GERD raises respiratory symptoms and the treatment of anti- GERD improve
these symptoms and improve pulmonary function, sometimes GERD silent clinically which makes us
unaware of the role of GERD in pathogenesis of respiratory infections which lead
ing to increased
incidence of respiratory symptoms in patients with GERD and for this reason we must search for GERD
in chronic respiratory infections not responding to treatment.
To determine the prevalence of clinical symptoms associated with GERD in children and to define the role
of treatment of anti-GERD in the management of respiratory symptoms in children.
The aim of this study is to adopt Activi- ty Based Costing (ABC) system using a model of six steps in one of the largest private hospital in the Jordanian capital (Amman). The result of the study reveals that adoption of ABC in Endoscopy department p
rovides more accurate information about the costs of medical services which leads to fair market price of all activities achieved in the department which is very useful for compe- tition purposes. Moreover, the result documents the ability of this system in avoiding useless ac- tivities and control costs. Additionally, the result exhibits the ability of ABC system in providing data base and useful information that helps in planning, control and evaluation performance. The study recommends that private hospitals use ABC system which could help them to work in a competitive environment. Also the study recom- mends the necessity of private hospitals to make changes in its accounting information system to t the use of ABC
