Reducing health inequalities and inequities is one of the key goals that health systems aspire to achieve as it ensures improvement in health outcomes among all population groups.Addressing the factors contributing to inequality in catastrophic health expenditures is important to reducing inequality in the burden of health expenditures.However, the
In response to increasing ecosystems degradation, many mountain countries have recently implemented harm-reduction policy measures in order to sustain their future economic development, which is partially dependent on a strong tourism sector.The objective of this article is to evaluate the policies that stem from Metropolitan Public Gardens Associa
Introduction Recognizing a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiating evaluation and management must include elements that support teams working and thinking together.Although team communication strategies exist, a standardized approach for communicating about patients with urgent or emergent conditions is lacking.This simulation was
Abstract Background Early warning score systems have been widely recommended for use to detect clinical deterioration in patients.The Irish National Emergency Medicine Programme has developed and piloted an emergency department specific early warning score system.The objective of this study was to develop a consensus among frontline healthcare staf
Concrete exposed to splash zone in partially submerged concrete structures deteriorates rapidly due to reasons such as wetting-drying cycles, the impact of waterborne materials, bio-deterioration, chloride and sulphate attacks.Existing condition assessment and rating systems do not adhere to the interrelation between different performance attribute