scholarly journals Comparing the services and quality of private and public clinics in rural China

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Meng
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Public Clinics

Urban Transport

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
José van
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Ride Sharing ◽  
The World ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Selection Mechanisms

Platformization affects the entire urban transport sector, effectively blurring the division between private and public transport modalities; existing public–private arrangements have started to shift as a result. This chapter analyzes and discusses the emergence of a platform ecology for urban transport, focusing on two central public values: the quality of urban transport and the organization of labor and workers’ rights. Using the prism of platform mechanisms, it analyzes how the sector of urban transport is changing societal organization in various urban areas across the world. Datafication has allowed numerous new actors to offer their bike-, car-, or ride-sharing services online; selection mechanisms help match old and new complementors with passengers. Similarly, new connective platforms are emerging, most prominently transport network companies such as Uber and Lyft that offer public and private transport options, as well as new platforms offering integrated transport services, often referred to as “mobility as a service.”

The Heartguard: A Humanitarian Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Rural China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun E. Zhang ◽  
Zhi Geng ◽  
Jun Shao ◽  
Hao Yao ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Endovascular Procedures ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Surgical Team ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
The Government ◽  
Receive Treatment

Abstract Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) accounts for the most common birth defects in China, pressuring both the physical and mental health in children. The inaccessibility of CHD children in rural China due to financial difficulties is demanding inputs from both the government and society. The Heartguard project is a program developed to improve the delivery of CHD care in rural China. Methods The Heartguard project partners with county hospitals and performs CHD screening to diagnose patients with CHD in rural China. Diagnosed children with CHD who are unable to afford therapy will subsequently receive treatment sponsored by the financial partners. All patients are followed up by the local partner and visiting surgical team members. Results More than 10,000 children across 9 provinces underwent CHD screening. A total of 240 (accounting for an incidence of 2.4%) was treated by the program, of which 226 patients were managed invasively, the other 14 patients conservatively. Open surgery was performed in 162 patients, while endovascular procedures were applied in another 64. No mortality or significant complications occurred during the transfer. There was no perioperative or late death. Conclusion This humanitarian cardiac surgery program is able to promote accessibility of care for CHD children in rural China. The quality of life of these patients can be improved with continuous input from the society.

scholarly journals Lecturers’ competence and the Quality of University Graduates; The Case of Private and Public Universities in Uganda.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godfrey Bagonza ◽  
Anthony Muwagga Mugagga ◽  
Nicholas Itaaga
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This study investigated the effect of Lecturers' Competence on the Quality of University graduates in Uganda. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data from key university stakeholders. The study found a significant positive correlation between Lecturers' Competence and the quality of university graduates in Uganda.<br>

scholarly journals Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Service Quality of Banking Sector: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sector Banks in Gwalior and Chambal Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Anil Vashisht
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Public Sector Banks ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Adoption Pattern

<div><p><em>This paper studies the impact of IT in the service quality of banking sector. The purpose of the intended research involves determining bank adoption pattern of electronic media, factors constituting drivers and inhibitors for bank adoption, dimensionality of e-banking services quality as affected by IT, and customer adoption of such services. The study has also highlighted the determinants of service quality are directly influenced by IT and to explore what are the enabling and retarding factors for effective implementation and upsurge of IT system in banks.</em></p></div>

Quality as a reflection of innovation? Quality management in the Korean government

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pan Suk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Korean Government ◽  
Conceptual Changes ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Private And Public

Quality management generally implies all the activities that are intended to bring about the desired level of quality. In order to improve the quality of a product or service in both private and public sectors, quality management has been exercised for a long time and broadly applied in various organizations. As many new buzz words emerge in both business and public management, however, it seems that its popularity has declined. Is quality management dead? Not really. Quality is a fundamental ingredient in innovation so it must not be disregarded, although there might be fluctuations in its popularity. This study reviews the developmental status of quality management in South Korea by looking at its status and conceptual changes from historical and comparative perspectives. Historically, quality management in modern Korea was influenced by Japanese and American practices. In a comparative perspective, however, European influence on quality management was not salient in Korea. Points for practitioners More buzz words or fads will be generated by issue entrepreneurs and business consultants. However, quality management will not fade away. Continuous improvement is an endless open-ended journey, as is quality management. It is fair to say that the need for government reform and innovation will never be exhausted. Therefore, the importance of quality management will be a continuing reality in the future, perhaps with some adjustment of its rhetoric or riding on an irresistible wave of reform for adaptation. Quality has been reflected through innovation, and vice versa.

Tourism, Institutions, and Poverty Alleviation: Empirical Evidence from China

2020 ◽  
pp. 004728752094779
Author(s):  
Lei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Method Of Moments ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Long Run

While tourism can be advocated as a means for poverty reduction, the inconclusive issue of poverty in developing countries has harbored doubts about the efficacy of tourism development in its reduction. This study empirically examines whether institutions influence how tourism development affects poverty. We apply the system generalized method of moments technique to estimate our empirical model. By using panel data for 29 Chinese provinces over the period 1999 to 2014, we empirically reveal that tourism and institutions have significant and negative effects not only on the absolute poverty but also on the relative poverty as measured by the Foster–Greer–Thorbecke (FGT) poverty indices in both the short and long run albeit at varying magnitudes of effect and levels of significance. In addition, institutional quality positively moderates the tourism–poverty nexus, thereby suggesting that the pro-poor effect of tourism development decreases as the quality of institutions improves in the thin institutional setting of rural China.

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