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Determinants of technical efficiency in public hospitals: the case of Saudi Arabia
Alatawi, Ahmed D.; Niessen, Louis W.; Khan, Jahangir A. M. - In: Health economics review 10 (2020) 25, pp. 1-11
old), the prevalence of infectious diseases, and the number of prescriptions dispensed from hospital's departments. Also … health policies and planning in respect to hospital efficiency and resource allocation, which consider the different …
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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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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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Healthcare efficiency assessment using DEA analysis in the Slovak Republic
Stefko, Robert; Gavurova, Beata; Kocisova, Kristina - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 6, pp. 1-12
A regional disparity is becoming increasingly important growth constraint. Policy makers need quantitative knowledge to design effective and targeted policies. In this paper, the regional efficiency of healthcare facilities in Slovakia is measured (2008–2015) using data envelopment analysis...
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Worldwide assessment of healthcare personnel dealing with lymphoedema
Schulze, Henrike; Nacke, Marisa; Gutenbrunner, Christoph; … - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 10, pp. 1-11
Background: Lymphoedema is a pandemic with about 250 million people suffering from this condition worldwide. Lymphatic diseases have considerable public health significance, but yet few professionals are specialised in their management causing a substantial burden on health resources. Aims and...
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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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