BACKGROUND Health care agencies report that the major limiting factor for implementing effective health policies and reforms worldwide is a lack of qualified human resources. Although many agencies have adopted policy development and clinical practice guidelines, the human resources necessary to carry out these policies towards actual reform are not yet in place. OBJECTIVES The goal of this a...

Like many other countries, Australia is increasingly being forced to face the spiralling costs of health care. Population increases, an aging population, and the high cost of many items of modern medical equipment and of medical care generally, have all contributed to the pressure on health care resources. Within this climate of resource scarcity, more and more questions are being asked about t...

INTRODUCTION b. Input measures of the capacity to produce service The procedure used for health planning, In discussing these four operations, a as conceptualized by Donabedianl and theoretical background is developed for asothers, consists of the following three steps: sessing mental health resources. Problems in­ (1) assessing the need for health care, (2) asherent in the process are presente...

background: to evaluate the satisfaction of mothers with the quality of care provided by maternity institutions in east kazakhstan on the basis of the “quality of hospital care for mothers and newborn babies, assessment tool” (who, 2009). methods: this cross-sectional study took place in 2013 and covered five maternity hospitals in east kazakhstan (one referral, two urban and two rural). to obt...

The incidence of death and serious harm caused by mistakes and accidents in health care is unacceptable. This serious public health problem merits top-priority national attention. Addressing this issue will require major reforms and sizable investment of resources throughout the health care system, including the medication use process, which is a particular focus of the American Society of Heal...