background quality of health services is one of the most important factors for delivery of these services. regarding the importance and vital role of quality in the health sector, a concept known as “clinical governance” (cg) has been introduced into the health area which aims to enhance quality of health services. thus, this study aimed to assess private and public hospitals’ readiness to impl...

background: noise pollution has a particular importance in quiet environments such as hospitals. the main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of noise exposure on the auditory system, blood pressure and precision, concentration and other psycho-neural components. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in three large hospitals of shiraz, during the period of 2012 to ...

Smart elderly care refers to the provision of real-time and efficient services based on Internet technology intelligent equipment such as big data. In development traditional service, Guangxi witnessed slow in its foundation lags behind infrastructure construction. provides a new path for industry. This study investigated demand services, Based current Guangxi, three smart paths that adapt char...

This research investigates the influence of place of residence and diabetic patient's socioeconomic position on their use of health services in a universal health care system. This retrospective cross-sectional population-based study is based on the joint use of the Health Insurance information systems, an ecological indicator of social deprivation and an indicator of potential spatial accessib...

In many European countries where reforms of the welfare system are underway, reference is often made to the need to ‘rationalise’ the provision of health care. This term is generally used to refer to the need to organise healthcare effectively by reducing waste, containing costs, and ensuring that budgets are adhered to. Actions taken to achieve this are varied: some relate to the provision of ...

Methods Data was retrospectively collected for all patients who died on the General Paediatric Ward (the Ward) or in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at this tertiary hospital, in the years 1998, 2005, and 2012. Patients who died in the PICU were considered to have a “general paediatric diagnosis” if their underlying condition or acute diagnosis would have normally resulted in admissio...

We thank Negin, Martiniuk, Farrell and Dalipanda for their contribution in Rural and Remote Health to the field of interisland referrals in the Solomon Islands. We agree that the provision of quality health services to people in remote areas is central to global efforts to achieve universal access to health care. We note with interest their findings that outline the increasing costs involved in...

OBJECTIVES Survival with brain injury is an outcome of severe illness that may be becoming more common. Provision for children in this situation has received little attention. We sought to estimate rates of severe paediatric acquired brain injury (ABI) requiring rehabilitation and to describe current provision of services for these children in the UK. METHODS This study conducted an analysis ...

Continuing pressures to restrain health care costs have stimulated innovative arrangements for the delivery of health care services. A variety of such arrangements involve use of a so-called "gatekeeper" to monitor and control patient utilization of services. The term "gatekeeper" is frequently used to refer to a person that serves as a case manager, responsible for determining what services ar...