Also, al-Sheikh (2000) conducted a study in which he aimed to identify the cost reduction concept and necessary steps or programs to be implemented in order to reduce costs. He concluded that uncertainty in defining the concept of cost reduction can lead to undesired results or generate a new financial burden. He also concluded that there are multiple methods for reducing costs, each of which depends on the cost reduction program, and the size and activities of the economic unit. Another study (Ali, 1999) was conducted on hospitals in Jordan where the researcher addressed the issue of rising costs of medical services from the prospect of the relationship between production efficiency in managing the hospitals operations and services requirements to promote such services. He found that the three main dimensions which control this relationship are: scheduling, cost and quality. Among the studies which addressed measuring the factors affecting medical costs represented by monitoring costs in order to reduce costs which have become a serious concern for Jordanian hospitals, Allam (1997) presented a general framework for placing medical services at hospitals under cost measurement procedures at a high level of accuracy and objectivity in a manner that allows hospitals to use this framework in rationalizing and monitoring the costs of medical services offered by hospitals. A study by Banks and others (2002) focused on the skills and competencies of the human element represented by doctors, nurses and technical and administrative personnel, as they are highly correlated with the quality of offered medical services. The study findings showed that there is a possibility to reduce the costs of interior departments at hospitals without affecting the level of medical services provided to patients, taking into consideration the importance of the hospital cadre in reducing the costs of health care. In a similar study, Al-Tarawneh,(2002) aimed to identify the role of doctors in reducing costs of medical procedures at public hospitals in Jordan. He concluded that doctors play a role during the time allocated for diagnosing medical conditions of patients, as well as realizing the costs incurred by the procedures they determine, in reducing costs of medical procedures at public hospitals in Jordan.