ECONOMIC BURDEN, PAYMENT STRATEGIES AND PAYMENT COPING MECHANISM AMONG TYPE2 DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING A TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTION IN ABIA STATE, SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Diabetes is a chronic life- long illness that affects the quality of life, requiring close monitoring and control. Diabetics have high risk for high economic burden (direct and indirect health costs) and catastrophic expenditure where healthcare costs are paid out of pocket. This study determined the economic burden and assessed the payment strategies and … Read more

COPING STRATEGIES OF PARENTS WITH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN IN ENUGU URBAN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENT   Title                 –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           i Approval         –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           ii Certification                –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           –           iii Dedication      –         –          –            –         –          –              –            –           –           –           iv Acknowledgement      … Read more

CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGIES USED BY NURSE MANAGERS IN TEACHING HOSPITALS IN ANAMBRA STATE

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Conflict is a normal part of any healthy relationship (George, 2011). After all, two people cannot be expected to agree on everything, all the time. Although there is no universal definition of conflict (Kelly, 2006; Patton, 2014), it can be described as a process in which one … Read more

COUNTER TERRORISM STRATEGIES AND NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES

TABLE OF CONTENTS Content Page Title Page i Certification ii Dedication iii Acknowledgements iv Abstract v Table of Contents vi List of Tables ix List of Appendices xi CERTIFICATION ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ABSTRACT vi CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background to the Study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Objective … Read more

CORPORATE SURVIVAL AND GROWTH STRATEGIES IN A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Business firms operate in a society to satisfy individual and social needs through the production of goods and services.  Their decisions influence and are influenced by what is happening in the society.  The social economic and political institutions that make up a society constitute in a broad … Read more

AN ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF EMENITE LIMITED ENUGU

CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1     background of the study The term human resource management has come to the fore in recent years. There is a growing awareness by management and personnel specialist that the organization is an organic entity and that its parts are so inter dependent that a change cannot be introduced in one place … Read more