injection is one of the most common medical procedures in the health sector. annually up to 16 billion injections are prescribed in low- and middle-income countries (lmics), many of them are not necessary for the patients, increase the healthcare costs and may result in side effects. currently over 40% of outpatient prescriptions in iran contain at least one injectable medicine. to address the ...

In 2008, the American Academy of Dermatology began sponsoring North American dermatology residents to travel to Botswana in sub-Saharan Africa and spend 4 to 6 weeks working with the Botswana-UPenn Partnership, the Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative, Princess Marina Hospital, and surrounding smaller district hospitals. During their time in Botswana, the residents staff the busy out...

Background: to assess, using the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales (NSNS) questionnaire, degree of patient satisfaction healthcare services, in patients who were admitted three obstetrics and gynaecology wards different Italian public hospitals. The aim study was understand correlations between basic organisational characteristics perceived quality care. Materials Methods: an multi-cen...

With the world’s largest population of 1.3 billion, China is a rapidly developing country. In line with this development, China’s enormous health system is experiencing an unprecedented series of reforms. According to a recent official government report, China has 300, 000 health organizations, which include 60, 000 hospitals and a total number of 3.07 million beds (China NBoSoP 2006). To provi...

background: in-depth knowledge of antibiotic principles is widely considered a necessary condition for appropriate prescribing of antibiotics. the study aimed at determining the impact of healthcare providers’ level of knowledge in bacteriology and principles of antibiotic prescribing on their abilities to prescribe antibiotics appropriately. methods: a structured questionnaire survey targeting...

Within the countries of the former Soviet Union, the Kyrgyz Republic has been a pioneer in reforming the system of health care finance. Since the introduction of its compulsory health insurance fund in 1997, the country has gradually moved from subsidizing the supply of services to subsidizing the purchase of services through the 'single payer' of the health insurance fund. In 2002 the governme...

BACKGROUND In many countries health policy encourages patients to choose their hospital, preferably by considering information of performance reports. Previous studies on hospital choice mainly have focused on patients undergoing elective surgery. This study examined a representative sample of hospital inpatients across disciplines and treatment interventions in Germany. Its research questions ...

BACKGROUND Narcissism is a personality trait associated with both psychological health and resilience as well as with aggression and interpersonal problems. AIM This study compares levels of total narcissism and subscale scores in inpatients, outpatients and a community sample. METHODS Inpatients (N = 186) were recruited from consecutively admitted patients to two closed units, and the outp...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare the cost of contemporary outpatient and historical inpatient management of proximal lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in adults. DESIGN Prospective, observational study with historical inpatient cases as controls. SETTING Ambulatory thrombosis clinic of a tertiary care teaching center in Canada. PATIENTS Forty-nine inpatients with DVT from a previous study i...