objectives this study is the first of its kind to determine the framework, advantages, and limitations of bot contracts for health care projects in selected countries. background advantages and limitations of build-operate-transfer (bot) contracts in various forms of public-private partnership (ppp) arrangements have not been studied. conclusions this study suggests that more information transp...

extractcontinuing education is not new for us because there  is emphasis on learning and continuing education  in our culture including literature, religion, and special  traditions in different ways  .as prophet muhammad (pbuh) says: “seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave” that  it is emphasis on continuous learning and continuous. in the holy quran  the word of “alam “repeatedly stated ...

in combination with randomization, blinding or masking is an important factor in randomized controlled trials (rcts), particularly in trials that assess therapeutic effects. here an attempt is made to explain blindness and why it is important. in clinical trials, blinding is defined as the condition imposed on a study in which study participants, health care providers and assessors collecting o...

Studies of timeliness and outcome in lung cancer care lung neoplasms[MESH] OR lung cancer*[text word] AND time factors[MeSH] OR waiting lists[MeSH] OR delay[text word] OR timeliness[text word]) AND mortality[MeSH Terms] OR survival rate[MESH] OR survival analysis[MESH] OR survival[MeSH Terms] AND 1995/01/01[PDat]: 2007/06/01[PDat] AND Humans[Mesh] AND English[lang] Studies aimed at improving ti...

introduction: health system performance assessment provides appropriate information about the status of health systems for governments and communities. therefore, in the recent decade, many countries have focused on performance assessment and reporting in order to develop methods and tools as a mean to help achieving health goals. the present study tries to design an indicator-based model (incl...

Background and Objectives: The increasing pressure on health systems to improve quality of health care, require them to develop novel conceptual framework and indices aimed at evaluating decision variables in the contemporary complex community. Customer Quality is a newly introduced concept addressing capability of patients in contribution to healthcare process and cooperation with healthcare p...

The rising costs and suboptimal quality throughout the American health care system continue to invite critical inquiry, and practice in the intensive care unit setting is no exception. Due to their relatively large impact, outcomes and costs in critical care are of significant interest to policymakers and health care administrators. Measurement of potentially ineffective care has been proposed ...

BACKGROUND Many young people with chronic ill health use technology for self-care activities, but little is known about the use of telehealth amongst those with spina bifida. The limited availability of specialist continence nurses in primary care settings, for this client group in the UK, exacerbates their reliance on parents or carers. OBJECTIVES 1. Exploring the way in which home-based and...