background: in many sub-saharan african countries the rate of antenatal care (anc) has been increased but skilled birth attendance rate is still low. the objective of this study was to evaluate the reasons why women prefer home delivery when facility based delivery is available at minimal cost. methods: this study was conducted in northwest nigeria using a qualitative method (phenomenology) amo...

background and objectives: quality services delivery in the health settings is contingent on hospital administrative staff organizational commitment. inspired by previous research indicating the prominent role of psychological empowerment in organizational commitment, this study aimed to explore the relationship between the two variables in hospital administrative staff. methods: a random sampl...

background and objectives: services quality has become the major concern of policy-makers in the present rapidly growing consumer-oriented health industry. however, there is a major gap in the relevant literature in malaysia in this particular field. thus, this research attempted to narrow this gap by conducting a qualitative study to gain insight into quality of healthcare services in the mala...

background and objectives: medical tourism tourism is emerging as a fast growing healthcare industry with the potential to open a new economic opportunity for developing countries. iran has been the treatment destination of many medical tourists from middle eastern countries for many years, yet this field of services remains underdeveloped. the best judges for the challenges facing development ...

background and objectives: social security organization (sso) is the second largest organization to the ministry of health and medical education (mohme) in providing health care services in iran. in recent years the gap between the sso’s resources and expenditures has shown an unprecedented growing trend due to the rapidly increasing demand. continuation of this trend may lead to financial imba...

BACKGROUND China has made great progress in improving hospital delivery-the coverage of hospital delivery has increased to above 95% in most regions- some regions lag behind owing to geographic and economic inequality, particularly the poor ethnic minority areas of the Sichuan Province. This study explores factors which may influence hospital delivery from multiple perspectives, with implicatio...

introduction: the risk of morbidity and mortality increases in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care units (nicus). various factors contribute to the prognosis of these newborns. in the current study, we aimed to investigate the role of mode of delivery on short-term neonatal outcomes. methods: this retrospective study was conducted on 215 neonates admitted to the nicu of shohada-e-t...