| Summary: | Report of the Royal Commission on Hospital and Nursing Home Costs to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 1984 Introduction. Purpose -- Scope and limitations -- Methodology. Information data-base -- Health regions -- Briefs and submissions -- Public hearings -- Format -- Historical overview. Introduction -- Population. Life expectancy -- Health system resources. Expenditures -- Beds -- Manpower -- Physician manpower -- Summary -- Salaries and supplies. Personnel salary ranges -- Salary related benefits -- Fringe benefits -- Supply costs -- Health education program costs. Nursing education-hospitals -- MUN School of Nursing -- Interns and residents -- Faculty of Medicine - Memorial University -- Other health education programs -- Summary -- Mortality, morbidity and lifestyles. Mortality -- Morbidity -- Lifestyles -- Hospital utilization. Separations -- Patient days -- Occupancy -- Average length of stay -- Age specific utilization -- Surgical and non surgical procedures -- Ambulatory visits and equivalent patient days -- Referral patterns -- Diagnostic and therapeutic services -- Cottage hospitals -- Waiting list -- New programs -- Nursing homes -- Summary -- Basic principles and concepts. Preface and abstract -- Introduction -- The philosophical basis of a caring society. Society. The willingness to help -- Human characteristics to be nurtured and protected -- The organization of services within a caring society. Economic productivity -- Prerequisites to a service program -- The components of a caring society -- The function of the organization system -- The establishment of logical priorities for services. The logical decision making process -- Efforts to facilitate the making of logical decisions -- Resources. Determination of distribution and use of resources -- Other resources -- Needs. Severity -- Prevalence -- Duration -- Consequences -- Origin -- Summary -- Services. Parameters for assessment of a service program -- Methods of service -- Change in services -- The demand for more -- Other methods ...
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