background and objectives: constant monitoring of healthcare organizations’ performance is an integral part of informed health policy-making. several hospital performance assessment methods have been proposed in the literature. pabon lasso model offers a fast and convenient method for comparative evaluation of hospital performance. this study aimed to evaluate the relative performance of hospit...

background and objectives: medical tourism tourism is emerging as a fast growing healthcare industry with the potential to open a new economic opportunity for developing countries. iran has been the treatment destination of many medical tourists from middle eastern countries for many years, yet this field of services remains underdeveloped. the best judges for the challenges facing development ...

School of Public Health and Management, Research Center for Medicine and Social Development, Innovation Center for Social Risk Governance in Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China Department of Neurosurgery, the First People’s Hospital of Jiangbei district, Chongqing 400020, China Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chon...

public health management is a pillar of public health practice. only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. with this in mind, the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has developed an innovative program called improving public health management for action (impact) which aims to address th...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has recently been recognised as a newly emerging infectious disease that is highly contagious with significant morbidity and mortality. The first index case in Hong Kong was admitted on Feb 22, 2003. As of April 6, 842 cases have been identified in Hong Kong, with fatal complications in 22 patients. The outbreak has prompted the Hospital Authority of Hon...

BACKGROUND In 2013, Kenya transitioned into a devolved system of government with a central government and 47 semi-autonomous county governments. In this paper, we report early experiences of devolution in the Kenyan health sector, with a focus on public county hospitals. Specifically, we examine changes in hospital autonomy as a result of devolution, and how these have affected hospital functio...

conclusions because there was no significant difference in the effectiveness between hospitals with and without board of trustees, decision-makers must monitor how the commands are carried out to make board of trustees for hospitals and make sure its success in achieving its objectives. results among the five variables related to the effectiveness, safety showed to have the highest weight and m...