Soviet health care at first hand.

Health care insurance in the Soviet Union.

Though uncontrollable forces seem to threaten the constitutional break up of the Soviet Union, the central government headed by Mikhail Gorbachev continues to promulgate large scale changes, which are intended to be binding on all 15 republics. A case in point is the draft law entitled "The principles of legislation of the USSR and union republics on the financing of health care." Published tow...

Soviet health care from two perspectives.

First Tier Health Care at Stanford

This study employs a survey to elicit students’ willingness to pay for health care services at the on-campus student clinic. While analyzing the utility of cost sharing in this context, this study is as much a focus on the survey methods involved in accurately measuring willingness to pay. The study finds that both the possibility of anchoring and acquiescence bias must be seriously addressed i...

WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care WHO GUIDELINES ON HAND HYGIENE IN HEALTH CARE

Irritant hand dermatitis in health care workers.

BACKGROUND Health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of irritant contact dermatitis due to frequent hand washing and use of alcohol gel. This has increased the incidence of occupational skin diseases. AIMS To evaluate hand dermatitis in HCWs in our hospital by means of a survey which also examined trends of exposure and the utility of patch testing. METHODS HCWs diagnosed with hand d...