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In this paper, we seek to examine the factors that influence the choice of healthcare providers in the rural areas of a highly developed state of India, Punjab. In particular, we examined the choice between government and private providers, as well as between medical professionals and informal...
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The role of Medical Tourism in the process of a complex satisfaction of the prosumers and the impact played in the organizational and functional changes in the Polish healthcare system. The analysis of the literature on the subject as well as an analysis of the documentation were the inspiration...
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Conceived in an effort to improve clinical operations, patient experience, and medical quality, physician-owned hospitals (POHs) flourished until 2003, when industry concerns over patient selection, cost of care, and overutilization prompted government oversight and legislation. Subsequent...
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2012 auf den Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung und verschiedene klinische Ergebnisse der Patienten. Um Verzerrungen durch … schlechteren Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung haben, dies führt aber nicht zu einer geringeren Überlebensrate bei akuten …
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Objective. To assess relationships between changes in Medicare Advantage (MA) payment rates and Medicare beneficiary hospitalizations and to simulate the effects of scheduled payment cuts on ambulatory care sensitive and elective hospitalization rates. Data. State Inpatient Database discharge...
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National interest in the quality of American health care increased dramatically in 1999. The press, the Institute of Medicine, legislators, physicians, and hospitals joined in a vigorous policy discussion. But a similar debate occurred in 1988, following reports from four public agencies that...
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This chapter summarizes the recent economic literature on health and long-term care as it relates to population aging. The profound demographic changes taking place in developed countries will require changes in how societies provide and pay for long-term care. Both the supply side and the...
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We examine the launch of a mobile outpatient appointment app in China to study the effect of information provision and a streamlined appointment process on hospital operations and the alignment of healthcare supply and demand. Using a longitudinal dataset on hospital operations and a...
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This paper compares the cost and quality incentive effects of cost reimbursement and prospective payment systems in the health industry when providers are altruistic. Providers' behavioral rule is governed by a desire to maximize a weighted sum of profit and consumers' health benefit. When...
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