Recently announced increases to medical scheme premiums were met with great surprise by many medical scheme members, who now have to absorb some of the highest premium increases of the past few years. Both the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) and Discovery Health have made statements in the popular press, suggesting that (amongst other factors) an increase in the supply of private hos...

This empirical study explores the influence of four extrinsic rewards, namely relationships with supervisor, relationships with co-workers, job security and financial rewards on nurses’ psychological empowerment. The study encompasses 395 nurses from both Greek public and private hospitals. Regression analysis is used to test the research hypotheses. The results of the study have shown that all...

BACKGROUND It has been shown that patients cared for at private for-profit hospitals have higher risk-adjusted mortality rates than those cared for at private not-for-profit hospitals. Uncertainty remains, however, about the economic implications of these forms of health care delivery. Since some policy-makers might still consider for-profit health care if expenditure savings were sufficiently ...

To evaluate the level of physicians' satisfaction with hospital clinical laboratory services and related factors in Aden Governorate, we carried out this cross-sectional study during September 2008-September 2009. Satisfaction with laboratory services of 3 public and 3 private hospitals was assessed. The overall physician satisfaction was 3.30 out of 5.00. The highest mean score (3.40) was obse...

OBJECTIVE This study explores the views of Lebanese hospitals on the worthiness of accreditation vis-à-vis its associated expenses in addition to examining the type and source of financial investments incurred during the accreditation process. DESIGN Observational cross-sectional design. PARTICIPANTS All private short-stay hospitals registered with the Syndicate of Private Hospitals in Leba...

OBJECTIVE to translate and validate to Spanish the Caring Assessment Scale tool, CAT-V, by Joanne Duffy, within the framework of Jean Watson; as a secondary objective, it is proposed to evaluate its psychometric properties. There are tools designed to measure the patient's perception of provided cares, including CAT-V, the subject of our interest, in a way that it can be used in Spanish-speakin...

Many acquisitions by private equity (PE) firms are conducted by “clubs,” where a number of PE firms join together to submit a single bid. We present a novel analysis of the economics of club bidding by private equity firms based on the notion that club formation may create value at the target firm by allowing the different dimensions of value creation of each individual PE firm to be aggregated...

80 Br J Sports Med February 2011 Vol 45 No 2 involve more formal periodic recognition of their annual appraisal, audit activity and any multisource feedback. It is not clear at the moment what minimum percentage of one’s job plan will constitute being assessed as a Sport and Exercise doctor, but the authors consider it likely to be in excess of 50%. Revalidation will not be introduced with a ‘b...

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...