a comparison of various health statistics among sweden, the united states of america, and united kingdom reveals that the u.s. is in an inferior situation. this is traced to those acute and communicable diseases which could very easily be prevented. however medical care services require money and this money due to the nature of health care system in the u.s. has to come from the patients. while...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0001-2092(12)00723-5 © AORN, Inc, 2012 M edical tourism (ie, traveling to another country for nonurgent medical care) is not a new custom. In the 18th and 19th centuries, people traveled to spas to “take the waters” as a means of improving their health and, in remote colonies and less developed countries, people have always traveled to reach clinics or physicians.1,2 ...

background and objectives: induced demand in healthcare is referred to as provision of unnecessary services or the patient by health services providers, while the patient is not aware of their unnecessity. apart from being unethical, this practice can potentially disturb the supply and demand balance in the health market, pose financial load on the patient, thread the patient’s health by imposi...

conclusions since wetting of umbilical cord during tub bathing delays the separation of umbilical cord, sponge bathing is recommended for newborns until the umbilical cord falls off. results the time of separation of umbilical cord in babies who were given sponge bathing (6.1 ± 1.4) was shorter compared to those given tub bathing (8.3 ± 2.5) (p < 0.005). patients and methods this quasi-experime...

objective: to assess the availability of trauma care services in a district referral hospital of southern india. methods: this was a cross-sectional study being performed during 2013 in a tertiary healthcare centre in southern indian. a detailed assessment of trauma care services was done in a 400 bed speciality hospital which is an apex referral hospital in the public health system using a che...

1 eceived January 12, 004; revised and ccepted April 16, 2004. eprints will not be vailable. Address orrespondence to: Isaac lickstein, M.D., Kaplan edical Center, epartment of Obstetrics nd Gynecology, Rehovot 6100, Israel (FAX: 972-8411944; E-mail: blick@ etvision.net.il). Department of Obstetrics nd Gynecology, rcispedale Santa Maria uova. Department of Obstetrics nd Gynecology, Kaplan edica...

to estimate the prevalence and analyze factors associated with both public and private health services utilization in women population in a western district of iran.a cross-sectional study with 1200 individuals aged 18-49 years carried out in different districts of sanandaj city, western iran, in 2012. the main outcome variable was use of health service in the previous 12 months. the in-depende...

results the findings of this study showed that in most selected countries, primary care services were provided by the private sector and the public sector has been mostly functioning as a supervisor in this area, but in iran, primary care services were provided by the government. the findings of this study also showed that hospital services in iran and selected countries (second and third level...