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OBJECTIVE To set up a global system for monitoring maternal and perinatal health in 54 countries worldwide. METHODS The WHO Global Survey for Monitoring Maternal and Perinatal Health was implemented through a network of health institutions, selected using a stratified multistage cluster sampling design. Focused information on maternal and perinatal health was abstracted from hospital records ...

We show, with an example, that the theorem on the characterization of the domains admitting strategy-proof and non-dictatorial social choice functions by Kalai and Muller (1977) does not hold when the set of alternatives is infinite. We consider two ways of overcoming this problem. The first identifies a set of domains admitting strategy-proof and non-dictatorial social choice functions when th...

Our project Hospital Management system includes registration of patients, storing their details into the system, and also booking appointments with doctors. software has facility to give a unique id for every patient stores staff automatically. User can search availability doctor using id. The System be entered username password. It is accessible either by an administrator or receptionist. Only...

Background and Objectives: Responsiveness is one of the hallmarks of high performance health systems. Maintaining the responsiveness of health organizations at high level, require constant assessment of its situation as perceived by the patients. The accumulation of data on patients’ perception of health organizations’ responsiveness can help policy-makers in developing effective relevant strat...

Background and Objectives: In recent decades medical errors have become a major issue for scientific investigation to avoid potential harmful failures threatening patients’ health and safety. Developing risk management culture has been considered not only to play an important role in detecting and coping effectively with such errors but also lead to high level ...

For generations, American hospitals have been considered recession-proof, but there is reason to believe the current economic crisis is an exception. Hospitals have shown declining financial margins and decreased admissions. The severe recession has adversely affected many hospitals' finances, creating a risk of closure and constraining plans for expansion. We believe there is also a risk of ha...

Background: The preparedness and safety of hospitals in disasters are essential to maintain the health and survival of the community. Numerous studies have shown that the level of preparedness of Iranian hospitals is moderate and low. Lack of comprehensive hospital standards for disaster preparedness is one of the reasons. This study aimed to develop hospital accreditation standards for hospita...