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This study aimed to identify the exposure pathway for fried rice dishes and evaluate its microbiological quality from Chinese-style restaurants. Exposure pathway for fried rice was assessed in terms of time, temperature, and serving size by phases from preparation to consumer consumption. The microbiological quality of 32 samples was evaluated for the levels of Bacillus cereus, aerobic mesophilic plate count (APC), and coliforms. One serving size of fried rice dishes was 352.2 g. The final temperature of fried rice dishes at the consumption point was 66.1°C for cook-toorder restaurants, and 59.8°C for reheat-to-cook type restaurants. The prevalence of B. cereus detected in cooked rice at consumption point was 37.5%. Production types, final temperature at cooking, and consumption phases were associated with contamination level of B. cereus (p

This study has two different objectives. First of all is to comparing results of size efficiency scoring on Public Corporation Medical Center(PCMC) by years of 1993, 1997 and 2003 using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The second is to explore the relationship between revenue and PCMCs` efficiency score, and the relationship between expenses and the efficiency score in 2003. The average efficiency scores were significantly decreased by years of 1993, 1997 and 2003. The revenue per bed(revenue) in 2003 was smaller than the expenses per bed(expenses) in 2003, therefore PCMCs had deficits in 2003. The expenses was negatively related to the efficiency score. Therefore its means was that improving efficiency score decreased expenses. Contrarily, the revenue had any significant relation to the efficiency score. PCMC needs to various endeavors to improve their productivity and efficiency. One of the alternatives is reduce of work load through integration of PCMC and development of new performance index reflecting their situation and future direction.