Introduction Climate change as the result of human action and risks it poses to health are well established. In healthcare there is increasing attention climate environmental impacts use medical technologies. As part a lifecycle approach, technology assessment (HTA) needs take into account. 2020, new definition HTA added dimension ‘environmental aspects’, with which value technologies can be de...

Key factors that a hospital finance leader should focus on when considering a potential co-management agreement with physicians, in which the physicians are compensated at fair market value, include: Fee structure of the agreement. The quality metrics that will be used. Benchmarking to set appropriate targets for metrics. Historical performance against the metrics. Legal guidelines regarding su...

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BACKGROUND In time-series studies of the health effects of urban air pollutants, decisions must be made about how to characterize pollutant levels within the airshed. METHODS Emergency department visits for pediatric asthma exacerbations were collected from Atlanta hospitals. Concentrations of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter less than 10 microns in...

The NRCSE was established in 1996 at the University of Washington. Center activities include workshops and other research activities in areas of statistical methodology related to scientific problems in the environmental and ecological sciences. SUMMARY Stream health is often measured by the multimetric benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI). For Puget Sound Lowland (PSL) streams, the B-IBI ...

the aim of this study was to analyze the impact of organizational learning and marketing metrics on the marketing performance in the elon plast company of kermanshah province. it is a functional purpose study with descriptive – survey method. the statistical population includes 100 employees of elon plast company in kermanshah province. a sample of 80 people was chosen using cochran formula. da...