background nowadays, productivity and efficiency are considered a culture and a perspective in both life and work environments. this is the starting point of human development. objectives the aim of the present study was to investigate the performance of hospitals affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences using the pabon lasso model. methods the present study was a descriptive-analyt...

patients and methods subjects of this study include teaching hospitals in mashhad, affiliated with mashhad university of medical sciences and the tool used in gathering the data was a questionnaire, completed based on the information provided by the proceedings of the meetings held by the ethics committees. also, for the purpose of gathering the suggestions, specifically on the improvement of t...

The first chapter, about the agenda of this study, relates to the widespread disillusionment regarding relationships in the NHS and their impact on health. When the project started in 1996, the authors were struck by the despair that pervaded the outlooks of many healthcare professionals and managers. This despair reached far beyond concerns about the implementation of ‘‘internal market’’ mecha...

background and objectives: hospitals usually generate large amounts of hazardous waste. if not managed properly, hospital waste can pose threats to public safety and damage the environment. waste minimization is a waste management approach that focuses on reducing the amount and toxicity of hazardous wastes. this study pursues a two-fold purpose: 1) to gain insight into hospital waste minimizat...

background and objectives: constant monitoring of healthcare organizations’ performance is an integral part of informed health policy-making. several hospital performance assessment methods have been proposed in the literature. pabon lasso model offers a fast and convenient method for comparative evaluation of hospital performance. this study aimed to evaluate the relative performance of hospit...

introduction: the important of comparing performance of hospitals using hospital indicators, has been made the necessary of utilizing of the application model inevitable. this study aimed to compare hospital performance key indicators simultaneity. methods: in this descriptive cross sectional and retrospective study, 31 hospitals of isfahan university of medical sciences were evaluated in 2007....

introduction: hospitals performance indicators will help monitoring, evaluation and decision making and therefore must be selected and ranked accurately. the aim of present study is identifying and selecting key hospitals performance indicators. materials and methods: this is a descriptive and mixed (quantitative-qualitative) study. literature review and expert panel has been done to identify a...

background very few studies have assessed performance of botswana public hospitals. we draw from a large research study assessing performance of the botswana ministry of health (moh) to evaluate the performance of public hospital system using the world health organization health systems performance assessment framework (who hspaf). we aimed to evaluate performance of botswana public hospital sy...