1 Department of Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, 415 Chien-Kung Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan 2 Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shi-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan 3 Institute of System Information and Control, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology,...

1. Dept. of Healthcare Administration, School of Economics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 2. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney AND School of Built Environment, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia 3. Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran 4. Dept. of Health Economics and Management, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehr...

Zechun Peng,1 Christine S. Huang,1,4 Brandon M. Stell,2 Istvan Mody,2,3 and Carolyn R. Houser1,3,4 Departments of 1Neurobiology, 2Neurology and Physiology, and 3Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, and 4Research Service, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, L...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver and causes both acute and chronic disease. It is transmitted through contact with an infected person's bodily fluids. It is an occupational hazard for healthcare workers and can be prevented by the administration of a vaccine. It is recommended that healthcare workers be vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases including hepatitis ...

The Latino Healthcare Professionals Project (LHPP) is a privately-funded initiative to provide healthcare management training to first-generation educated Latino bilingual and bicultural upper division university students planning careers in healthcare. This unique curriculum, scholarship, and mentorship program is based in the Health Care Administration (HCA) Program at California State Univer...

Introduction: The structure of healthcare professionals’ economic reasoning (HPER) is still unknown. The aim: The structural validity and the reliability of the HPER questionnaire were evaluated. Methods: The psychometric study about evaluation of the HPER factors was conducted. The healthcare professionals (physicians, dentists, pharmacists) that are employed in healthcare state sector of Repu...

Women currently constitute 15% of active United States of America military service personnel, and this proportion is expected to double in the next 5 years. Previous research has shown that healthcare utilization and costs differ in women US Veterans Health Administration (VA) patients compared to men. However, none have accounted for the potential effects of clustering on their estimates of he...

--------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT----------------------------------------------------------Healthcare delivery is a collaborative process with many healthcare practitioners from multiple healthcare organizations participating in patients’ treatment. Allergies affect nearly one-fourth of the world population and cause or contribute to significant chronic illness. C...

background: to compare the efficacy of two routes of prostaglandin e 2 administration (intravenous and intramuscular) for treatment of missed abortion this study was conducted. regarding the pilot cases of missed abortion admitted for termination of pregnancy intravenous administration of pge2 that had higher efficacy compare to intramuscular route, investigators designed this study. methods: i...

1Department of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH; 2Veterans Administration (VA) Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 3Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington; 4Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City; 5National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD; a...