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C D Scott

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Reform of the New Zealand health care system.

This paper provides an overview and analysis of New Zealand's health care reforms. It describes the basic features of the health care system and identifies some important problems and pressures for reform. The 1991 health care reforms are outlined and considered in terms of their impact on the efficiency and equity of the health care system. Several policy issues are identified that must be addressed if the benefits of the reforms are to be realised.

Efficiency, Organizational↗
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Use of immobilized microbial membrane fragments to remove oxygen and favor the acetone-butanol fermentation.

Oxygen-reducing membrane fragments obtained from Escherichia coli were used with Clostridium acetobutylicum (C. acetobutylicum) to provide an oxygen-free microenvironment for the conversion of glucose to acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE). The batch fermentation of suspended C. acetobutylicum NRRL-B-643 and its ability to produce solvents in the presence of membranes as the oxygen-elimination agent are described and compared with the conventional sparging technique used to maintain anaerobiosis. The use of membrane fragments to remove oxygen for fermentation by C. acetobutylicum was successful and gave slightly improved results over the use of sparing with regard to lag, biomass, and solvent production (e.g., final butanol concentration of 3.25 and 2.7 g/L, respectively). Solvent production is also reported for a continuous columnar reactor with coimmobilized cells and membranes in kappa-carrageenan gel beads and air-saturated liquid feed.

Acetone↗
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Stress management can lead to reduced malpractice.

The prevention of medical malpractice is not an easy task. There is no one factor that can be said to be the "cause" of malpractice claims. Many areas have been targeted for concern--interaction between an individual professional and the patient, interaction among members of the professional staff, use and outcome of the application of medical technology, management practices, occupational environment, level of education and training, and personal coping styles. Although the degree to which attention to stress management techniques can be expected to reduce malpractice claims is unclear, it seems certain that attempts to alleviate occupational stress would be productive.

Burnout, Professional↗