“happy talk” so prevalent in international organizations, national governments, and nongovernmental organizations, as it leads to overestimation of response capabilities. Finally, Kimball warns that the lack of universal health insurance in the United States actually increases societal vulnerability to contagion. In sum, this is a very good book, well-suited to public health practitioners and m...

insurance industry is one of the most influential economic institutions and is considered to support other economic institutions and families. insurance industry has been facing changes that lead it to becoming a competitive industry. therefore, we can say insurance companies that are active in iran insurance industry must constantly monitor performance of their branches and agencies. ongoing p...

INTRODUCTION The American health care system is in a period of historic change that is certain to impact all health care professions and provider organizations. These changes are the result of the rapid transition from a delivery system based on indemnity insurance that pays submitted charges to individual physicians, pharmacists, and hospitals to one that is founded on capitated contracts with...

In this article we focus on organizations that manufacture products consisting of information. Examples of this kind of organizations are banks, insurance companies and parts of the government. We cornpare these information producing organizations with organizations that deliver material (tangible) products, like cars, electronic devices and clothing. The introduction of information technology ...

The passage of federal healthcare reform legislation, in combination with other factors, makes it likely that the next few years will be a major period of consolidation for healthcare organizations. This article examines the seven key forces reshaping healthcare delivery--from insurance industry consolidation to cost inflation to the increasing gap between financially strong and struggling prov...

Background: Physiotherapy services constitute a principle part of health care systems, and interest in their use has increased in the recent decades.  This study was conducted to investigate the utilization and OOP payment for physiotherapy services in public hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran.    Methods: This cross-sectional study was c...