BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Repeat lumbar spine surgery is generally an undesirable
outcome. Variation in repeat surgery rates may be because of patient characteristics …

Responding to the public concern caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of
unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analysing the health …

Objective (s) This study aimed to critically examine the circumstances contributing to, and
the human costs arising from, the retention of surgical items through the lens of Australian …

Objectives National mandatory public performance reporting (PPR) for Australian public
hospitals, including measures of cancer surgery waiting times, was introduced in 2011. PPR …

PURPOSE: Resective surgical strategies are increasingly applied to treat medically-
intractable epilepsy in children as uncontrolled seizures are associated with poor cognitive …

The aim of the study was to select surgeons for a higher surgical training in general surgery
programme at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) using an objective …

Cuba's public health system is well known for its integrated first line services based on family
medicine. Less publicized is the country's experience in public hospital management. After a …

Epilepsy is a common childhood condition associated with a considerable medical and
psychosocial burden. Children in whom medical treatment fails to reduce seizure burden …

With increasing recognition of the international market in health professionals and the
impact of globalism on regulation, the governance of the health workforce is moving towards …

There have been recent exposures of poor health care performance in many countries with
western health care systems. The poor performance has either related to poor or criminal …