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The Importance of Discharge Teaching: What Role Does Management Play? Improper patient discharge teaching can result in negative patient outcomes, increased hospital readmissions, and an overall rise in cost to healthcare facilities. As a multifaceted issue, there are several factors that may be considered in order to integrate methods to prevent readmissions and decrease unnecessary cost. Management can play a critical role in implementing guidelines for discharge teaching resulting in cost reduction

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Starting from a low technological base after political independence in 1960, the country embarked on the arduous task of building a state with one identity by integrating the different ethnicities and transforming the barter economy into financial exchange economy. The country provided infrastructure and social amenities for a very young population. Over the years, policies were pursued in order to achieve the goal of a

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Your job description includes responsibility for accepting shipments as they enter the local port authority. On your first trip down to the docks to sigh for a shipment, the customs agent in charge asks for a “tip” to clear the goods for pick up. The value of the incoming shipment is around $ 150,000. Knowing that the government has recently launched an initiative to reduce corruption, how do you react? If additional information would be helpful to you, what

industries Adeyanju, Olanrewaju David Department of Financial Studies Redeemer’s University, km 46, Lagos Ibadan Expressway Mowe, Ogun State E-mail: davfol@yahoo.com, Tel No.: 07037794073 Accepted 30 January, 2012 In the Nigerian society, Corporate Social Responsibilities [CSR] has been a highly cotemporary and contextual issue to all stakeholders including the government, the

Risk Pooling in Health Care Finance Peter C. Smith and Sophie N. Witter Centre for Health Economics University of York York YO10 5DD United Kingdom Report prepared for the World Bank Workshop Resource Allocation and Purchasing in Health: Value for Money, Reaching the Poor World Bank, Washington DC, May 14-15 2001 Revised November 2001 Phone Fax E-mail + 44 1904 433779 + 44 1904 433759 pcs1@york.ac.uk Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Jack Langenbrunner, Maureen