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Incentive Compatibility and Efficiency in the Contractual Insurer-Provider Relationship - Economic Theory and Practical Implications: The Case of North Carolina
Schmid, Andreas - 2007
Situation in North Carolina, USA, gegen?bergestellt, welche sich durch die dort vorliegende Rahmenordnung als Referenzpunkt … eignet. Ein Exkurs zum amerikanischen Gesundheitswesen vermittelt dem Leser den n?tigen Hintergrund. Eine kritische … in North Carolina, USA. Due to the implemented regulation, this state is well suited to serve as a reference. An excursus …
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Estimating the resources needed and savings anticipated from roll-out of adult male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa
Auvert B.; Marseille E.; Korenromp E.L.; Lloyd-Smith J.; … - 2008
Background: Trials in Africa indicate that medical adult male circumcision (MAMC) reduces the risk of HIV by 60%. MAMC may avert 2 to 8 million HIV infections over 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa and cost less than treating those who would have been infected. This paper estimates the financial...
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Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: when is cost-effectiveness analysis equivalent to cost–benefit analysis?
Bleichrodt, H.; Quiggin, John - 1999
In this paper we derive a set of conditions that is both necessary and sufficient for the consistency of QALY based decision making with life-cycle preferences over consumption and health status. Cost benefit analysis is always consistent with life-cycle preferences over consumption and health...
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The economic costs of health service treatments for asbestos-related mesothelioma deaths
Watterson, Andrew; Gorman, Thomas; Malcolm, Cari; … - 2006
ABSTRACT: This article explores the complex and neglected picture of occupationaland environmental disease healthcare costs specifically relating to asbestos. Diagnosed mesothelioma cases in Scotland in one calendar year were used to investigate the subject in greater depth. Data from UK sources...
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Nurse managers attitudes and perceptions regarding cost containment in public hospitals in the Port Elizabeth metropole
Ntlabezo, Eugenia Tandiwe - 2003
This study investigated the attitudes and perceptions of nurse managers regarding cost containment issues in selected public hospitals in the Port Elizabeth metropole of the Eastern Cape. Four hospitals participated in the study, and 211 nurse managers completed questionnaires. The results...
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Clinical and Cost Consequences of Non-Adherence in the End-Stage Renal Disease Population.
Chuang, Chien-Chia - 2011
Results from this study indicate that non-adherence in hemodialysis (HD) sessions marginally affects health care costs and does not significantly increase the likelihood of kidney transplantation failure. This dissertation explores the impacts of non-adherence in HD sessions on health care costs...
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Direct and indirect costs of rabies exposure: A retrospective study in southern California (1998-2002).
Shwiff, S.A.; Sterner, R.T.; Jay, M.T.; Parikh, S.; … - 2007
counties, California, USA. Clinic, hospital, and county public health records (1998-2002) were examined to determine direct …
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