This paper investigated the delivery of health services based on data recorded at two medium-sized hospitals: Erenkoy Mental Health Research and Training Hospital located in Istanbul/Turkey and LVR-Klinik Viersen in Germany. A comparison of quality management systems in terms of certification...

Auf dem Weg zu einem patientenorientierten und integrierten Gesundheitssystem kommt digitalen Lösungen eine besondere Bedeutung zu, da sie helfen Kommunikations- und Versorgungsbrüche zu vermeiden, Therapieentscheidungen zu unterstützen und involvierte Akteure zu vernetzen. Damit tragen sie...

The article is an attempt at diagnosing training needs of the employees of units operating in health care sector in the Podkarpacie Province. In times of permanent changes affecting each sphere of economy, providers of health care services cannot afford to remain outside this trend. Improving...

Der Markt für ambulante Physio- und Ergotherapie wächst seit vielen Jahren. Die Ausgaben der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherungen (GKV) steigen trendmäßig. Entsprechend zum Verlauf der Nachfrage hat sich auch das Angebot entwickelt. Die Zahl der Physiotherapeuten und der physiotherapeutischen...

Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...

Background: The regional availability of specialized physicians is an important aspect in healthcare of patients with IBD. The association between physician density and healthcare is not yet clear. Most studies did not consider district type, which reflects population density. Our research...

Ernsthaft wurde bisher die Einführung einer Einheitskrankenversicherung in Deutschland nicht diskutiert. Und das, obwohl diese grundsätzlich deutliche Effizienzgewinne für das System der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung mit sich brächte. Angesichts der Herausforderungen in den kommenden...

Background: Economic evaluation (EE) is a dynamically advancing knowledge area of health economics. It has been conceived to provide evidence for allocating scarce resources to gain the best value for money. The problem of efficiency of investments becomes even more crucial with advances in...

Since 2000 several papers have examined the efficiency of healthcare delivery systems worldwide. These papers have extended the literature using drastically different input and output combinations from one another, with little theoretical or empirical support backing these specifications. Issues...

The problem of low access to health care services in Africa remains challenging to policy makers whave thus far not sufficiently contemplated polices on the demand-side factors. To assist ipolicymaking, the present study identifies the key determinants of access to healthcare in Africa...