BACKGROUND Bangladesh has a high proportion of households incurring catastrophic health expenditure, and very limited risk sharing mechanisms. Identifying determinants of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments and catastrophic health expenditure may reveal opportunities to reduce costs and protect households from financial risk. OBJECTIVE This study investigates the determinants of high healthcare expe...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Financial limitations in low-income populations, those at highest risk for poor health outcomes, may preclude adherence to recommended dietary guidelines. We examine the financial burden of shopping for foods to meet national dietary recommendations in a supermarket compared to eating primarily in a fast-food restaurant. METHODS Using a single-parent, low-income mode...

In the past 10 years, China's online game industry has become a sunrise industry with unlimited potential as its rapid development. Its rapid growth not only provides important support for the new round of upcoming economic growth, but also becomes a measure on building an innovation-oriented country comprehensively by grasping strategic opportunities of new scientific and technological revolut...

Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Floods. Natural disasters can shut the doors of a business for days, weeks or even months. For some small business owners, the inability to recover quickly can spell a death knell. Having a disaster recovery plan in place can make the difference between going forward and going under. It can help to bring organization to an otherwise chaotic situation. A disaster plan begi...

this research is to examine the relationship between corporate organizational culture and financial performance in iranian ict ministry-affiliated corporations. denison's questionnaire was used to measure organizational culture while four indicators namely return on assets, return on sales, return on owner's equity ratio and operating expenses/operating income ratio were employed in a...

Changes in the education, research, and health care environments have had a major impact on the way in which medical schools fulfill their missions, and mission-based management approaches have been suggested to link the financial information of mission costs and revenues with measures of mission activity and productivity. The authors describe a simpler system, termed Mission-Aligned Planning (...

The research conducted by the author aims to determine and describe decline that occurred from level of receivables turnover, how turnover in increasing net income at PT. (Persero) Indonesian Credit Insurance which analyzed company's financial statements. This type is descriptive qualitative, with object seen statements Indonesia Medan Branch. Where this study was analyzing amount receivables, ...

financial statement of a company is a reflection of the operational and financial position of a company. the comparative analysis of two companies similar in nature, size, work, location and objectives etc., facilitates an understanding of the operational and financial soundness of the companies. the kingdom of saudi arabia is aiming for rapid industrialization in its economy. sahara petrochemi...