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Structural changes in the Russian health care system : do they match European trends?

Shishkin, Sergey; Sheiman, Igor; Vlassov, Vasily; … - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-11

developed intensively. The reduction in hospital bed capacity and inpatient care utilization has been accompanied by a decrease … in the average length of hospital stay. Russia has followed the European trend of service delivery concentration in … hospital-physician complexes, while the increase in the average size of hospitals is even more substantial. However …

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The lack of specialized pediatric cardiac surgeons in Lebanon : a humanitarian catastrophe

Zeineddine, Jana; El Chamieh, Carolla; Sanayeh, Elie Bou - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-3

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a major public health concern, as it is the most common birth defect and the leading cause of death in the frst year of life if adequate surgical interventions were not provided. Unfortunately, in Lebanon, a country that has been assailed by devastating social...

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Private hospital accreditation and inducement of care under the Ghanaian National Insurance Scheme

Amporfu, Eugenia - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 13, pp. 1-9

The Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme pays providers according to the fee for service payment scheme, a method of payment that is likely to encourage inducement of care. The goal of this paper is to test for the presence of supplier induced demand among patients who received care in...

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The impact of agglomeration economies on hospital input prices

Friedson, Andrew I.; Li, Jing - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 38, pp. 1-15

This paper examines the extent to which agglomeration of the hospital service industry enhances the productivity of … an increasing spatial concentration of hospital services results in a decreased cost of obtaining intermediate medical … the hospital service industry attracts specialized medical labs, which in turn help to reduce the cost of producing …

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A cost and performance comparison of Public Private Partnership and public hospitals in Spain

Caballer-Tarazona, Maria; Clemente-Collado, Antonio; … - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 17, pp. 1-7

model. Through a comparison of public and PPP hospital performance, cost and quality indicators, the efficiency of the PPP …

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Grey systems in the management of demand for palliative care services in Poland

Nieszporska, Sylwia - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

Background: The concept of care for people in a critical or even terminal health condition, who are in the last stage of their life, has become the mission of palliative care facilities. Therefore, the life of a sick patient poses a number of challenges for health care services to make sure that...

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Arrangements with the NHS for providing healthcare services : do they improve financial performance of private for-profit hospitals in Spain?

Ruiz-Mallorquí, María Victoria; Aguiar-Díaz, Inmaculada - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1/9, pp. 1-12

varies depending on hospital size and type (hospital specialization), the advantage being more relevant for general hospitals … and particularly for hospital with at least 50 beds. Conclusions: Commissioning with the NHS is a promising source of …

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Health system support and health system strengthening : two key facilitators to the implementation of ambulatory tuberculosis treatment in Uzbekistan

Kohler, Stefan; Asadov, Damin Abdurakhimovich; … - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 28, pp. 1-9

Uzbekistan inherited a hospital-based health system from the Soviet Union. We explore the health system … ambulatory TB treatment. To facilitate changing the model of care, TB control strategies emphasizing ambulatory care in hospital …

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On the interdependence of ambulatory and hospital care in the German health system

Büyükdurmus, Tugba; Kopetsch, Thomas; Schmitz, Hendrik; … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 2, pp. 1-19

For some considerable time now the interface between ambulatory and hospital care has been mooted as a cause of … model which allows the numbers of ambulatory and hospital cases to be mutually interdependent, we examine the connection … between ambulatory and hospital specialist care separately for ten medical specialties. The results show that the …

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Public release of hospital quality data for referral practices in Germany : results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Emmert, Martin; Meszmer, Nina; Jablonski, Lisa; Zinth, Lena - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 33, pp. 1-11

Objective: To evaluate the impact of different dissemination channels on the awareness and usage of hospital …: Overall, 68% of respondents recalled hospital performance reports and 21% used them for referral decisions. Physicians from … presentation formats were rated more helpful than detailed hospital quality information. Conclusions: Hospital quality reports have …

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