BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the pattern of distribution of risk factors for stroke and the 10-year probability of stroke by the Framingham risk score in hypertensive patients visiting private clinics vs. tertiary hospitals. METHODS A total of 2,490 hypertensive patients who attended 61 private clinics (1088 patients) and 37 tertiary hospitals (1402 patients) were e...

Background and Objectives :Hospitals severely influence system of sanitary cares. The effect of coping styles and social support on the results of medical remedies maybe leads to methods for reduction in the costs of medical cares. The goal of present study was comparison of coping styles and social support among patients of private and state hospitals of Kerman city. <st...

The private health sector in India is generally unregulated. Maharashtra is among the few states which require registration of private hospitals. This paper reports on a study of standards of care in small, private hospitals (less than 30 beds) in Maharashtra state, India, with a focus on maternity care, based on interviews with the hospitals' owners or senior staff, and observation. In the abs...

This paper explores the consequences of the expiration of charity care requirements imposed on private hospitals by the Hill-Burton Act. We examine delivery care and the health of newborns using the universe of Florida births from 1989 to 2003 combined with hospital data from the American Hospital Association. We find that charity care requirements were binding on hospitals, but that private ho...

This study was designed to explore sources of funds for health expenditure of patients if they are hospitalized. We have included 379 patients of 3 private and 7 public hospitals to estimate total expenditure. Of them, 229 (60.4%) were from public and 150 (39.6%) from private hospitals. Mean expenditure was Tk 60,613.3 and 8,262.7, and duration of hospital stay was 10.7 and 11.8 days in private...

BACKGROUND Nurses' perceptions of ethical climate patterns have certain undeniable effects on hospitals. There is little evidence of possible differences in this element between public and private hospitals and contributing factors. OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether the perceptions of the ethical climate in nurses' working in public hospitals differ from that of nurses in private hos...

Malaya achieved its independence in 1957; in 1963 it combined with Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (which seceded two years later) to form Malaysia. Today, Malaysia is a country in transition and thus has health problems ofboth undeveloped and developed countries. The main provider of health care in the country is the Ministry of Health through its extensive network of health centres, rural clini...

OBJECTIVES To compare the risk profile of women giving birth in private and public hospitals and the rate of obstetric intervention during birth compared with previous published rates from a decade ago. DESIGN Population-based descriptive study. SETTING New South Wales, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 691 738 women giving birth to a singleton baby during the period 2000 to 2008. MAIN OUTCOME ME...

BACKGROUND In an integrated method of education, medical students are introduced to radiology in their preclinical years. However, no study has been conducted in Pakistan to demonstrate an academic framework of medical radiology education at an undergraduate level. Therefore, we aimed to document and compare the current level of teaching duties, teaching methodologies, and teaching rewards amon...