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A robust normative evaluation of India's performance in allocating risks of death
Gravel, Nicolas; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Tarroux, Benoît - In: Indian Growth and Development Review 1 (2008) 1, pp. 95-111
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a robust normative evaluation of the recent evolution of Indians' exposures to health‐related risks. Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares empirically the distributions of individuals' risks of death in India on the basis of new...
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Are patients really consumers?
Keaney, Michael - In: International Journal of Social Economics 26 (1999) 5, pp. 695-707
The British National Health Service (NHS) has experienced various phases of reform and reorganisation during the last 15 years. During this time it has been suggested that the role of the patient is analogous to that of the consumer. Meanwhile there has been increasing application of the...
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Cost‐effective workforce planning: optimising the dental team skill‐mix for England
Harper, Paul; Kleinman, Eleanor; Gallagher, Jennifer; … - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 26 (2013) 1/2, pp. 91-108
Purpose – As increasing numbers of older people retain their teeth for longer, the result is a dramatic change in both the volume and type of dental treatment required. In response to the ageing population issues, changing dental needs, a shortage of NHS dentists, and the creation of new roles...
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Inpatient satisfaction: an analysis of Malaysian public hospitals
Hazilah Abd Manaf, Noor - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 25 (2012) 1, pp. 6-16
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical analysis on inpatient satisfaction in Malaysian public hospitals. Design/methodology/approach – A self‐administered questionnaire was the main data collection method. Altogether, 23 hospitals throughout Peninsular Malaysia...
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Implementing organisation and management innovations in Swedish healthcare
Øvretveit, John; Andreen‐Sachs, Magna; Carlsson, Jan; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 26 (2012) 2, pp. 237-257
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the implementation of 12 different organisation and management innovations (OMIs) in Swedish healthcare, to discover the generic and specific factors important for successful healthcare improvement change in a public health system....
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The Story Retold Visiting the Role and Mission of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Decision Making and Policy Formulation Process
Matiatou, Maria - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 3 (2016) 2, pp. 1-22
re-establish the importance of Nongovernmental Organizations as integral key players on the arena of social welfare in an …
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Energy Infrastructure Security in the Digital Age
Cai, Tianxing - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 5 (2018) 2, pp. 12-22
In this article, the current application of information technology in the energy infrastructure security will be introduced. The digital system can help us to identify the framework of energy infrastructure security, characterize the energy network, generate the strategy of self-recovery and...
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Remittances and Economic Growth
Pllana, Mustafe; Tmava, Aida - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 5 (2016) 4, pp. 47-64
Economic growth has become an important study growth matter. By economists economic growth is defined as capital stock growth, rising per capita GDP, increased access for manufactured goods and services for consumption and so on. In economic growth affect several factors and policies....
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Tariffs and Firm-Level Heterogeneous Fixed Export Costs
Jørgensen, Jan Guldager; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1
consumer welfare. We show that both types of trade barriers reduce (increase) the number of exporting (pure domestic) firms … effect for the tariff. Welfare falls when fixed export costs increase and increases for small tariffs and falls for large … tariffs, i.e. there exists a welfare maximizing tariff.  …
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Vertical Foreign Direct Investment, Welfare, and Employment
Elberfeld, Walter; Götz, Georg; Stähler, Frank - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1
Abstract This paper shows that vertical foreign direct investment will reduce prices but the aggregate welfare effect …
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