This work shows that by reducing asymmetric information in the operating areas of hospitals effectiveness can be … increased. A model is being developed which allows hospitals to assess whether an improved information situation is economically …

patients consume more hospital services. The main results are that even with fixed technology, investment and prices exhibit … to increase the number of patients served, without an increase in resources. Overcrowding in hospital emergency … departments is caused in part by the inability to send patients to main hospital wards, due to limited capacity. When a hospital …

There has been hardly any competition in the hospital industry. Many hospitals did not make any efforts to adapt to a … schon ausgedünnten Versorgungsgefüge mit Krankenhaus- und Hausarztleistungen die flächendeckende Versorgung bedroht … avoid further problems in the hospital industry a new pay programm for medical services has been introduced. The so called …

Restrukturierungsansätze im Krankenhaus. … the existing structures in the health care sector in general and the hospital sector in particular. The environmental … the hospital sector and with it catalyze the need for economic action. Besides medical necessities, the economic paradigm …

In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i … hospitals are in the focus of many studies on health care costs and production. Since the main cost drivers -technological … to detect and reduce inefficiencies in this market. Therefore, hospital inefficiency is one main aspect in our research …

laws affectwhether hospitals adopt EMR. Our results suggest that inhibition ofEMR's network benefits reduces hospital … providers to store and exchange patientinformation using computers rather than paper records. Hospitals may notadopt EMR if … patients feel their privacy is not safeguarded byregulation. Alternatively, privacy protection may inhibit adoption ifhospitals …

, nonprofit hospitals, and for-profit firms that do not issue bonds are currently precluded, by their unique accounting and …

considered during emergency decision making. Each institutional facility (such as hospitals, schools, day care centers …

traditional MUSH markets municipal/state governments, universities, schools and hospitals have matured. Federal alternative …