introduction althoughthere is a consensus that the economic burden of burn injury is high, but few studies have conducted about cost of burns injury among pediatric in developing countries. we explored the main factors influencing on hospital costs and length of stay (los) associated with pediatric burns injury in kermanshah, iran. methods and material we performed a review ofmedical records fr...

background hospitals are the most costly operational and really important units of health system because they consume about 50%-89% of total health resources. therefore efficient use of resources could help in saving and reallocating the financial and physical resources. objectives the aim of this study was to obtain an overview of hospitals' performance status by applying different techniques,...

results the five determinants of cost, inconvenience, fear, organization, and patient-dentist relationship were determined as barriers to access to dental services among which the cost and patient-dentist relationship were identified as the first and last priorities with the coordinates (1.4 and 1.4) and (1.25 and -0.65), respectively. conclusions high cost of dental care has led to not referri...

background and objectives: family, personal and social factors play a role in resiliency. so this study was done for investigating the mediating role of spiritual intelligent in relationship of mindfulness and resilience in vali-e-asr hospital of birjand. methods: the present study is an analyzing correlation type. 120 staffs (remedial, administrative, social service) of vali-e-asr hospital wer...

background and objectives: appropriate attitude about enjoining good and forbidding evil (egfe) as two fundamental topics in islam that are known as a social phenomenon can use as a powerful tool in islamic organizations to promote happiness, management improvement and correction of defficiencies. the objective was to assess attitude of hospital staff regarding enjoining good and forbidding evi...

introduction: accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of oncology patients presented to emergency department (ed) can dramatically enhance their quality of life and decrease their mortality rate. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate these patients from an epidemiologic point of view as well as identifying death-related factors. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, all...

background and purpose: scorpion sting is one of the major health problems of undeveloped countries, which causes severe complications and sometimes death.this study aimed toassessment knowledge of scorpion sting patients who admitted to ahvaz razi hospital about pre-hospital care. materials and methods: this is a descriptive study, which its participants were sampled by a pilot method, and the...

Studies of hospital efficiency seldom lead to changes in practice, partly because recommendations are unspecific or results are not seen as robust. We describe a method to compare hospital costs that utilises patient-level data. We perform a two-stage analysis in which we first consider factors that explain costs among patients and then across hospital departments. We illustrate our approach by...

Key findings. (1) In 1997, the amount California hospitals billed uninsured patients was more than twice the amount hospitals received from Medicare for the same services. By 2010, billed charges had grown to be five times what Medicare paid, which trans­lated into a gap of more than $10,000 per day in the hospital. (2) Five years after the passage of the state's Hospital Fair Pricing Act, most...

OBJECTIVE Cancer incidence, treatment, and prognosis show important disparities by race, Hispanic ethnicity, and birthplace, but hospital policies and procedures in obtaining this information are poorly documented. This study documented policies and procedures in a state (Connecticut) with a high-quality population-based cancer registry. METHODS Directors of medical records and/or admissions ...