Canadian research on health services for children and youth with chronic health conditions (CHC) is limited. In a postal survey, pediatricians in British Columbia rated the quality and safety of health care services for children with chronic medical conditions (Ch-Med) lower (mean rating ± SD on a seven-point scale: 4.86 ± 1.02 ) than services for children with acute conditions/injuries (5.97 ±...

This research studies the acceptance of e-mail for communicating official messages among citizens in Bahrain. It also examines the relationships between citizens’ age, educational level, gender, occupation, and organization type and e-mail as an official communication channel. A descriptive and quantitative research approach was applied to test hypotheses pertaining to the idea of using e-mail ...

Department of Biochemistry, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Postal address: No 7, Works Road, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Postal address: No 7, Works Road, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Dept of Nephrology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Postal address: No 7, Works Road, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Departm...

*Laboratorio de Entomologı́a Agrı́cola y Patologı́a de Insectos, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain; †ECOSUR, AP 36, Tapachula 30700, Chiapas, Mexico; ‡School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 7PX, United Kingdom; and §Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Escuela Agrı́cola Panamericana, Apartado Postal 93, El Z...

New commissioning arrangements in the NHS require the identification of 'complex specialised' (CS) services, as distinct from more 'general' or 'district specialist' (DS) rehabilitation services, to determine differential cost-tariffs. In this cross-sectional postal survey representing 49 inpatient neurological rehabilitation services in the UK, no clear service characteristics that distinguish...

Another feature is the large and growing share occupied by the government. Government financial institutions also have specialized business areas, such as export and import, overseas investment, development, small businesses, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and housing. Post offices absorb funds through postal savings, insurance schemes and pension plans (see Chart 1 , llOrganization Chart...