This study evaluates the targets of the United Nations Declaration on HIV/AIDS Resource Targets, the attainment of which are premised on promoting three fronts: reduction of material and services costs, increased efficiency in access to and management of funds, and the channeling of new funds. Data were derived from studies of National Accounts of HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean and from the recent available literature on the global dynamics of HIV/AIDS resources. The economic concept of global public […]

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether different quality assessment tools applied to a group of clinical trials could be correlated, and what would be their impact on meta-analysis results. METHODS: Thirty-eight randomized controlled clinical trials were analyzed. These had been selected for a systematic review of the therapeutic efficacy of alpha interferon for treating chronic hepatitis B. The following tools were utilized: Maastricht (M), Delphi (D), Jadad (J) and the Cochrane Collaboration (CC) method (gold standard). The Spearman correlation coefficient was used […]

INTRODUCTION: The Hospital Quality Program (HQP) in S. Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil, has been conducted by Medical Association of the S. Paulo State – “Associação Paulista de Medicina (APM)”, since 1991. General and specialised, public and private hospitals have taken part in the HQP/APM. Such hospitals are evaluated by their users by means of the HQP-06 (“users’ evaluation”) questionnaire, with closed and open-ended questions for observations and suggestions. The results of the HQP-06 questionnaire of the HQP/APM are evaluated. MATERIAL […]