An overview is given on selected cost-drivers within an assisted reproduction technology (ART) laboratory, such as procedural costs; sperm preparations; laboratory supplies including embryo culture media and cryopreservation. Depending on the nature of an ART unit, i.e. private vs. public/tertiary, the structure of the unit will differ with regards to costs, services offered, and general patien...

the reclaiming of ancient neighbourhood is a world-wide problem with different cultural, technological, economic and organisational connotations in the different countries. In ’80 and ’90 an interesting “soft” approach to the problem (by an organisational point of view) was developed for the Italian context by the famous Architect Renzo Piano and Professor Gianfranco Dioguardi. The approach cou...

To evaluate the level of physicians' satisfaction with hospital clinical laboratory services and related factors in Aden Governorate, we carried out this cross-sectional study during September 2008-September 2009. Satisfaction with laboratory services of 3 public and 3 private hospitals was assessed. The overall physician satisfaction was 3.30 out of 5.00. The highest mean score (3.40) was obse...

with an estimated 170 million infected individuals, hepatitis c virus (hcv) has a major impact on public health. frequency of hcv infection was studied in 785 referred patients to a private laboratory, tehran, iran from april 2003 until march 2006 by pcr method. analyzed results revealed infection rate was 40.27%, 35.51% and 33.09% in the first, second and third year, respectively. frequency ra...

We present a model where each of two players chooses between remuneration based on either private or team effort. Although at least one of the players has the equilibrium strategy to choose private remuneration, we frequently observe both players to choose team remuneration in a series of laboratory experiments. This allows for high cooperation payoffs but also provides individual free-riding i...

In developing countries especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection -together with limited resources adds to the hindrances in becoming a parent. Although the South African's Bill of Rights proclaim that South Africans can "make decisions concerning reproduction"; access to and the use of Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) are viewed in general as excessiv...

Pakistan has shown drastic expansion of tuberculosis (TB) care during the past 10 years, increasing case notifications from 11 050 in 2000 to 248 115 in 2008. Over 1 million TB patients have been cared for since 2000, with a treatment success rate of 91% in 2007. This paper examines the strategic decisions and infrastructure improvements underlying this achievement, such as the implementation o...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t JEL classification: D82 D86 C72 C92 Keywords: Mechanism design Incentive theory Private information Laboratory experiment In the basic adverse selection model, a seller makes a contract offer to a privately informed buyer. A fundamental hypothesis of incentive theory is that the seller may want to offer a menu of contracts to separate the buyer types. In th...

Household expenditure and tuberculosis prevalence in Vietnam: prediction by a set of household indicators. Quy HT, Diwan VK. Private pharmacies and tuberculosis control: a survey of case detection skills and reported anti-tuberculosis drug dispensing in private pharmacies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Quy HT, Diwan VK. Private tuberculosis care provision associated with poor treatment outcome: ...