OBJECTIVE This report presents data on hospice care discharges. Numbers and percents of discharges are shown by selected characteristics of the agencies from which the patients were discharged, by selected patient characteristics, by services provided, by types of personnel that provided the services, and by diagnoses of these discharged patients. METHODS The data used for this report are fro...

OBJECTIVE To obtain the maximum benefit from hospice, a person should receive hospice services for at least 30 days. For many Americans, this goal is not being met. This report presents data on hospice care discharges for 2000. Selected trend data are also presented. METHODS Data are from the National Home and Hospice Care Survey. The data presented are numbers and percents by selected discha...

background: hepatitis b is one of the most important etiologic factors of acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma. the best preventive method is vaccination. the aim of the study was to evaluate the immunization rate against hepatitis b in medical health personnel. materials and methods: this study was conducted on 331 health care workers employed in pub...

This study was undertaken with the object of determining the final results of the treatment of carcinoma of the stomach in a general hospital, and of evaluating some of the numerous factors contributing to these results. While there is an abundant literature, particularly on the operative treatment, there is a comparative dearth of data regarding the end-results in the total number of patients ...

the conflict between investors' interests and managers is an important issue which has been attracted researchers attentions in last decade. according to the related literature, corporate governance body of research has offered alternatives for solving this problem such as ownership structure. this research investigates the effect of ownership structure on firm performance. the factors whi...