introduction. despite the implementation of hospital autonomy in many developed (france, denmark) and developing countries(ghana, zimbabwe, kenya and indonesia) since the early 1980s , relatively little research has been directed towards evaluating the experiences of these hospitals .efficiency, equity, accountability and quality of care can be considered as four main evaluative criteria in ass...

Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, San Fernando Teaching Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Department of Medicine, San Fernando Teaching Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Department of Medicine, Surgi-Med Clinic, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Department of Orthopedics, Sangre Grande Hospital, Sangre Gr...

Importance Few studies have analyzed contemporary data on outcomes at US teaching hospitals vs nonteaching hospitals. Objective To examine risk-adjusted outcomes for patients admitted to teaching vs nonteaching hospitals across a broad range of medical and surgical conditions. Design, Setting, and Participants Use of national Medicare data to compare mortality rates in US teaching and nonte...

Background and objectives: Managers will be able to allocate resources optimally using performance evaluation data, specifically, efficiency evaluation of organizations. An efficiency evaluation of hospitals can be provided by determining the optimal scales for each hospital, to which optimal allocation of resources will be possible. Therefore, the present study aimed to evalua...

• Born in 1948 in Koka Al Mahas near Delgo in Nothern Province, Sudan (Figure 1A). • Elementary and Intermediate schooling in Northern Province. • Secondary school: Port Sudan Secondary School (Figure 1B). • Medical education: Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum [1]. • Internship (House Officer): Khartoum Teaching Hospital. • Medical Officer: Omdurman Teaching Hospital. • Medical Office...

1 Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 2 School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 3 Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Ministry of Health, Agogo, Ghana, 4 Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 5 Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research, Kumasi, Ghana, 6 World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland, 7 St. George’s University of Lond...