Comput Biol Med
January 2025
Severe gastrointestinal infections and watery diseases like cholera are still a major worldwide medical concern in the developing nations. A mathematical system contains some necessary dynamics based on the cholera spread to investigate the influence of public health education movements along with treatment and vaccination as control policies in restraining the infection. The cholera disease system with public health mediations divide the density of human population into seven categories based on the status of diseases, who are susceptible, educated, vaccinated, quarantined, infected, treated and removed individuals along with the aquatic bacteria population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients' experience of the quality of healthcare services has gained momentum during the last few decades. This study aimed to assess and compare the experience of patients on the service quality in government and private hospitals in the Qassim region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted using a Service Quality (SERVQUAL) questionnaire translated into the Arabic language to collect the responses from 381 patients who were hospitalized at government and private hospitals in the Qassim region from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(1) Background: Communication is the main issue between the patient and physician. Communication gaps lead to medical errors, mistakes, and wrong diagnoses and treatments. It would certainly be a cause of patient dissatisfaction, the physicians' job dissatisfaction, and the increase in the cost of health services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Driving capability can be significantly affected by different heath disorders; cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) should be considered when assessing patients for medical fitness to drive (MFTD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness of Saudi patients about driving recommendations and to assess the incidence of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) among cardiac patients.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey-based study.
Int J Health Sci (Qassim)
January 2018
National health account (NHA) is considered as an effective tool to support policymakers in capturing financial flows within the health system and providing information required to develop effective health policies. Global experiences on NHAs have demonstrated a significant impact on health policy development for better health care. Many countries in the Arab region have already made efforts to institutionalize the NHA in their health systems.
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January 2018
Change management studies have emphasized the significance of an organization's readiness for change and transformation and have recommended strategies to affect change. Organizational readiness for change is a multi-faceted, multi-level, and multi-dimensional activity; its most important aspect is organizational members' willingness to accept and implement change because ignoring the human factors may result in resistance and failure. Through its National Transformation Program 2020, the Saudi Arabian government is attempting to effect radical changes in the structure and function of its health-care system to achieve quality care and effective service delivery.
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