T paper examines the staffing, division of labor, and resulting profitability of primary care physician practices. Division of labor is viewed as a mechanism to increase the efficiency of production processes through specialization. At the same time, division of labor also introduces coordination cost as handoffs and communication needs increase. We attempt to empirically assess the net effect ...

The economy is populated by a large number of infinitely lived agents. These agents are identical, and so we can effectively treat them as one. These agents consume, save in physical capital, and supply one unit of labor each period inelastically. Time runs from t = 0, . . . ,∞. The population at each point in time is Nt = (1+n) N0, with N0 given. Households get flow utility from consumption, C...

Agricultural laborers frequently work for piece rate wages – where they are paid per unit of output rather than per unit of time – based on the assumption that these wages incentivize productivity. In this paper, I exploit quasi-experimental variation to estimate the elasticity of labor productivity with respect to piece rate wages by analyzing a high-frequency panel of over 2,000 blueberry pic...

OBJECTIVE To understand health care providers' perception on managing laboring women in the presence of a labor companion of their choice, and the labor companion's perception of this experience. METHODS A qualitative study was conducted based on a controlled randomized clinical trial. Sampling was intentional and determined through information saturation. Semi-structured interviews were carr...

Early recognition and active management of the third stage of labor will reduce the risks associated with uterine inversion. All staff members in the maternal unit should be updated with Green-Top guidelines No. 52 and be appropriately trained in the PROMPT course to provide a standardized approach in obstetric emergencies.

This paper presents an overview of an approach MAX I.E.G. used to optimize the direct labor (DL) at a medium size semiconductor fab. This method an activity-based staff model and queuing imize the staff level, and linear programming to optimize the cost per unit. Results included a 5% reduction in DL costs while maintaining or improving tool utilization.

Objective: To evaluate the Effect of Presence of trained significance others on labor outcomes and mother's satisfaction. Intervention study design the study was conducted at MCH of El-Basher Hospital and labor unit of El-Basher Hospital /Amman Jordon. Subjects: The total subjects of this study were 150 parturient women were divided into equal groups, intervention group 75 mothers who received ...

Preterm labor is the final common pathway after several potential insults to the fetomaternal unit. As a common cause, intrauterine infections (both clinically evident and subclinical) are associated with increased proinflammatory cytokine concentrations in the amniotic fluid and the gestational tissues. This fact represents the trigger for “the intrauterine inflammatory response syndrome” as a...

Background and aim: Aromatherapy is the art and science of using essential oils extracted from aromatic plants, and is concerned with natural balance, coordination and promotion of health. This study was designed to determine the effect of "rose (Rosa damascena) essential oil" inhalation and foot bath on the improvement of maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Material and methods: This study ...