a multi-stage random sample of households in eight urban centers. Among the 1,411 women in the sample who had experienced a pregnancy before, 76% were local citizens and 24% were migrants. ⋯ Despite these differences, only the infant mortality rate, and not pregnancy wastage, was statistically significantly higher among migrants. Pregnancy interval was also similar between the two groups. The influence of several socioeconomic factors on pregnancy wastage and infant mortality was explored.
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Asia Pac J Public Health · Jan 1991
The Korean health insurance program: analysis of financial and cost containment measures.
Cost containment is the major determinant of a successful national health insurance system. From this point of view, the financial situation and factors influencing the rise of health care costs in the Korean health insurance program were analyzed. Current measures of cost containment in use are discussed in terms of price cutting and utilization reduction approaches.
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Asia Pac J Public Health · Jan 1988
Biography Historical ArticleThe plague pandemics and the discovery of the plague bacillus.
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Asia Pac J Public Health · Jan 1988
Letter Historical ArticleBeriberi--another Asia-Pacific connection.
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Asia Pac J Public Health · Jan 1987
Biography Historical ArticleWisdom and Western science: the work of Dr Wu Lien-Teh.