BACKGROUND Previous studies investigating factors associated with healthcare utilization by older Ghanaians lack distinction between public and private health services. The present study examined factors associated with public and private healthcare service use, and the resulting perceived health system responsiveness. OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with public and private healthca...

The aim of this study was to describe the differences in the profile of elderly residents in non-profit and for-profit Long-Term Residential Institutions for the Elderly (ILPI). We visited 12 ILPIs in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Six of them were non-profits housing 260 elderly, and six were for-profit institutions, housing 127 elderly. The unequal characteristics of the elderly in t...

The Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC) is a member owned expert provider of professional and general liability coverage and risk management support. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) is an independent national not-for-profit agency established for the collection and analysis of medication error reports and the development of recommendations for the ...

The Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC) is a member owned expert provider of professional and general liability coverage and risk management support. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) is an independent national not-for-profit agency established for the collection and analysis of medication error reports and the development of recommendations for the ...

OBJECTIVE Lower availability of medicines in Nigerian public health facilities-the most affordable option for the masses-undermines global health reforms to improve access to health for all, especially the chronically ill and poor. Thus, a sizeable proportion of healthcare users, irrespective of purchasing power, buy medicines at higher costs from for-profit pharmacies. We examined user evaluat...

Objectives: Private Equity (PE) involvement in healthcare has been evident the United States (US) for some time, with questionable benefits reported. There are significant differences funding, health insurance and regulation US, when compared to Australia New Zealand (NZ), so it is not clear whether existing US research can be generalised these settings. This study aims examine published inform...

introduction: education is defined as an art with scientific principle. it is described as a form of learning by which knowledge, skills and attitudes of an age group are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, research and practice. method: this is a historical review about the philosophy of medical education and its changes during the time. results: it is unfor...

In this study criterion of maximum profit intensity for transportation problems, in contrast to the known criteria of minimum expenses or minimum time for transportation, is considered. This criterion synthesizes financial and time factors and has real economic sense. According to the purpose of this paper, the algorithm of the solution of such a transportation problem is constructed. It is sho...