Background In 2004, the health system in Iran initiated an organizational reform aiming to increase the autonomy of teaching hospitals and make them more decentralized. The policy led to the formation of a board of trustees in each hospital and significant modifications in hospitals’ financing. Since the reform aimed to improve its predecessor policy (implementation of hospital autonomy began i...

background and objectives: hospitalbranding is a new concept in iran that requires focused attention in order to enhance economic performance of health care delivery system. this study aimed to develop a conceptual framework for initiation and promotion of public teaching hospital brand in an iranian context. methods: a comparative study of hospital branding in eight pioneer countries revealed ...

As the link between health and environmental quality is receiving due attention, the commitment to safeguard the environment from both the physical and social impacts associated with hospital waste is growing. Many aspects of human well-being are influenced by the environment and many diseases can be initiated, promoted, sustained or stimulated by environmental factors. Environmental health is ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute stroke care is shaped by healthcare policies. Differing policies in similar populations allow for assessment of policy impact on health and healthcare outcomes. The purpose of this study was to compare stroke presentation and hospital care in two adjacent healthcare systems with differing healthcare policies. METHODS Interviews and chart review of consecutive acut...

Current integrated assessment projects primarily seek end to end integration through formal models at a national to global scale, and show three significant representational weaknesses: determinants of decadai-scale emissions trends; valuing impacts and adaptive response; and the formation and effects of policies. Meeting the needs of policy audiences may require other forms of integration; may...

BACKGROUND Policies generate accountability in that they offer a standard against which government performance can be assessed. A central question of this study is whether ideological imprint left by policy is realized in the time following its adoption. National mental health policy expressly promotes the notion of deinstitutionalization, which mandates that individuals be cared for in the com...

Our paper consists of introductory and main parts, plus conclusions, drawn on macro and microanalysis of selected aspects of the given problem. Its two starting parts create the basis for further explanation, describing general trends of the Slovak health policy and ways how these policies were incorporated into reform documents, and implemented. Three core parts focus on important public polic...

The requirements of pretransfusion testing have undergone repeated modification, and those of the type and screen policy are currently the most widely accepted to be standard. The type and screen test policy, together with the abbreviated crossmatch procedure, was implemented in the United Christian Hospital in January 1997. This paper discusses the impact of the type and screen test policy on ...