Well-meaning doctors who wish to send stool samples sometimes must pay the postage because insurers often refuse to pay for a test that largely serves a public health function; many doctors do not bother.
Organ donation serves a public health function but is also an important part of end-of-life care.
And not only do some of them make videos that are specifically designed to serve a public health function; they've found other novel ways to guide their fans through emotional troubles.
Improved water and sanitation provide a crucial health function.
Only the experts from Slovenia and Romania included management of healthcare services as a public health function.
The management of healthcare services, however, was less likely to be seen as a public health function, compared to other public health functions such as health protection, prevention of ill health, or monitoring of population health [ 9].
To ensure that all United States newborns have access to screening and to promote a systems approach to population-based health care, it is critical that newborn screening remain a public health function.
(KCHW1) As well as serving an important health function, referral also enabled the CHW's practice to be monitored.
The new government proposes radical NHS reforms and the creation of a new public health function.
National surveillance of congenital anomalies including NTDs is a critical public health function that should be strengthened where necessary.
