background and objectives: the large contribution of hospitals to the function and expenditures of the healthsector makes their constant monitoring and evaluation inevitable to improve the overall performance of the health system. built on that, the present study aimed to evaluate the trend of performance of hospitals affiliated with the public hospitals (in guilan province, iran) affiliated wi...

Background and Objectives: Hospitals usually generate large amounts of hazardous waste. If not managed properly, hospital waste can pose threats to public safety and damage the environment. Waste minimization is a waste management approach that focuses on reducing the amount and toxicity of hazardous wastes. This study pursues a two-fold purpose: 1) to gain insight into hospital waste minimizat...

KEY FINDINGS (1) After three years of participation in a CMS pay-for-performance initiative, hospitals that served a high number of poor patients realized gains in quality improvement measures on certain clinical conditions. (2) The gains among these hospitals were greater than gains among other hospitals, allowing them to close the gaps seen prior to the onset of pay for performance. (3) Hospi...

background: the pabon lasso model was  applied to assess the performance of six state-run hospitals in the province of kohgilooyeh & boyer-ahmad, to produce information that used by policy makers in their attempt to make the health care sys­tem more productive. methods: this cross-sectional study involved all the six public hospitals in the province, with 607 registered beds. data collec­tion a...

this study was designed to present and compare iranian hospitals` performance applying ratio analysis technique.this cross-sectional survey was conducted to present an instant image of 139 iranian hospitals` performance status applying ratio analysis as one of the non parametric technical efficiency assessment methods in 2008. data was collected using nine dimensional questionnaires supported b...

Volume 2, Issue 2 A financially stable hospital is crucial to a community’s health as well as its economy, especially in rural settings. Local hospitals not only provide residents with essential health care services, they are also a major employer and help fuel the local economy. Today, however, many of this country’s 1,600 small rural hospitals struggle to maintain financial stability and resp...

background: optimal allocation of resources commensurate with performance improvement is the concerns of all countries including iran. estimation hospitals production function is important in the economic management of hospitals. objective: the aim of this study was to estimate the production function of iranian selected public hospitals as well as analyze the economic behavior in use of hospit...