This paper investigates the empirical relationship between the size of government and the process of economic growth in Fiji. The results reported here present a mixed picture, in that the model estimated specifies two different effects of the government sector on economic growth. Using annual time series data for the period 1964-1999, it is found that government expenditure exerts a strong ben...

BACKGROUND Nurses constitute the largest human resource element and have a great impact on quality of care and patient outcomes in health care organizations. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between rewards and nurse motivation on public hospitals administrated by Addis Ababa health bureau. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted from June to December 2010 in...

BACKGROUND Conceptualisations of the nurse-patient relationship tend to view nursing as embodying an empowering approach to patients, one that places the service user perspective at the centre of decision-making. However, the relationship of nursing to public participation in health service planning and development has been under examined. AIMS The aim is to explore the relationship of the nu...

Background: Unemployment among health professionals in Serbia has risen in the recent past and continues to increase. This highlights the need to understand how to change policies to meet real and projected needs. This study identifies variables that were significantly related to physician and nurse employment rates in the public healthcare sector in Serbia from 1961 to 2008 and used these to d...

The effective health services depend upon number of factors including the capabilities in terms of updated knowledge and skill of human resource pertaining to current needs of the system. Focusing on primary health care, Auxiliary Nurse and Midwives Training School/Centre (ANMTC) facilitates the Auxiliary Nurse and Midwives (ANM) production which ensures public health services. ANM is the techn...

background the traditional roles of managers are insufficient in today’s evolving healthcare market. therefore, they need to improve management practices through playing new roles. so the present study aimed to explore the roles of nurse managers in the context of iranian health care system. methods a qualitative content analysis with semi-structured interviews was used in this study. the study...

T. Mäenpää1; P. Asikainen2; M. Gissler3; K. Siponen4; M. Maass5; K. Saranto6; T. Suominen1 1University of Tampere, School of Health Sciences, Nursing Science, Tampere, Finland; 2Administrative Head Nurse, Satakunta Hospital District, Pori, Finland; 3THL National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland & Nordic School of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden; 4University of Oulu, Department of Math...