OBJECTIVE Assessment of the knowledge and application as well as perceived utility by doctors of clinical governance tools in order to explore their impact on clinical units' performance measured through mortality rates and efficiency indicators. METHODS This research is a cross-sectional study with a deterministic record-linkage procedure. The sample includes n = 1250 doctors (n = 249 chiefs...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Although the National Kidney Disease Education Program recommends use of the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), most drug-dosing recommendations and clinical practices employ the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) formula. The quality score of the original MDRD study was better than that of the original CG study, although the...

"Clinical governance" is the term used to describe a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care within a health system. This article introduces the concept of clinical governance as a tool for improving the quality of care. It also discusses the potential value of a large database of colic surgery in implementing some of the components of clinical governance in...

Objective(s):To clarify the protective effects of Cichorium glandulosum (CG) extracts on thioacetamide (TAA)-induced rat hepatic fibrosis. Materials and Methods: The dry roots of CG were smashed and percolated with 95% ethanol, and the residual was prepared into petroleum ether extract (CG-V), ethyl acetate extract (CG-VI) and n-butyl alcohol extract (CG-VII). Thirty-six Wistar rats were random...

This paper aims to examine the role of corporate governance (CG) on earnings management (EM) in Indian commercial banks. In addition, study examines board gender diversity within CG framework using data from 22 publicly traded banks India 2010 2019. The uses Principal Component Analysis (PCA) develop a comprehensive measure. Using Panel Corrected Standard Error (PCSE) approach, finds that has s...

Purpose This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of the existing literature on corporate governance (CG) aspects Malaysian market. It offers insights into phases CG, identifies crucial gaps in and outlines an agenda for impending research. Design/methodology/approach Following systematic approach, final sample 125 studies from Scopus Web Science databases was used this study. These wer...