The containment of the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly affected by unbalanced distribution emergency supplies, low coordinated transport efficiency, high costs, and inability nonprofit organizations to handle supplies efficiently. Based on experience, in this paper, we build a cloud platform for reduce asymmetry logistics information, improve efficiency distribution. Our proposed method use...

AimsTo investigate self-reported out-of-pocket expenses (OoPE) associated with insulin and diabetes supplies for people living type 1 (T1D) worldwide.MethodsA web-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted from August to December 2020. The analysis included comparisons between responses countries no, partial, full healthcare coverage.Results1,066 participants 64 took part in the study. ~25% of...

BACKGROUND This economic evaluation reports the results of a detailed study of the cost of major trauma treated at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), Australia. METHODS A bottom-up approach was used to collect and aggregate the direct and indirect costs generated by a sample of 30 inpatients treated for major trauma at PAH in 2004. Major trauma was defined as an admission for Multiple Signifi...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the direct cost of reusable and disposable aprons in a public teaching hospital. METHOD Cross-sectional study of quantitative approach, focusing on the direct cost of reusable and disposable aprons at a teaching hospital in northern Paraná. The study population consisted of secondary data collected in reports of the cost of services, laundry, materials and supplies divisi...

OBJECTIVE To explore the variance of unit costs of hospital medical services due to different costing methods employed in the analysis. METHODS Retrospective and descriptive study at Kaengkhoi District Hospital, Saraburi Province, Thailand, in the fiscal year 2002. The process started with a calculation of unit costs of medical services as a base case. After that, the unit costs were re-calcu...

Sea-level rise, population growth, and changing land-use patterns will further constrain Florida’s already scarce groundwater surface water supplies in the coming decades. Significant investments supply demand management are needed to ensure sufficient availability for human natural systems. Section 403.928 (1) (b) of Florida Statutes requires estimating expenditures meet future avoid adverse e...

In response to increasing prescription drug costs, more U.S. patients and policymakers are importing less-expensive pharmaceutical products from other countries. Large-scale prescription drug importation is currently illegal, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permits individuals to bring in 90-day supplies of drugs for personal use. As patient use of foreign-bought drugs has increased, ...

Insects have presented human society with some of its greatest development challenges by spreading diseases, consuming crops and damaging infrastructure. Despite the massive human and financial toll of invasive insects, cost estimates of their impacts remain sporadic, spatially incomplete and of questionable quality. Here we compile a comprehensive database of economic costs of invasive insects...

The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been one of the success stories of sub-Saharan Africa, where coverage has increased from about 2% in 2003 to more than 40% 5 years later. However, tempering this success is a growing concern about patient retention (the proportion of patients who are alive and remaining on ART in the health system). Based on the personal experience of the authors...