Job Satisfaction, Burnout and Quality of Life of Nurses from Mangalore
Conclusion and Recommendations
In the last two decades, considerable evidence has been found related to stress among nurses. If nurses are not handled in a proactive manner it may result in serious stress reactions, leading further to job dissatisfaction, burnout and poor QOL. It is, therefore, important to create a platform to share concern of workers and to incorporate complementary therapies in work place which would help them to relieve of the negatives. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Abraham, A. K., D'silva, F. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Reviewing Physicians Therapy Choices--A Study with Reference to Physicians Behaviour
The discussion on use of fixed dose combination and combinations of separate component drugs has been widely initiated at global level. The issue of advantages and disadvantages associated with various therapies is the domain to be shared by the prescribing physicians and pharmacologists. However, an effort in this study has been made to evaluate the physician’s preferences for prescribing fixed dose combinations and combinations of separate component drugs. The physicians were classified on basis of different variables—sex, experience, area and qualification. The data assembled was analysed using chi-square di...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Singh, H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Forecasting Bed Requirement Using Hospital Records
Conclusion: Historical data of admissions and bed occupancy enable a realistic prediction of bed requirements for the day to day working of a Burns practice. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Dias-Amborcar, Y., Parulekar, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Health Expenditure and Impoverishment in India
This article examines impoverishment effect of the out-of-pocket (OOP) payment for health care on households in India where only 10 per cent of the population is covered by insurance. At the national level, 10.1 per cent of rural households as against 6.2 per cent of urban households have either become poor or poorer as a consequence of OOP for health care. The proportion of rural impoverished households due to OOP health expenditure in the four most underdeveloped states of Orissa, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are 11.4, 9.5, 7.9 and 7.3 per cents, respectively. The corresponding proportion of urban impoverished...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Ladusingh, L., Pandey, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Study of Knowledge, Awareness and Practices of Infection Control among ICU Staff of a Multispecialty Tertiary Level Teaching Institute of North India
Hospital infections are one of the important factors that adversely affect the image and economy of hospitals and ICU is a hotspot of infections. A descriptive and observational study was conducted in ICUs of a Multispecialty Hospital to analyze the knowledge, awareness and practices among staff about infection control.The study was based on checklist based on Ventilator Bundles and Central Line Bundles (IHI) and WHO. Whole staff of ICU was taken as sample size.
A significant gap was noticed between actual practices followed and staff know-how. More than 80 per cent of staff was aware of hand hygiene moments and hand washi...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Sharma, R., Jagota, R., Koushal, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Service Quality, Customer (Patient) Satisfaction and Behavioural Intention in Health Care Services: Exploring the Indian Perspective
This study analyses the suitability of service quality to improve customer satisfaction and in the process positively impacting behavioural intentions in the health care setting. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Murti, A., Deshpande, A., Srivastava, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A Comparative Analysis of Patient's Views of Physician Office Visits in United States and India--A Valuable Comparative Analysis of Physician Office Marketing Strategies
This article is based on a primary data collected from a combined over 1,400 individuals based in the United States and India. The results of the study provide a comparative analysis of factors that patients in these two very different environments consider as being of value to them when it comes to doctor office visits. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Emmett, D., Chandra, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
The Need for Effective Management in African Health Systems
This article advocates effective health-care management in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, health goals of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, national health goals and to promote quality in health care, equity and justice. These culminate in improving health of the people and changing the poor health indices. It also outlines, in brief, the basic functions expected of African health managers and concludes by advocating health-management training for strategic, departmental and operational managers at different levels in the health system.
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Source: Journal of Health Management - June 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Adindu, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Pandey, A., R. Mishra, D. Reddy, M. Thomas, D. Sahu, and D. Bharadwaj. Alcohol use and STI among men in India: Evidences from a national household survey. Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2012, 37(2)
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Source: Journal of Health Management - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Arora, H. Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research
Mark, B., Cometto Giorgio and Enrico Pavignani. From drought to deluge: How information overload saturated absorption capacity in a disrupted health sector. Health Policy and Planning. 2011; 26
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Source: Journal of Health Management - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Sood, A. Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research
David Hercot, Meesen Bruno, Ridde Valery and Lucy Gilson. Removing user fees for health services in low-income countries: A multi-country review framework for assessing the process of policy change. Health Policy and Planning 2011, 26(2)
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Source: Journal of Health Management - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Pahwa, P. Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research
Book Review: Sachidanand Mukherjee and Debashis Chakraborty (ed.) (2012). Environmental scenario in India: Success and predicaments
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Source: Journal of Health Management - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Gupta, P. T. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Book Review: Desmond Avery (2012). Lee Jong-Wook: A life in health and politics
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Source: Journal of Health Management - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Saxena, T. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Analyzing Accessibility of Health Care for HIV Positive Women in Karnataka and West Bengal
Right to health ensures health care to all irrespective of any socio-economic and cultural differences. Since the late 1980s, HIV/AIDS has emerged as an epidemic in India and it has put forth several challenges like medical, socio-economic isssues. The health problem has more adverse effects on vulnerable sections of the society like the poor and women. In such a context, there is a need for the state to address the issue in a way that the health rights of women could be ensured effectively. In this article, we explore the role of the state in ensuring health rights of HIV positive women. Two states are selected, i.e., Kar...
Source: Journal of Health Management - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Sahu, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Personal and Team Morale in Health Services: Distinct and Measurable Concepts
This article has two aims: to assess whether personal and team morale are distinctive concepts and to develop valid single-item measures of both on the assumption that they are ordinary language, singular concepts. It thus examines the interrelationship and validity of measures of personal and of team morale, using data from a survey of a sample of 1,886 mental health staff across England. A single-item measure of personal morale is shown to be distinct from a single-item measure of team morale. Initially their correlation is examined, and the relative proportions of variance at the individual and team levels are shown to ...
Source: Journal of Health Management - January 23, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Wood, S., Stride, C., Johnson, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
