Biosecurity in public and private office

Biosecurity benefits public health.

Quantity and Quality Analysis and Management of Dental Solid Waste Produced in Private Office in Urmia

Objective: Dental solid wastes often contain hazardous substances. The first step of management of dental solid wastes includes detection and classification of these substances. This study aimed to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the management of solid wastes by dental offices in Urmia city in 2013. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on all private dental offices in Urmia...

Waste Minimization: A Survey in Iranian Public and Private Hospitals

Background and Objectives: Hospitals usually generate large amounts of hazardous waste. If not managed properly, hospital waste can pose threats to public safety and damage the environment. Waste minimization is a waste management approach that focuses on reducing the amount and toxicity of hazardous wastes. This study pursues a two-fold purpose: 1) to gain insight into hospital waste minimizat...

Elected Public Office and Private Benefit: Firm-level Returns from Businesspeople Becoming Politicians in Russia

Do firms benefit from political connections? If so, what are the underlying mechanisms behind the positive relationship? Using an original dataset of close to 3,000 politically connected firms in Russia, I examine the widespread but understudied strategy of businesspeople directly running for elected office. The paper employs a regression discontinuity design to identify the causal effect of ga...

Acceptance of new patients with public and private insurance by office-based physicians: United States, 2013.

Physician acceptance of new Medicaid patients has shown to be lower than acceptance of new Medicare patients or new privately insured patients. Acceptance of new Medicaid patients also has shown to be lower in states with lower Medicaid payment rates to physicians. Using the 2013 National Electronic Health Records Survey (NEHRS), this report summarizes physician acceptance of new patients with ...