INTRODUCTION Patient satisfaction with care received is an important dimension of evaluation that is examined only rarely in developing countries. Evidence about how satisfaction differs according to type of provider or patient payment status is extremely limited. OBJECTIVE To (i) compare patient perceptions of quality of inpatient and outpatient care in hospitals of different ownership and (...

Ownership and trade emerge from anarchy as evolutionary stable strategies. In these evolutionary game models, ownership status provides an endogenous asymmetrizing criterion enabling cheaper resolution of property conflicts. †Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 615 Uris Hall, 3022 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. The author acknowledges financial support from the Brown and Bain Fellowship in...

Sustainability is a current phenomenon that highly concerned by numerous parties. It argued company law needs for reform in both corporate ownership and governance structures within the revisiting duties responsibilities of directors shareholders realizing this sustainability agenda. Nevertheless, such not clearly addressed Malaysian law, particularly under Companies Act (CA) 2016. At meantime,...

Focusing on the role of institutional investment horizon as a monitoring mechanism that enhances companies’ sustainability reporting reliability, this study investigates association between long-term ownership and decisions to assure their report. Further, examines moderating effect quality governance association. Consistent with critical mass theory, argues should reach certain threshold have ...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether dog ownership is associated with lower risk of childhood obesity. METHODS Cross-sectional study of 7,759 children at age 7 years in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) in the UK. In addition, longitudinal analyses were conducted between age 7 and 9 years. BMI at age 7 and 9 years was calculated from clinic-measured weight and height and st...

Purpose: This article evaluates the impact of chain ownership of nursing homes by examining whether facilities demonstrate variation in services, staffing and health outcomes across three structural dimensions—chain ownership, chain and facility size and proprietary status. Design and Methods: We link files of facility inspection reports from 1991 through 1997, excluding government facilities. ...

The determination of land ownership is one the fundamental issues in property law any jurisdiction. Also, concept jurisprudence owes to idea for development many theories on ownership. pivotal various significant personal governmental matters ranging from interpersonal trade state taxes and revenues. legal status Bengal varies different periods history. intention this paper find out framework B...