The study proposes an assessment of the link between the performance of national health systems and volatility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the World Health Organization was accessed regarding the Global Health Security Index of the states considered in the analysis as well as the...

The term effectiveness presents a conceptual challenge to both academics and practitioners (Hirsch & Levin 1999). This is no less so in health care provision. Health care provision is a complex issue due to political, organisational, medical, technological, and multi-disciplinary approaches to...

The relevance of family businesses in the world economy has led researchers to study them in various fields and from various perspectives. However, the role played by family businesses in the private health care sector has hardly been analyzed. The objective of this research was to focus on the...

Using a large set of private health insurance claims, we estimate how physicians’ financial incentives affect their treatment choices in heart attack management. Different insurance plans pay physicians different amounts for the same services, generating the required variation in financial...

This paper examines if quality of care varies across health care plans that differ in the ways they organize health care delivery and reimburse the providers. This study compares the odds of hospitalizations and emergency room (ER) visits for a number of chronic health conditions for which...

Literature on healthcare supply chain management has shown that the lean system can provide significant benefits.It known that success in lean management doesn't come with employees but through current technology and clinical perfection.The effort of serving society causes hospitals to spend...

Average service quality perception toward Government hospitals lead to increasing demand for good quality Government health care in Mayiladuthurai Taluk. Observing the growth of private health care sector, highly number of patients get satisfied with the service quality of private hospitals in...

Performance management systems can be divided into those that rely considerably on significant stakeholders and that ignore stakeholders, other than the stockholders and the clients. Decision makers willing to implement and use a performance management system must decide to what extent such...

If health service delivery is poorly managed, then increases in inputs or ability may not translate into gains in quality. However, little is known about how to increase managerial capital to generate persistent improvements in quality. We present results from a randomized field experiment in 80...

Personalized medicine is considered to be one of the most significant innovations in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. It is attributed with the potential to considerably improve the provision of health care, and to contribute significantly to economic growth. In order to be able to...