patient and user choice are at the forefront of the debate on the future direction of health and public services provision in many industrialized countries in europe and elsewhere. it is used both, as a means to achieve desired policy goals in public health care systems such as greater efficiency and improved quality of care, and as a good with its own intrinsic value. however, the evidence sug...

introduction: the study was conducted to assess the school activity of thalassemic children and to reveal the relationship between school activity with the socio-demographic factors as well as clinico-therapeutic profile. methods: a total of 365 admitted thalassemic patients of burdwan medical college (ages 5 to 12 years) were participated in this cross sectional descriptive study conducted on ...

background and purpose: women with low (high) pre-pregnancy body mass index (bmi) recently delivered infants with approximately normal or close to normal birth weights under the high quality of prenatal care. this study estimated the effect of pre-pregnancy bmi when concerns about the effects of different quality levels of prenatal care and the health status of mothers and their infants existed...

Background: Nowadays, quality of patient care is one of the major and important concerns of health care delivery which is extremely dependent on the medical staff. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Quality of Work Life (QWL) and quality of patient care. Methods: This study was a descri...

background and objectives: the increasing pressure on health systems to improve quality of health care,require them to develop novel conceptual framework and indices aimed at evaluating decision variables in the contemporary complex community. customer quality is a newly introduced concept addressing capability of patients in contribution to healthcare process and cooperation with healthcare pr...

Background: Better healthcare outcomes in health services are obtainable from frequently observing ongoing healthcare activities, gathering data, and assessing outcomes. Objectives: This study aimed to establish the basic principles of nursing care standards and practices in wards, develop a nursing audit tool for periodically monitoring and controlling o...