The World Health Organization has endorsed the use of outreach to promote: efficient redeployment of the health-care workforce; continuity of care at the local level; and professional support for local, rural, health-care workers. Australia is the only country that has had, since 2000, a sustained national policy on outreach for subsidizing medical specialist outreach to rural areas. This paper...

Matchmaking is a form of scheduling that aims at bringing companies or people together that share common interests, services, or products in order to facilitate future business partnerships. We begin by furnishing a formal characterization of the corresponding multi-criteria optimization problem. We then address this problem by Answer Set Programming in order to solve real-world matchmaking ins...

background: the national health accounts keep track of all healthcare related activities from the beginning (i.e. resource provision), to the end (i.e. service provision). this study was conducted to address following questions: how is the iranian health system funded? who distribute the funds? for what services are the funds spent on?, what service providers receive the funds? methods: the req...

Commercial radio stations and advertisers may have conflicting interests about when commercial breaks should be played. This article estimates an incomplete information timing game to examine stations’ equilibrium timing incentives. It shows how identification can be aided by the existence of multiple equilibria when appropriate data are available. It finds that stations want to play their comm...

BACKGROUND The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) requires inter alia that families who get needed health care do not suffer undue financial hardship as a result. This can be measured by the percentage of people in households whose out-of-pocket health expenditures are large relative to their income or consumption. We aimed to estimate the global incidence of catastrophic health spending, ...

the system of education is absolutely on the greatest and most complicated innovations of human being. today, in every country huge investments are made for education a large population of children, by a great number of people. it is obvious that education, which is related to the most valuable assets of nations, cannot be managed without using scientific tactics. productivity is a relatively a...

Social Networking sites have become increasingly prevalent in the society as a medium to socialize and connect with friends. These websites have changed the way we communicate and share our thoughts and experiences with other people. However, most social networking websites lack in connecting people over common activities or interests. Users often befriend other users with the objective to swap...

Obesity in children and young people is a significant public health issue. It can be associated with adverse health, economic and social implications. It is argued that preventing obesity needs adaptation to a healthy lifestyle, which includes behavioral modification, reduction in sedentary behavior, changes in nutrition, managing stress and increased...