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Is there a relationship between hospital process digitalization and quality of care? : observational study using data from hospital quality report cards and the DigitalRadar Projec...
Vogel, Justus; Haering, Alexander; Kuklinski, David; … - 2024
Hospital digitalization is to reduce costs, increase efficiency and productivity, and to improve quality of care. However, the literature lacks clarity on the meaning of "hospital digitalization," how to measure it, and what quality it might affect. We use data from the DigitalRadar project from...
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Pursuing Electronic Health : A UK Primary Health Care Perspective
Ndeti, Mkwama; George, Carlisle E. - 2009
This paper focuses on factors affecting the use of Information and communication technologies within a primary health care environment. A case study was carried out to investigate opinions and views of Primary Health Care staff on the provision of electronic health in the UK. The study found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212830
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Closing the gap : the impact of the medicaid primary care rate increase on access and health
Alexander, Diane; Schnell, Molly - 2017
The difficulties that Medicaid beneficiaries face accessing medical care are often attributed to the program's low reimbursement rates relative to other payers. There is little evidence, however, as to the actual effects of Medicaid doctor payment rates on access and health outcomes for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653105
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Dealing with minor illnesses : the link between primary care characteristics and First Aid Clinics' attendances
Donatini, Andrea; Fiorentini, Gianluca; Lippi Bruni, Matteo - 2014
The reformulation of existing boundaries between primary and secondary care, in order to shift selected services traditionally provided by Emergency Departments to community-based alternatives has determined a variety of organisational solutions aimed at reducing the ED overcrowding. One...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729111
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Disruptions in primary care : can resigning GPs cause persistently negative health effects?
Monsees, Daniel; Westphal, Matthias - 2024
We study the effects of general practitioners’ (GPs’) resignations on their patients’ healthcare utilization, diagnoses … have adverse consequences for the efficiency of the healthcare system. This indicates that continuity in primary care is … pivotal and shows that the GP has an important role in healthcare delivery. …
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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … physician, who offers a wide range of primary healthcare services that are free-of-charge. Furthermore, these services are …
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Transforming Primary Care in Ireland : Information, Incentives, and Provider Capabilities
Ryan, Padhraig - 2011
Ireland’s health system is at a key turning point. The Irish government was newly elected in February 2011, and the policy directions adopted over the coming months will likely exert a major impact on system performance for many years. Drawing on recent international experience with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175295
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Health Care's Other 'Big Deal' : Direct Primary Care Regulation in Contemporary American Health Law
Chappell, Glenn - 2017
doctors charge their patients a periodic, prenegotiated fee in exchange for providing a wide range of healthcare services and … American healthcare marketplace. Based upon that analysis, this Note concludes that direct primary care is a beneficial … innovation that harmonizes well with a cooperative-federalism-based healthcare policy model. Appendix is available at: https …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125344
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Do primary healthcare facilities in more remote areas provide more medical services? : spatial evidence from rural Western China
Shen, Chi; Lai, Sha; Deng, Qiwei; Cao, Dan; Zhao, Dantong; … - 2023
Primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in China have experienced a sizable decline in medical services in recent years … medical services offered by township healthcare centers (THCs), a main type of PHIs. Linking medical visits to 923 THCs in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014318198
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Do Primary Healthcare Facilities in More Remote Areas Provide More Medical Services? Spatial Evidence from Rural Western China
Shen, Chi; Lai, Sha; Deng, Qiwei; Cao, Dan; Zhao, Dantong; … - 2023
Primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in China have experienced a sizable decline in medical services in recent years … medical services offered by township healthcare centers (THCs), a main type of PHIs. Linking medical visits to 923 THCs in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346209