background determining and understanding of healthcare costs and its financing method is one of the most important subjects understatement of which can cause such major problems as excessive health costs for households due to the high rate of out-of-pocket expenses. objectives the current study aimed to analyze the healthcare costs and determine the share of isfahan province, iran, from the tot...

This study puts self-determination theory to an empirical test through a series of discrete choice experiments across three samples public healthcare workers, for total 4,743 subjects. The ...

Many countries have introduced quasi-market reforms that enable citizens’ choice in education, healthcare, and other public services. The research question in this paper is the following: How canWeb-based decision support help citizens to make calculated public service choices in quasi-markets? In Section 3, the paper focuses on how decision support design helps citizens make such choices as th...

The impacT of governmenT funding on chariTy donaTions keeping them sweet: behavioural economics field trials choice and competition: a case of better healthcare? can performance pay work in the public sector?

Background The main purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence healthcare quality in the Iranian context.   Methods Exploratory in-depth individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 222 healthcare stakeholders including healthcare providers, managers, policy-makers, and payers to identify factors affecting the quality of healthcare services provided in Iranian hea...

Background India’s health sector witnessed some major policy changes in 1990s that aimed at making health services more accessible to the population.   Methods In this paper, I tried to present some preliminary results of the significant changes that occurred between 1995/6 and 2004, especially in relation to the question of access to healthcare for the poor and rural population using data from...

Increasing quality transparency is widely regarded as a strong mechanism for improving the alignment between patient choices and provider capabilities, and thus, is widely pursued by policymakers as an option for improving the healthcare system. We study the effect of increasing quality transparency on patient choices, hospital investments, societal outcomes (e.g., patients’ social welfare and ...

INTRODUCTION Antibiotics are essential and abundantly prescribed in hospitals because of their effectiveness and lifesaving benefits. However, the unnecessary use of antibiotics has been observed in earlier studies, and it has persisted through recent years as a major issue since it is one of the leading causes of antibiotic resistance. The increase in antibiotic resistance nowadays is one of t...

s w l t w r p r p remember when Kaiser Permanente launched its Thrive campaign on television in 2004. As a long time California resident but somewhat shortererm Kaiser Permanente member, it struck e that this behemoth of an organization, stablished by Henry Kaiser in 1945 to are for the workers in his shipyards and teel mills, was now touting in its adverisements that they stood for Pilates, br...

BACKGROUND Posthumous organ procurement is hindered by the consenting process. Several consenting systems have been proposed. There is limited information on public relative attitudes towards various consenting systems, especially in Middle Eastern/Islamic countries. METHODS We surveyed 698 Saudi Adults attending outpatient clinics at a tertiary care hospital. Preference and perception of nor...