Empirical validity of the claim that overhead costs are driven not by production volume but by transactions resulting from production complexity is examined using data from 32 manufacturing plants from the electronics, machinery, and automobile components industries. Transactions are measured using number of engineering change orders, number of purchasing and production planning personnel, shop...

HYPOTHESIS Preoperative briefings have the potential to reduce operating room (OR) delays through improved teamwork and communication. DESIGN Pre-post study. SETTING Tertiary academic center. PARTICIPANTS Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and other OR personnel. INTERVENTION An OR briefings program was implemented after training all OR staff in how to conduct preoperative briefings t...

BACKGROUND Schizophrenia spectrum disorders result in enormous individual suffering and financial burden on patients and on society. In Germany, there are about 1,000,000 individuals suffering from schizophrenia (SZ) or schizoaffective disorder (SAD), a combination of psychotic and affective symptoms. Given the heterogeneous nature of these syndromes, one may assume that there is a difference i...

Methods This work is a part of Phase IV clinical study. Retrospectively, for 2006, direct costs of anesthesia services were calculated: (1) personnel costs (salaries), (2) drugs and supplies, (3) other costs (analysis and apparatus) in the Institute of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Clinical Center of Serbia. The research group included all anesthetized patients of both genders and ofall age...

Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was promoted with two goals: expanding health insurance coverage and reducing healthcare costs. Expanded coverage is expected to partially reduce costs. Emergency department (ED) visits are costlier than comparable primary care physician visits. If uninsured patients use the local ED more often than insured patients with comparable conditions, insuring...

This study aimed to identify the role of computerized accounting information systems in reducing the costs of medical services provided at King Abdullah University Hospital. The study sample consisted of 36 employees including the administrative & financial director, the head of the accounting department, information systems personnel, and accountants. The study adopted the theoretical and fiel...

A main goal of a Ship Of Opportunity Programme (SOOP) is the provision of temperature profiles in near real time. The use of commercial ships and expandable probes allows the reduction of costs, in comparison with research ship cruises. A major cost effectiveness is achieved using an automated multiple launcher, requiring minimum personnel effort. A multiple launcher, developed in the framework...

background and purpose: nosocomial infections, especially those occurring in intensive care units (icus), are one of the major health problems in every community. nosocomial infections are associated with increased mortality rate and high treatment costs. effective control of these infections essentially depends on the knowledge of healthcare providers regarding the detection and eradication of...

ABSTRACT The rural special education context is unique because of the distinct environment and the variety of rural school subcultures. However, little information about rural special education is available prior to the late 1970's, partially because federal agencies lacked a working definition of "rural._" Although rural and urban special education service environments vary greatly (especially...

1 Immunization of healthcare personnel can increase safety and decrease costs Personnel who contract vaccine-preventable illnesses not only expose vulnerable patients to diseases but also may miss work to care for themselves or sick relatives. Controlling outbreaks costs money and can drain hospitals of important resources. In 1993, two pertussis outbreaks at Children’s Hospital Medical Center ...