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Methodological development of international measurement of acute myocardial infarction 30-day mortality rates at the hospital level

Padget, Michael; Biondi, Nelly; Brownwood, Ian - 2019

International quality measurement work is moving beyond the consideration of health system or national level variations … to understand variations within countries and enable more meaningful cross-country comparison. Hospital performance is … while minimizing the widespread differences in access and quality of care that are evident within health systems. In 2014 …

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International comparison of South African private hospital price levels

Lorenzoni, Luca; Roubal, Tomas - 2016

The health system in South Africa is unique in many ways. South Africa spends 41.8% of total health expenditures on private voluntary health insurance – more than any OECD country – but only 17% of the population – mostly high income citizens - can afford to purchase private insurance....

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Reassessing private practice in public hospitals in Ireland : an overview of OECD experiences

Mueller, Michael; Socha-Dietrich, Karolina - 2020

In 2017, the “Sláintecare Report” proposed a comprehensive overhaul of the Irish health system including a reform proposal to phase out private practice in public hospitals to end the unequal treatment of public and private patients – private patients typically have quicker access to care...

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Measuring social protection for long-term care

Muir, Tim - 2017

This report presents the first international quantification and comparison of levels of social protection for long-term care (LTC) in 14 OECD and EU countries. Focusing on five scenarios with different LTC needs and services, it quantifies the cost of care; the level of coverage provided by...

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Understanding variations in hospital length of stay and cost : results of a pilot project

Lorenzoni, Luca; Marino, Alberto - 2017

will continue to be, thoroughly scrutinised for potential increases in efficiency. One way to assess hospital efficiency is … to measure the amount of resources each hospital uses to treat specific conditions. A care delivery process may be seen … as more efficient – after accounting for broader health system and market factors that may constrain the hospital from …

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Wage-setting in the hospital sector

Buchan, James; Kumar, Ankit; Schoenstein, Michael - 2014

wage setting on improved hospital performance and quality. … more local and flexible wage setting in the hospital sector but this ambition does not seem to have been realised in full …

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Description of alternative approaches to measure and place a value on hospital products in seven OECD countries

Lorenzoni, Luca; Pearson, Mark - 2011

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Comparing price levels of hospital services across countries : results of pilot study

Koechlin, Francette; Lorenzoni, Luca; Schreyer, Paul - 2010

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Pricing and competition in specialist medical services : an overview for South Africa

Kumar, Ankit; De Lagasnerie, Grégoire; Maiorano, Frederica - 2014

Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious …

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