purpose : to report a study design for assessing the cataract surgery outcome methods : we conducted the study in an eye hospital in which over 13,300 cataract extractions are performed annually. sampling framework and recruitment included international classification of diseases (icd)-10-based electronic hospital records of patients who underwent age-related cataract extraction within the prec...

strengthening the health workforce and universal health coverage (uhc) are among key targets in the heathrelated sustainable development goals (sdgs) to be committed by the united nations (un) member states in september 2015. the health workforce, the backbone of health systems, contributes to functioning delivery systems. equitable distribution of functioning services is indispensable to achie...

The geographical dimension covered by the international migration research literature is usually concerned with a host-/home-country focus. However, little attention has been paid to the function of the region as a “clearing house” through which companies in a recruitment process can identify and screen potential candidates that have already settled the country. This paper investigates the recr...

OBJECTIVES Despite an increase in the number of foreign-educated nurses (FENs) working in U.S. hospitals and nursing homes, very little is known about the industry that brought them here. Our objectives were to learn more about the size and scope of the international nurse recruitment industry, its business models, and the range of countries where companies actively recruit. Based on reports fr...

The recruitment and retention of post-secondary international students as ‘skilled’ immigrants has become a distinct form immigration, shifting the role higher education in society. This paper proposes term edugration – an amalgamation ‘education’ ‘migration’ to describe this system. It also argues that presents ethically ‘wicked problem’ (Rittel & Webber, 1973), requiring not only increase...

Recruitment to time and target remains a common challenge in the completion of a successful clinical trial. Since 2007 there has been significant investment in infrastructure to support clinical trials in the UK but the challenge of recruitment remains. The 2013 International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference demonstrated the volume of methodological research targeting recruitment. Further...

BACKGROUND This article describes the challenges a research team experienced recruiting physicians within a randomised controlled trial about leg ulcer care that seeks to foster the cooperation between the medical and nursing professions. Community-based physicians in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, were recruited for an interdisciplinary intervention designed to enhance leg ulcer patients' se...

Globalization and internationalization have received increasing attention from researchers in the field of education management over past decade, who found that is an indispensable component sustainable development higher (HE). This research aims to construct Innovative Marketing Strategies (IMS) for international student recruitment contribute (IoHE). A literature review was used questionnaire...