The disease burden of diverticulitis is high across inpatient and outpatient settings, and the
prevalence of diverticulitis has increased. Historically, patients with acute diverticulitis were …

Abstract Physician-Induced Demand has long been a topic in the field of health science.
However, compared to medical error or malpractice, PID receives less attention. The term …

Focus on profit-generating enterprise in healthcare can create conflicts of interest that
adversely impact prescribing and pricing of medicines. Although a global challenge …

Healthcare has an impact on everyone, and healthcare funding decisions shape how and
what healthcare is provided. In this book, Stephen Duckett outlines a Christian, biblically …

Background: We aimed to investigate the existence of unnecessary demand for angiography
and the factors affecting it to provide evidence for decision makers. Methods: This …

Following the marketization of China's health system in the 1980's, the government allowed
public hospitals to markup the price of certain medications by 15% to compensate for …

Background Iran's fee-for-service (FFS) payment model in neonatal intensive care units
(NICUs) is contentious due to the involvement of multiple stakeholders with differing …

Pandemic Economics applies economic theory to the Covid-19 era, exploring the micro and
macro dimensions of the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic phases. Using core …

Background: Induced demand is defined as the sale of unnecessary services to patients by
exercising power and ordering health stakeholders. The purpose of this study is to identify …

This study aimed to analyze the current policies of common gastrointestinal cancer
prevention. This qualitative instrumental case study was conducted in 2019 to analyze …