OBJECTIVE To design and validate a scale (CSR-Hospital-SP) to determine health professionals' views on the approach of management to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their hospital. METHODS The literature was reviewed to identify the main CSR scales and select the dimensions to be evaluated. The initial version of the scale consisted of 25 items. A convenience sample of a minimum of 2...

Public hospitals that are directly managed by government perform poorly in many developing countries. Approaches to improving them through internal managerial reforms have failed, and effective alternatives are much needed. Policymakers are considering reforms through public-private partnerships (PPPs)--a promising but so far unevaluated approach. We present results of a successful reform in Sã...

BACKGROUND Effective talent development requires robust supervision. However, the effects of supervisory styles (coaching, mentoring and abusive supervision) on talent development and the moderating effects of clinical learning environment in the relationship between supervisory styles and talent development among public hospital trainee doctors have not been thoroughly researched. In this stud...

Unfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. The author list was included incorrectly. Antonio Clemente-Collado was included as one of the authors by mistake. This author has now been removed from the author list as there was a conflict of interest. There will also be an update to correct this. distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give approp...

INTRODUCTION Dual practice--the combination of a public hospital job with a job held in private health care--is often a source of controversy. Physicians involved in dual practice (dual practitioners) are believed to provide less work input in their public employment than physicians who are not involved in dual practice (single practitioners). This paper compares work behaviour of dual and sing...

In 2006, the Healthcare Commission of Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition did a survey in order to know the actual situation of endocrinology and clinical nutrition healthcare in Public Sanitary Systems in Spain. The survey has been more extensive than the last and it has taken up number and geographical distribution of specialists in Spain in addition to data about clinical assistan...

Five-S, a simple tool was utilized as the initial step towards total quality management activities at a public hospital in Sri Lanka. This paper introduces the system improvement activities at the hospital which won several awards for quality of service at national level. Though there are multiple reasons for the significant improvement of performance at the hospital, the study team observes th...