background: this cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the cost-effectiveness of three therapeutic methods of long-term hemodialysis, kidney transplant from a living person and kidney transplant from a cadaver utilizing disability adjusted life years (daly) using data from the records of patients referred to afzalipour hospital of kerman in 2012.   methods: this cross-sectional study u...

introduction: the patient’s satisfaction from hospital services is one of the most important criteria for the effectiveness and quality of the services presented in different wards of hospitals. this study aims at determining the satisfaction of patients admitted in razi hospital in ghazvin from the presented services there. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional study performed in ra...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of 3 alternative active screening strategies for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): universal surveillance screening for all hospital admissions, targeted surveillance screening for intensive care unit admissions, and no surveillance screening. DESIGN Cost-effectiveness analysis using decision modeling. METHODS Cost-effectiveness...

OBJECTIVE To compare effectiveness of patient care in hospital at home scheme with hospital care. DESIGN Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING Leicester hospital at home scheme and the city's three acute hospitals. PARTICIPANTS 199 consecutive patients referred to hospital at home by their general practitioner and assessed as being suitable for admission. Six of 102 patients rand...

The article “Analysis of steps adapted protocol for cardiac rehabilitation during hospitalization”[1] aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of a cardiac rehabilitation program carried out by the physiotherapist during hospitalization in respect to post-operative complications, mortality and length of hospital stay. It stresses that there is a lack of cardiac rehabilitation protocols and is supp...