BACKGROUND 'Continuity of personal care by anaesthetist', as defined by a single anaesthetist providing preoperative evaluation, performing anaesthesia, and delivering a postoperative visit to the patient, has been shown to be a major factor for patient satisfaction with anaesthesia care. This prospective randomized study investigated whether a single postoperative visit increased the patient's...

In the era of Industry 4.0, gender discrimination still exists especially in be male-dominated workplaces, such as stone sector. Combating sector is a demanding task that calls for integrated planning and targeted interventions. This paper presents results “WinSTONE” Erasmus+ project, aiming at development suitable training tools integration women industry. Based on main challenges, well emergi...

Since independence, different institutional arrangements have been tried to reorganize the land and production relations for bringing change in farming systems and enhancing crop yield of small farmers. But, these interventions have not been successful in bringing any meaningful improvement. Non-viability of small landholdings, inadequacies in the availability of inputs, poor extension and infr...

BACKGROUND There is an urgent need to increase population levels of physical activity, particularly amongst those who are socio-economically disadvantaged. Multiple factors influence physical activity behaviour but the generalisability of current evidence to such 'hard-to-reach' population subgroups is limited by difficulties in recruiting them into studies. Also, rigorous qualitative studies o...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether implementation of a case-based payment system changed all-cause readmission rates in the 30 days following discharge after surgery, we analysed all surgical procedures performed in all hospitals in France before (2002-2004), during (2005-2008) and after (2009-2012) its implementation. SETTING Our study is based on claims data for all surgical procedures perform...

This paper outlines activities of the Heartfile Program in Pakistan (http://heartfile.org). The program focuses on cardiovascular disease prevention and health promotion, and includes several initiatives that encompass building policy, reorienting health services, and developing community interventions that utilize the print and electronic media and outreach at the grass-root level to incorpora...

This chapter focuses on the impact the HIV epidemic has had on the health sector and the health status of children in 40 countries with medium to high HIV prevalence. With the rise in prevalence at antenatal clinics reaching 50 per cent (as in some areas of Botswana), and with adult prevalence of over 20 per cent in several parts of Africa, the health sector has been particularly hard hit. It n...

There is increasing interest among health policymakers, planners and donors in how corruption affects health care access and outcomes, and what can be done to combat corruption in the health sector. Efforts to explain the risk of abuse of entrusted power for private gain have examined the links between corruption and various aspects of management, financing and governance. Behavioural scientist...