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The 5-year observed survival rate refers to the percentage of patients who live at least five years after being diagnosed with cancer. Many of these patients live much longer than five years after diagnosis.
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.
House of Lloyd (a.k.a. "Christmas Around the World") (filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002) Kleeneze (went into administration in 2018) The Longaberger Company (dissolved in 2018) [26] Metabolife (dissolved in 2005) MonaVie (went into foreclosure 2015) Nouveau Riche (real estate investment college) (dissolved in 2010) NXIVM [27] [28]
In 1820, there were 17 stock life insurance companies in the state of New York, many of which would subsequently fail. Between 1870 and 1872, 33 US life insurance companies failed, in part fueled by bad practices and incidents such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. 3,800 property-liability and 2,270 life insurance companies were operating in ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) ranked the health systems of its 191 member states in its World Health Report [1] 2000. It provided a framework and measurement approach to examine and compare aspects of health systems around the world. [2] It developed a series of performance indicators to assess the overall level and distribution of health ...
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limit Values (European Union) Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Germany) Health and Safety Authority (Ireland) National Institute of Occupational Health (Norway) Swedish Work Environment ...
France. In its 2000 assessment of world health systems, the World Health Organization found that France provided the "best overall health care" in the world. [ 126] In 2005, France spent 11.2% of GDP on health care, or US$3,926 per capita. Of that, approximately 80% was government expenditure.
The International Council on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use, a 2015 Swiss NGO of pharmaceutical companies and others, defined a contract research organization (CRO), specifically pertaining to clinical trials services as: [8]: 10 "A person or an organization (commercial, academic, or other) contracted by the sponsor to perform one or ...