CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Knowledge of socioeconomic impact of attempted suicide may sensitize managers regarding prevention strategies. There are no published data on this in Brazil. The aim here was to describe the direct and indirect costs of care of hospitalized cases of attempted suicide and compare these with the costs of acute coronary syndrome cases. DESIGN AND SETTING Cost-of-illness stu...

Assessing the relative efficiency of energy use among similar manufacturing industries Fernando Aguirre, J. Rene Villalobos , Patrick E. Phelan and Rafael Pacheco US Airways, AZ 85281, U.S.A. International Logistics and Productivity Improvement Laboratory, School of Computing, Informatics and Decisions Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-8809, U.S.A. School of Mechani...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to estimate the cost of rheumatoid arthritis and its components in a university hospital-based health management organization in Argentina, during the prebiologic era. METHODS A one-year (2002) observational prevalence, cost-of illness study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis from the societal perspective was performed in a hospital-based health managemen...

BACKGROUND Although the impact of skin disease on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is well known, little work has been carried out to determine the secondary impact of a patient's skin disease on the patient's family or partner. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the different aspects of a family member's QoL that may be affected by having a family member with sk...

[Purpose] Our purpose was to create awareness among of social rehabilitation at the university and in local governments, to identify gaps in social rehabilitation, and to increase the effectiveness of social rehabilitation. [Subjects and Methods] This study included stroke patients undergoing physical rehabilitation from the stroke outpatient clinic (43 patients) and the Istanbul Metropolitan M...

Background: This study was  designed in order to review the client's usage rate  of central library information facilities  at Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive - analytical study that was conducted on all facualty members and free members through Census method and on student and clerks through random systematic sampling. A questionnaire was prep...

aim and background: every year, smoking and its related diseases account for the death of at least four million people around the world. this risky behavior is growing among young educated people. the present study examined factors affecting medical students’ tendency of to smoke. methods and materials: this cross-sectional study included 305 medical students in isfahan university of medical sc...