The Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS) is a new prospective collaborative multicenter cohort, which systematically monitors all SOTs on the Swiss national level, and puts into place a novel patient-case system that allows re-constructing and operationalizing all post-transplant scenarios, thus reflecting the complexity of the post-transplant process.
While we operationalized all suggested model variables, and other known barriers were addressed as part of the care protocol, none of the currently known factors accounted for the non-participation of some women receiving free care nor do they explain the full participation (100%) of other women.
Key NRHM strategies include upgrading 2, 000 community health centers (CHC) to first referral units (FRU) capable of providing emergency obstetric and neonatal care services, and fully operationalizing all CHCs and 50% of primary health care centers to provide round-the-clock delivery services and newborn care.
The survey consisted of 22 scales operationalizing all the main concepts from the DISC model (see Table 1) with 3 to 8 items.
We conclude that although we had the data to operationalize almost all variables suggested as relevant to vulnerable populations (we lacked only information on language barriers and homelessness length), these models still do not capture all of the barriers and facilitators specific to utilization of interconceptional care utilization for this population of urban, mostly African American women.
But even if an abstract concept is carefully operationalized, including all theoretical aspects and a reasonable item design, it remains possible that the theoretical concept simply does not exist in the real world or at least not in the way assumed by the researcher.
The outcome variable was operationalized in all included studies.
In the context of strengthening the health system, the PRONALIN implemented in Senegal since 2004, has received funding from the Global Fund to operationalize its activities in all health facilities in the country.
Again a cross-over design was operationalized in which all participants' performance was tested in the experimental condition and a control condition.
Primary healthcare was operationalized to include all immediately accessible general healthcare facilities but not emergency settings.
