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Effects of new residential developments on local healthcare demand and workforce: Evidence from primary and acute public hospital care in Ireland
Humes, Harry; Barrett, Michelle; Walsh, Brendan - 2024
Housing and health are critical issues for policymakers and the public. Secure and affordable housing, along with quick access to required health and social care, are considered essential services for the public and are key targets for planners. In Ireland, as in many countries, the need to...
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How Are Government Hospitals Performing? A Study of Resource Management in DOH-retained Hospitals
Lavado, Rouselle F.; Sanglay-Dunleavy, Abigail Barbara; … - 2010
The paper attempts to provide an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines with particular emphasis on … hospitals being managed by the DOH. The paper begins with an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines, describing the … size, location, and utilization of hospital services. To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery in DOH …
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Profile of Private Hospitals in the Philippines
Lavado, Rouselle F.; Pantig, Ida Marie T.; Ulep, … - 2011
As a recognition of the valuable role of private sector in the healthcare delivery system, this paper attempts to collate vital information on private hospitals in the Philippines. This paper looks at the different characteristics and structures of private hospitals sector with regard to...
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The Price of a Price: On the Crowding out of Social Norms
Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Mendys, Ewa - 2001
There is increasing empirical and experimental evidence thatproviding financial incentives to agents to performcertain socially desirable actions may permanently reduce other typesof motivations to undertake these actions.We study the impact of financial incentives on the desire for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325023
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Optimal health and retirement policies amid population aging
Hostenkamp, Gisela; Stolpe, Michael - 2008
This paper develops a simple analytical framework in which optimal health and retirement policies amid population aging can be discussed. To be efficient, these policies must recognize and exploit the dynamic complementarities between the timing of retirement, the size of lifecycle labour income...
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A structural model of coronavirus behaviour: What do four waves of Covid tell us?
Meenagh, David; Minford, Patrick - 2022
This paper extends Meenagh and Minford (2021) to the four waves of infection in the UK by end-2021, using the unique newly available sample-based estimates of infections created by the ONS. These allow us to estimate the e§ects on the Covid hospitalisation and fatality rates of vaccination and...
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Impact of Preventive Health Care on Indian Industry and Economy
Chadha, Alka; Mehdi, Ali; Malik, Garima - 2007
In this study, the authors have tried to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate profitability. While doing so, they try to generate awareness on the positive role of preventive health care in boosting the corporate...
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Wissenskonversion und Behandlungsfehler im Krankenhaus
Steyrer, Johannes; Strunk, Guido; Latzke, Markus; … - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 24 (2010) 3, pp. 266-289
Approximately one in every thousand hospital patients dies because of preventable adverse events. Empirical findings …
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The in-hospital mortality rates of slaves and freemen: evidence from Touro infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 - 1860
Pritchett, Jonathan; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2008
Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of … likely to die in the hospital than the whites. We analyze the determinants of in-hospital mortality at Touro using Oaxaca … based on the selective hospital admission of slaves. …
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Handlungsempfehlungen für die planerische Steuerung der Krankenhausversorgung in Nordwestdeutschland
Baumgart, Sabine; Köckler, Heike; Löb, Stephan; … - 2023
Hinblick auf ein leistungsfähiges und effektives Standortsystem der Krankenhaus- und Gesundheitsversorgung sind infrage …Current development trends in the restructuring of the hospital landscape, in particular the mergers of smaller … equal living conditions, and an efficient and effective system of hospital and health care locations. This requires spatial …
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