in a recent paper in this journal, yang et al. [feng yang, dexiang wu,liang liang, gongbing bi & desheng dash wu (2009), supply chaindea:production possibility set and performance evaluation model] definedtwo types of supply chain production possibility set which were proved to beequivalent to each other. they also proposed a new model for evaluatingsupply chains. there are, however, some short...

introduction: the important of comparing performance of hospitals using hospital indicators, has been made the necessary of utilizing of the application model inevitable. this study aimed to compare hospital performance key indicators simultaneity. methods: in this descriptive cross sectional and retrospective study, 31 hospitals of isfahan university of medical sciences were evaluated in 2007....

Background: Hospital accreditation is an external evaluation of a hospital’s structures, processes and results by an independent professional accreditation body using pre-established optimum standards. Accreditation has an important role in improving the quality, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of hospital services. This study aimed to examine the effects of hospital accreditation program ...

appropriate function of active management in common investment funds function depend on factors such as diversification, identification papers unrealistic pricing, market timing, and so on. market timing are include changing the portfolio investment funds and market indices such as short-term bonds and make an asset depends on whether the market is expected in the whole of the assets to make be...

In the context of liberalized markets, market outcomes generally result from the strategic interactions of all market players. Generation company (Genco), as the distributed players, build their subjective demand evaluations (SDFs) about market for optimal bidding purpose. Due to the differences in terms of data availability and modeling techniques, subjective demand models held by various Genc...

introduction: due to the fact that nurses constitute the highest percentage of hospital staff and quality of health care is largely influenced by their performance, evaluation of the internal environment from their perspective can greatly indicate the improvement and the strength points of the hospital. this study aimed to clarify nurses’ view regarding the status of the internal environment co...

During in-training assessment students are frequently assessed over a longer period of time and therefore it can be expected that their performance will improve. We studied whether there really is a measurable performance improvement when students are assessed over an extended period of time and how this improvement affects the reliability of the overall judgement. In-training assessment result...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined intervention to reduce inappropriate hospital stays. DESIGN Quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test with a non-equivalent control group. SETTING Three teaching hospitals in the National Health System in Alicante, Spain. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Intervention group (2 Surgical Units with 1451 hospital stays) and control group (1 Surgical Unit wi...