introduction: cost estimation is a important tool which assist the managers to plan and to control the economic functions of the organization. the present study aims to identify the cost of a cesarean surgery in one of the first class public hospitals in iran. methodology: reviewing all expenses of the hospital documents in the financial unit, the cost of a cesarean surgery was determined throu...

This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital employment: this is consistently higher in public hospitals than in not-for-profit (NFP) or private hospitals, even controlling for a number of measures of hospital output. NFP hospitals serve as a benchmark, being very similar to public hospitals, but without political influence on ...

BACKGROUND In 2013, Kenya transitioned into a devolved system of government with a central government and 47 semi-autonomous county governments. In this paper, we report early experiences of devolution in the Kenyan health sector, with a focus on public county hospitals. Specifically, we examine changes in hospital autonomy as a result of devolution, and how these have affected hospital functio...

BACKGROUND Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are admitted to hospitals without coronary revascularization are frequently transferred to hospitals with this capability, yet we know little about the basis for how such revascularization hospitals are selected. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined interhospital transfer patterns in 71 336 AMI patients admitted to hospitals without re...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) hospital percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) volume minimum recommendations. BACKGROUND In order to reduce procedure-associated mortality, ACC/AHA guidelines recommend that hospitals offering PCIs perform at least 400 PCIs annually. It is unclear whether this volum...

BACKGROUND Iran developed a national hospital performance measurement program (HPMP) which has been implemented annually throughout its hospitals since 1997. However, little is known yet about its development and the impact of the program on hospital performance.This study aims to describe the development and process of implementation of the HPMP, and to explore the impact on hospital performan...

BACKGROUND In fiscal year 1990, administration accounted for 24.8 percent of total hospital costs in the United States - nearly twice the share in Canada. Studies from the 1970s and early 1980s found high costs, especially for administration, at for-profit hospitals. METHODS We calculated administrative costs for 6227 nonfederal hospitals and the total costs of inpatient care for 5201 acute c...

Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness, for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute care is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies. According to Connecticut public health code that...

This research examines the influence of Hospitals’ service quality on Patient satisfaction in Katsina metropolis, Nigeria. It is a survey where by questionnaires were randomly administered patients four hospitals conveniently selected for study (General Hosptial Katsina, Federal Medical Centre Turai Yaradua Maternity and Children’s hospital General Amadi Rimi Orthopedic Hospital Katsina). Struc...