Presented in this article are program data on the use and cost of hospital outpatient (HOP) services rendered to aged and disabled Medicare beneficiaries during calendar year 1985. Trend data are also presented for calendar years 1974-85. The data shown in this article focus on charges, reimbursements, and reimbursements per enrollee as a means of measuring the cost of HOP services. The data pr...

Advances in computers and communications have significantly changed almost every aspect of our daily activity. In this maze change, governments around the world cannot remain indifferent. Public administration is evolving taking on a new form through e-government. A large number organizations set up websites, establishing an online interface with citizens businesses which it interacts. However,...

Increased public access to environmental information contributes to a greater awareness of environmental matters. However, there is no specific structure of public Environmental Information Systems (EIS) for institutions and other social partners to accomplish this goal. Multimedia has been largely used in EIS.Mobile services may play a new role within communicating multimedia environmental inf...

The transformation of socio-ecological systems (SES) has accelerated and is driven by a broad range of factors. Consequently, providing resilience in SES became more challenging, as the drivers are influenced by complex interactions between the social actors (i.e., consumers, producers, and influencers of ecosystem services) and their interactions with the ecosystem itself. As the entire societ...