...Hesham Metwalli Mousli; Hagar Elmasry; Elsayed Mousa; Mahitab Ouda; Nayera Elsayed; Mohamed Metwally Mosly Purpose This study aims to assess the current state of awareness and preparedness for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs) among hospital pharmacies in Egypt, focusing on the availability...

..., Egypt. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory prospective cohort study was conducted to follow up patients, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, from admission until one month after discharge at the cardiothoracic surgery hospital. Data were collected through basic information and follow-up...

... and Population and hospital managers in Egypt can use the findings to plan and disseminate this approach nationwide. Hisahiro Ishijima can be contacted at: hisahiro.ishijima@gmail.com 15 02 2018 27 12 2018 28 02 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited...

...Sally Ezzat Purpose Obesity is a prevalent health problem among adult females in Egypt. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of drugs in managing of obesity among adult females. Design/methodology/approach A random sample of 764 obese adult females with a BMI >25 were included...

... or differently from patients in Egypt and Jordan. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire, adapted from previous research, was distributed to Kazakhstan inpatients. The questionnaire contained 39 attributes about five newly‐developed quality dimensions (5Qs), which were identified to be the most relevant...

... fitness check‐up system affiliated to Egypt's Health Insurance Organization (HIO). Design/methodology/approach Operations research, notably system re‐engineering, is used in six randomly selected centers and findings before and after re‐engineering are compared. The re‐engineering model follows...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Organ donation law Clinical death definition Healthcare legislation Egypt Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 3 Keywords: Organ donation law...

... (quality) Health services Hospitals Egypt The ICU LoS in our study was 5.1±5.3 days (median=4 days). As we noted earlier, the LoS histogram was skewed to the right because most ICU patients stayed short periods. Log transformation was needed to improve skewness. Survivors' LoS was 4.4±4 (median...

...Mosad Zineldin Purpose To examine the major factors affecting patients' perception of cumulative satisfaction and to address the question whether patients in Egypt and Jordan evaluate quality of health care similarly or differently. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model including...

...Mohamed M. Mostafa Purpose This paper seeks to investigate how patients perceive service quality in Egypt's public and private hospitals. The paper also tests the SERVQUAL dimensions in hospitals within an Arab, non‐Western context. Design/methodology/approach The author used a cross‐sectional...