BACKGROUND The objective was to measure the sensitivity of a group of physicians regarding the ethics-related situations, which they faced during patient care and treatment. METHODS All of 306 physicians who joined the Turkish Army for compulsory military service in December 2008 were included in the study. A "Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire", formed by Kim Lutzen, was applied to all of them....

BACKGROUND In year 2000, the entire population in Indonesia was 201 million and 57.6 percent of that was living in rural areas. This paper reports analyses that address to what extent the rural structure influence the way TB patients seek care prior to diagnosis by a DOTS facility. METHODS We documented healthcare utilization pattern of smear positive TB patients prior to diagnosis and treatm...

INTRODUCTION One of the important factors of correct management is to identify the reasons for patient tendency toward private hospitals. This study measures these factors based on service marketing mixes. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study used a cross sectional descriptive methodology. The study was conducted during 6 months in 2015. The studied population included patients of private hospital...

Institutional corruption in the health care sector has gained considerable attention during recent years, as it acknowledges the fact that service providers who are acting in accordance with the institutional and environmental settings can nevertheless undermine a health care system's purposes as a result of the (financial) conflicts of interest to which the service providers are exposed. The p...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in Pakistan which ranks fifth amongst the twenty two countries designated to be highly burdened by TB according to the World Health Organization. However, there is paucity of data regarding the knowledge of diagnosis of TB and its management amongst public and private practitioners. In this study, we endeavor to identify this gap in knowledge regarding th...

BACKGROUND Service quality is perceived as an important factor for developing patient's loyalty. The aim of this study was to determine the hospital service quality from the patients' viewpoints and the relative importance of quality dimensions in predicting the patient's loyalty. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2010. The study sample was composed of 943 patients selected fro...

It was anticipated that the recent reforms to private health insurance arrangements would reduce the demand pressures on Australian public hospitals. However, this has not been demonstrated by trends in elective surgery waiting lists in Victorian public hospitals. Moreover, it appears that the increased caseload assumed by Victorian private hospitals since the reforms took effect mainly reflect...

background: service quality is perceived as an important factor for developing patient's loyalty. the aim of this study was to determine the hospital service quality from the patients' viewpoints and the relative importance of quality dimensions in predicting the patient's loyalty. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2010.the study sample was composed of 943 patients selected from...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of changes in Australian private health insurance coverage as seen in NSW public and private hospital birth profies, and identify trends in obstetric outcomes from 1997-2001. NSW Midwives Data Collection unit record data is analysed for women who gave birth to a live singleton baby of term gestation (> or = 37 weeks) and cephalic presentation i...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-run effects of government policy changes on the private sector development in a transitional economy. The policy changes include (i) increases in the nominal interest rate on deposits in the state banking system, (ii) increases in the tax rates on labor income and corporate income, and (iii) implementation of further enterprise reforms in the...