BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Utilities (values representing preferences) for healthcare priority setting are typically obtained indirectly by asking patients to fill in a quality of life questionnaire and then converting the results to a utility using population values. We compared such utilities with those obtained directly from patients or the public. DESIGN Review of studies providing both a d...

As water utilities operate as natural monopolists and they provide essential services for human life, their activities are regulated by public authorities. The sustainable use of resources a specific attention on social needs should be goals this kind firms, so that the evaluation business go beyond profitability financial solvency. Keeping pace with new Circular Economy paradigm evolution regu...

the public bathhouses are included in buildings as public utilities that have been expanded throughout islamic realm by arising islamic religion that cleaning is the preamble for most of its rites. unfortunately, from the beginning of islamic period until 8th hegira century (15th ad century) no stable sample of public bathhouses remained in iran, but many public bathhouses have still remained f...

BACKGROUND Utilities and disability weights (DWs) are metrics used for calculating Quality-Adjusted Life Years and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), respectively. Utilities can be obtained with multi-attribute instruments such as the EuroQol 5 dimensions questionnaire (EQ-5D). In 2010 and 2013, Salomon et al. proposed a set of DWs for 220 and 183 health states, respectively. The objective...

The article identifies the specifics of marketing activities utilities in process reforming housing and communal services Ukraine. relationship between quality public level competitiveness city is analyzed; improvement communication component activity with help Public relations tools proposed; necessity information transparency as a prerequisite for effective communications consumers their subs...