This study covers “tapering scale” mechanism in hospital payments, i.e. mechanisms linking unit prices to the volume of services produced. This paper begins with an overview of hospital services and hospital payment methods in OECD countries, focusing more specifically on DRG-based payment....

The high cost of purchasing high technology and severe sanctions imposed on Iran over the last decade are the reasons why economical alternatives should be assessed, such as the use of second hand technology. There is evidence to show that in Iran the use of second-hand equipment in the...

"This book provides a wealth of information and a critically required framework for sustainable automobile policy development in major Asian countries. It also gives a wide ranging policy options, ranging from technological and institutional solutions to automobile emission problems, based on...