Remuneration is a significant feature of human resource management, and these resources are the most crucial factor in the delivery of a good number of public health services (1). Mukesh Chawla et al. in 1997 revised different remuneration systems for health care personnel; fixed salary provides incentives for shirking, performance related pay (PRP) for concentrating on those aspects of the job...

Dentists and the dental team have been encouraged to become an important part of the effort to curb tobacco use. Many health insurance policies, however, do not cover tobacco cessation programs, especially by dentists. The generosity of insurance for tobacco cessation has been found to influence the use of these programs. The dental profession can help by: 1) training more dental students, dent...

We used the results from Financial World’s widely publicized certification contest, CEO of the Year, to investigate the impact of such contests on firm performance and executive compensation. A certification contest ranks actors on performance criteria that key stakeholders accept as credible and legitimate. We found that certified CEOs received higher compensation than noncertified CEOs when p...

Purpose – To examine the introduction of role-redesign in the NHS and highlight implications for employment relations. Design/methodology/approach – A 12-month independent evaluation (2003-2004) of a role redesign initiative in the NHS is reported. The study followed a developmental, case-study design and included secondary data analysis, semi-structured interviews and observations at five case...

We investigate the salary returns to the ability to play football with both feet. The majority of footballers are predominantly right footed. Using two data sets, a cross-section of footballers in the five main European leagues and a panel of players in the German Bundesliga, we find robust evidence of a substantial salary premium for two-footed ability, even after controlling for available pla...

" The 'witnesses under examination were, as formerly, before the Whitsuntide adjournment, Messrs. Harrison and Gay, and the first item taken up related to the medical charges. " On this head nothing of moment was elicited. In reply to the Chairman, " Mr. Harrison stated that in 1856-57 the medical charges amounted to ?175,714, and in 1870-71 to ?523,486. There had been a very great increase in ...