Average annual growth in total expenditure on primary to tertiary educational institutions per full-time equivalent student (2012 to 2019)

Estimating average annual per cent change in trend analysis

Trends in incidence or mortality rates over a specified time interval are usually described by the conventional annual per cent change (cAPC), under the assumption of a constant rate of change. When this assumption does not hold over the entire time interval, the trend may be characterized using the annual per cent changes from segmented analysis (sAPCs). This approach assumes that the change i...

Determinants of students perceived manmade environmental hazards and risks in tertiary educational institutions

Environmental hazards caused by living conditions and human behaviour in residential areas are types of manmade hazards which have rarely been studied and documented in literature. Available studies that had considered theconventional residential environment had proved that residents’ perception were influenced by human and environmental factors. With focus on educational institutions, this pap...

Health expenditure growth: looking beyond the average through decomposition of the full distribution.

Explanations of growth in health expenditures have restricted attention to the mean. We explain change throughout the distribution of expenditures, providing insight into how expenditure growth and its explanation differ along the distribution. We analyse Dutch data on actual health expenditures linked to hospital discharge and mortality registers. Full distribution decomposition delivers findi...

Priority Setting on the Path to UHC: Time for Stronger Institutions and Stronger Health Systems: Response to Recent Commentaries

Investigating the barriers to the establishment of total quality management in educational and non-educational hospitals

Background and Objectives: One of the most popular systems for creating structural changes in hospitals is total quality management; Which is known as one of the most important philosophies to increase the effectiveness of the organization and competitive advantage. This study aimed to investigate the barriers to the establishment of TQM in hospitals in Kerman. Methods: This descriptive-correla...