The purpose was to determine the effect of personal and professional factors, as well as motivational orientations, on the participation of nursing staff in continuing education at two health institutions, one public and another private. Descriptive, comparative, correlational design. Probabilistic sampling, random estimation, error limit 0.05, confidence level 95%. Participants were 105 subjec...

rivate participation in the provision of infrastructure is less than was once expected, particularly in developing countries. Some reasons for this are identified in this paper. It is argued that the problem of dealing with market power in the provision of infrastructure services is similar to that of other forms of procurement in the presence of long-lived and immobile assets employed specific...

The range of options A government seeking to encourage private participation in health care provision can choose among six basic policy and regulatory options that vary widely in the risks and responsibilities borne by the private (for-profit or nonprofit) entity. At one end of the spectrum the private sector takes on limited responsibilities while the public sector remains the primary provider...

BACKGROUND Population-based registries have been promoted as an effective method to improve childhood immunization rates, yet rates of registry participation in the private sector are low. We sought to describe, through a national overview, the perspectives of childhood immunization providers in private practice regarding factors associated with participation or non-participation in immunizatio...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between private dentists' attitudes toward Medicaid and Medicaid patients and their extent of Medicaid participation. METHODS A survey was mailed to all Medicaid dentists in Alabama in 2003 (N = 518). Descriptive statistics were calculated, and multiple regression models were tested. The "dentists' extent of participation" ...

International migration and private transfers by immigrant workers to their home countries have proved to be vital elements in the economic sustainability of small nations in Latin America. These transfers, identified as remittances, are one of the largest foreign financial inflows into El Salvador, exceeding garment manufacturing exports and official foreign aid. However, remittances may induc...

Asian container ports suffer from a number of problems including insufficient port and/or terminal capacity, inefficient management and bureaucratic administration. This may be due in part to the fact that the majority of the region’s ports are controlled and/or operated by public entities. To deal with these problems, port authorities of a number of countries in the region have launched progra...

This is the second note in a series of notes assessing the role of public-private partnerships and private sector participation in post-conflict reconstruction and infrastructure development. This series is extracted from a PPIAF-funded review of policy and institutional capacity to facilitate private participation in infrastructure for Sudan, which was prepared by Castalia Limited in November ...