The health care trajectories: a tool in bundle payment reflection

The Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool: A useful tool for pain assessment in intensive care units

Pain is a major concern in all intensive care units (ICUs). The proper assessment and management of pain is one of the main goals of patient care in ICUs. Improper evaluation of pain and its over or under treatment can cause significant problems in the process of patient management in ICU. Since most ICU patients are unable to communicate correctly with the ICU team and explain their level of p...

Willingness to pay for contract health care services in dairy animals: a payment card study

A study was undertaken in southern peninsular state of India, the Tamil Nadu State, to assess the farmers’ “Willingness to pay” (WTP) for receiving annual health care services to their dairy animals. The districts of the state were categorized as “Livestock developed” (LD) and “Livestock under developed” (LUD) based on initial base line developed. Contingent valuation (CV) approach was used to ...

Challenges of Payment System to Primary Health Care Providers in Iranian Comprehensive Health Centers

Background and purpose: The primary health care program for the suburbs is being implemented in Iran after the Health Transformation Plan where services are delivered with the priority of outsourcing and purchasing services from non-governmental sectors. In this program, different payment methods have been used. This study aimed at addressing the challenges associated with payments made to urba...

Payment for performance in health care.

Health Care Chaplaincy: A Reflection on Models

The aim of this reflection is to explore a broad framework within which chaplaincy understands itself. It arises out of my own experience as a chaplain in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which became first the South Birmingham Acute Unit, and then the University Hospital NHS Trust, between 1990 and 1996; though the reflection adopts a wider perspective. It is my aim to highlight the areas that re...