OBJECTIVE Tuberculosis is one the greatest causes of mortality worldwide, but its economic effects are not well known. This study had the objective of estimating the costs to the public and private healthcare systems and to families of tuberculosis treatment and prevention. METHODS This study was made in the municipality of Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil, in 1999. Data for estimating the co...

Besides theoretical enthusiasm and knowledge-driven curiosity, there is no doubt that the growth in health and medical expenses during the last three decades and that this growth has exceeded the economic growth rate of every country in the world. In fact, these have been the major factors pushing the health economy and its’ affiliated disciplines. Health care expenses are increasingly growing ...

the increase of healthcare costs improved as a rule the health of the population. sometimes the positive effects of this expense are shaded off. on one hand, this expense improves the offer of the medical care. other influential factors on the health of population, we quote as example the training, the lifestyle, the hygiene and the distribution of income. on the other hand the increase of thes...

General practitioners are unlikely to receive the exact level of remuneration recommended in the 16th report of the doctors' and dentists' review body' even if the level was accepted in full by the government and implemented from 1 April. This alarming sounding position is so because general practitioners' remuneration is a series of fees and allowances designed to produce an average income acr...

Moving rapidly between patient examining rooms, physicians have to examine, diagnose and decide on a course of treatment appropriate for each patient. However, if the patient’s health plan administrators subsequently deny coverage, the prescribed treatments would then have to be changed. There are a wide range of health insurance plans and varying cost curtailment procedures. Physicians are the...

Ubiquitous health u-Health system is focused on the concept of providing medical service and assistance to the patients "anywhere and anytime" regardless of their locations. In u-Healthcare environment, large amounts of important medical information is processed through wireless communication. Mobile health has been receiving more and more attention recently as an emerging paradigm that brings ...

The population of ageing is growing significantly over the world, and there is an emerging demand for better healthcare services and more care centres. Innovations of Information and Communication Technology has resulted in development of various types of assistive robots to fulfil elderly's needs and independency, whilst carrying out daily routine tasks. This makes it vital to have a clear und...

Our study focuses on the adoption and use of hospital information systems and their impact on the quality and cost associated with delivery of patient care. Archival data on hospital IT usage obtained from the Dorenfest Institute is combined with archival data on the quality of hospital care processes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a three-year longitudinal stu...