The research investigates if consumers' expectations of the service quality of foreign healthcare facilities vary depending on their income level. The results show that there are significant differences in medical tourism service quality expectations between different income groups for all five...

This review represents an attempt to bridge the significant knowledge gaps on the private health sector in Sri Lanka, and foster a dialogue on opportunities for collaboration between the government and the private sector. It accomplishes this through a systematic collection and analysis of...

В статье определяется оптимальная структура капитала для двух публичных российских компаний MD Medical Group Investments PLC и X5 Retail Group N.V. и проводится ее сравнение с...

The article herein deals with a topic of current interest, not only because the latest economic and social phenomena within the context of globalized crisis in the world, but also from the perspective of the evolution and specific processes in the medical area in Romania.The writer accomplishes...

This paper seeks to examine the healthcare service delivery and customer satisfaction in Fiji. This study uses the functional and psychological dimensions of customers' satisfaction as the basis for formulating a strategy for delivering healthcare services to the best of customer/patient's...

Township hospitals, which are an important link of the Chinese rural healthcare system, were affected by the successive socio-economic reforms since the 1980s. As a consequence, their utilization declined. From longitudinal data covering nine years (2000-2008) and 24 township hospitals randomly...

The hospitals in China are facing great challenges with the doctor-patient relationship, which requires a study of outpatient service quality. This paper aims to study the impact of outpatient service quality on patient satisfaction, patient trust and willingness to return. Using survey data...

This role of faith-inspired health care providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of interest in the role of faith in...

As a country nearing EU accession, Croatia faces many political, legal and economical challenges. Harmonisation with EU laws within the public sector is one of the most challenging steps in Croatia's accession process. Under the rubric of public sector services, public healthcare is one of the...

Using the 2002 data from 32 Korean hospitals and using a matching method (16 public versus 16 private hospitals), this study compares Financial Efficiency (FE), Technical Efficiency (TE) and Service Efficiency (SE) between public and private hospitals. This research tests three hypotheses. The...