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The failed history of quarantines, and its implications for public health
Sabhlok, Sanjeev; Frijters, Paul; Foster, Gigi; … - 2024
This paper reviews the history of the practice of quarantines, rediscovering the 19th century 'Sanitarian' movement in Britain that sprang from a recognition that quarantines had failed to stop the spread of diseases and were not cost-effective. To our knowledge, the key figure among the...
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State-Level Healthcare Spending and Health Outcomes : An Application of Spatial Durbin Panel Approach to Mortality
Bose, Srimoyee - 2015
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The Effect of 'Failed' Community Mental Health Centers on Non-White Mortality
Avery, Mallory; LaVoice, Jessica - 2021
level mortality rates, focusing on causes of death related to mental illness. Though we find little evidence that access to … a CMHC impacted mortality rates in the white population, we find large and robust effects for the non-white population … mortality in populations with the least access to alternative treatment options …
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Human resources for health and health outcomes : panel data analysis
Kureková, Lucie; Hejdukova, Pavlína; Komárková, Lenka - In: Prague economic papers : a bimonthly journal of … 32 (2023) 2, pp. 205-224
This study aims to evaluate the effects of selected key factors on health outcomes. Unfortunately, statistical reporting in this field is not harmonized, and in some countries it is completely absent. For this reason, valuable information for health determinant analysis may be lacking or...
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Geographic variation in inpatient care utilization, outcomes and costs for dementia patients in China
Lin, Zhuoer; Ba, Fang; Allore, Heather; Liu, Gordon G.; … - 2022
Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services, inadequate and uneven dementia management remains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448825
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Geographic variation in inpatient care utilization, outcomes and costs for dementia patients in China
Lin, Zhuoer; Ba, Fang; Allore, Heather; Liu, Gordon G.; … - 2022
Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services, inadequate and uneven dementia management remains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013449379
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Does your doctor matter? : doctor quality and patient outcomes
Ginja, Rita; Riise Kolstad, Julie; Willage, Barton; … - 2022
there is substantial variation in the quality of physicians, as measured by patients' post-assignment mortality, in the … point decline in a patient's two-year mortality risk. While we find evidence of observable doctor characteristics and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255868
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Using fees to reduce bed-blocking : a game between hospitals and care providers
Kverndokk, Snorre; Melberg, Hans Olav - 2016
The Coordination Reform was introduced in Norway in 2012 including a fee for bed-blocking in hospitals. To study this, we introduce a Stackelberg game where the hospital is the leader and the care institution is the follower. The reform does not necessarily lead to less bed-blocking as this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011551043
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Impact of aging on curative health care workforce : country report Poland
Golinowska, Stanisława; Kocot, Ewa; Sowa, Agnieszka Ewa - 2014
The report discusses employment in the health care system in Poland based on analysis and projections of the demand and supply of medical workforce. The impact of the financial situation and policy on relativelly low employment level of medical personel was accounted for in the analysis while...
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Process management in hospitals : an empirically grounded maturity model
Cleven, Anne Katharina; Winter, Robert; Wortmann, Felix; … - In: Business research 7 (2014) 2, pp. 191-216
In order to improve transparency and stabilise health care costs, several countries have decided to reform their healthcare system on the basis of diagnosis-related groups (DRG). DRGs are not only used for classifying medical treatments, but also for case-based reimbursement, hence induce active...
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