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Nursing workload measures and case-mix: an investigation of the reliability and validity of nursing workload measures
Jenkins-Clarke, Sue; Carr-Hill, Roy - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 1991
The general aim of this one-year project, funded by the Department of Health and in collaboration with CASPE, has been to investigate the relationship between case-mix and nursing workload measures. Specifically, this report focuses on the underlying issue of examining methodologies and...
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Analysis of productivity, efficiency and technological changes in hospital services in Ontario: How does case-mix matter?
Chowdhury, Hedayet; Zelenyuk, Valentin; Laporte, Audrey; … - In: International Journal of Production Economics 150 (2014) C, pp. 74-82
In this paper we compare productivity, efficiency and technological changes with and without case-mix as output categories using panel data on Ontario hospitals for the period 2002–2006. We use the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and non-parametric density...
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Cost assessment and price setting of inpatient care in the Netherlands. The DBC case-mix system
Oostenbrink, J.; Rutten, F. - In: Health Care Management Science 9 (2006) 3, pp. 287-294
In February 2005, a case-mix system based on ‘diagnosis treatment combinations’ (DBCs) was introduced in the Netherlands for the registration and reimbursement of hospital and medical specialist care. This paper describes the characteristics of the DBC system and how it is used for the...
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A goal programming model to support the case-mix planning in state hospitals
López, Mariano Jiménez; Pérez, Juan Antonio Rivas; … - In: Cuadernos de Gestión 8 (2008) 1, pp. 73-88
We are proposing a goal programming model to estimate the case-mix that should be included in the Contract- program that annually subscribe the Public Hospitals and the Administration in Spain. The decision variables are the activity level of each hospital medical service and the attributes are...
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Comprehensive care programs for patients with multiple chronic conditions: A systematic literature review
Bruin, Simone R. de; Versnel, Nathalie; Lemmens, Lidwien C. - In: Health Policy 107 (2012) 2, pp. 108-145
To provide insight into the characteristics of comprehensive care programs for patients with multiple chronic conditions and their impact on patients, informal caregivers, and professional caregivers.
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Interactive effects of social support and social conflict on medication adherence in multimorbid older adults
Warner, Lisa M.; Schüz, Benjamin; Aiken, Leona; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 87 (2013) C, pp. 23-30
With increasing age and multimorbidity, medication regimens become demanding, potentially resulting in suboptimal …
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How does mental–physical multimorbidity express itself in lived time and space? A phenomenological analysis of encounters with depression and chronic physical illness
Coventry, Peter A.; Dickens, Chris; Todd, Chris - In: Social Science & Medicine 118 (2014) C, pp. 108-118
Mental–physical multimorbidity (the co-existence of mental and physical ill health) is highly prevalent and associated … mental–physical multimorbidity. We used the phenomenological paradigm of the lived body to elucidate how the experience of … mental–physical multimorbidity shapes people's lifeworlds. Nineteen people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD …
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Impact and cost-effectiveness of a universal strategy to promote physical activity in primary care: population-based Cohort study and Markov model
Gulliford, Martin; Charlton, Judith; Bhattarai, Nawaraj; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 4, pp. 341-351
A universal strategy to promote physical activity in primary care has the potential to increase life years lived free from physical disease. There is only weak evidence that a universal intervention strategy might prove cost-effective. </AbstractSection> Copyright The Author(s) 2014
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Efficiency of primary care in rural Burkina Faso. A two-stage DEA analysis
Marschall, Paul; Flessa, Steffen - In: Health Economics Review 1 (2011) 1, pp. 1-15
Compared to the findings of existing one-stage DEA analyses of health facilities in Africa, the share of relatively efficient units is slightly higher. The difference might be explained by a rather homogenous structure of the primary care facilities in the Burkina Faso sample. The study also...
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Strengthening weak primary care systems: Steps towards stronger primary care in selected Western and Eastern European countries
Groenewegen, Peter P.; Dourgnon, Paul; Gress, Stefan; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
European health care systems are facing diverse challenges. In health policy, strong primary care is seen as key to deal with these challenges. European countries differ in how strong their primary care systems are. Two groups of traditionally weak primary care systems are distinguished. First a...
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