Background & Aims: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a vector – borne disease and at present it is one of the important health problems in tropical and sub - tropical countries including Iran. Due to imposed expenses to the people and government, this study was performed to evaluate the cost – effectiveness of cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment in the years after the earthquake in Bam/Iran. Method...

With the overhead of the typical family medicine practice at around 60 percent of revenues, working to control practice expenses has to be a high priority for family physicians. Of course, overhead is a product not just of expenses but also of productivity. It can be reduced by increasing productivity/revenue, reducing expenses or both. This article will focus on reducing expenses. To modernize...

BACKGROUND International research indicates that a considerable proportion of health expenditure is concentrated in the final phase of life, but to date, reliable Norwegian figures have not been available in this area. The purpose of this study is to investigate the proportion of Norwegian hospital expenditure for outpatient and hospital treatment which is devoted to persons who die in the cour...

BACKGROUND Obesity can be considered a global public health problem that affects virtually all countries worldwide and results in greater use of healthcare services and higher healthcare costs. We aimed to describe average monthly household medicine expenses according to source of funding, public or private, and to estimate the influence of the presence of obese residents in households on total...

Salaries 1970-71 Budget Food Service $ 303,245 Supplies & Expenses $ 28,068 Depreciation & Amortization $ 28,068 F.I.C.A, Distribution 14,600 Insurance Allocation 6,000 Interest 40,756 Bldgs. & Grounds Distribution 18,911 Security Distribution 4,955 Utilities Distribution 19,110 Room & Board Expenses 32,868 Retirement Fund Contribution 4,000 Laundry Distribution 23,095 Other Supplies & Expenses...

Long term care is a relatively new employee benefit issue and was virtually unheard of two years ago. Long term care plans have been implemented in a handful of companies and government retirement systems. Long term care has become an employee benefits issue because of the growing awareness of the risks of long term care to the elderly and the costs of long term care. Long term care benefit pla...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case describes the implementation of an online travel management system at FED-AK, the Alaska office of a U.S. government agency. The previous system was intended to accomplish the same functionality, but due to employee resistance, it was used only as a forms generator in conjunction with a paper-and mail-based process. The new system is integrated, which compels employe...

By the end of the 1970s, many sub-saharan African countries were in serious economic difficulties with high inflation, unmanageable balance of payments and fiscal deficits, GDP growth ratios below the rate of population increase. These difficulties have been attributed to excessive government intervention and control of the national economy. For example, prior to the middle 1970s, most States i...

BACKGROUND The case of contracting out government health services to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has been weak for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services, with documented gains being mainly in curative services. We present an in-depth assessment of the comparative advantages of contracting out on MNCH access, quality, and equity, using a case study from Pakistan. METHOD...