The research programme focuses on Total Quality Management adoption and application. TQM which is established in a number of businesses and industries has more recently been introduced into healthcare. TQM definition and eclectic paradigm has been developed and tested for establishing quality...

The environment of Jordanian private hospitals has never been so complex and challenging as at present. There are huge influences on these hospitals in the current climate. Managers in these hospitals are finding themselves, more than ever before, confronted by increasing pressures and demands...

There has been an ongoing debate regarding appropriate strategies for the management of carious primary teeth. Studies appear to provide evidence that both selective, symptom-based interventions and traditional restorative strategies are advantageous. However, the analysis and quantification of...

This thesis contrasts vaccine innovation efforts in the cases of poliomyelitis and HIV/AIDS. It addresses the question of why some fields of human endeavour can be seen to yield positive change more quickly than others. The thesis develops a perspective that views innovation as a cumulative...

This thesis discusses issues arising in the analysis of repeated measurement studies with missing data. The first part of the thesis is motivated by a study where continuous and bounded longitudinal data form the outcome of interest. The aim of this study is to investigate the change over time...

This work seeks to develop a high quality prognostic model for the CARE-HF data; see (Richardson et al. 2007). The CARE-HF trial was a major study into the effects of cardiac resynchronization. Cardiac resynchronization has been shown to reduce mortality in patients suffering heart failure due to...