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Institutional Quality, Firm Performance, and the Role of Information Technology : A Cross-Country Examination
Sun, Zhen; Radhakrishnan, Suresh; Jacob, Varghese - 2023
Information technology (IT) is all-pervading, and as an infrastructure, it is likely to mold institutional quality. As …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345125
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Lessons for Health Care Policy in the United States : Comparing Health Care Systems
Aspalter, Christian - 2012
This paper compares health care systems. It looks beyond normal academic, political, or journalistic rhetoric, by exactly sticking to facts, i.e. empirical data (in particular data provided by the WHO) and comprehensive case study analyses. The paper finds that a number of myths and common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113512
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Regional differences in health care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Germany
Lange, Ansgar; Prenzler, Anne; Bachmann, Frank Oliver; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 29, pp. 1-11
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 … healthcare of IBD patients in Germany?" Methods: We combined a claims dataset from a German health insurance fund with population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472028
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Relating Patient Satisfaction to Insurance Coverage : A Comparison of Market Based and Government Sponsored Health Care
Bohm, Josef - 2014
It is generally accepted that satisfaction with health care is multidimensional and includes many factors removed from the direct delivery of medical services. The analysis seeks to determine if patient satisfaction with health care varies by type of insurance coverage held and whether overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044574
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The international provision of pharmaceuticals: a comparison of two alternative theoretical strategies for global ethics
Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - 2007
Millions of people in the developing world lack access to curative drugs. Thomas Pogge identifies the cause for this problem in a lack of redistribution across borders. By contrast, this article shows that institutional shortcomings within developing countries are the main issue. The different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757929
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Global Health Inequalities : An International Comparison
Prah Ruger, Jennifer - 2011
Objective: To study cross-national inequalities in mortality of adults and of children aged 5 years using a novel approach, with clustering techniques to stratify countries into mortality groups (better-off, worse-off, mid-level) and to examine risk factors associated with inequality. Design,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054217
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The international provision of pharmaceuticals: a comparison of two alternative theoretical strategies for global ethics
Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003484249
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Comparative assessment of patient safety culture performance in OECD countries : Findings based on the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture versions 1 and 2
de Bienassis, Katherine - 2024
Safety is a core dimension of health care quality. Measurement of patient safety culture in OECD countries has been increasingly conducted as part of efforts to monitor patient safety and to contribute to health system performance assessment. Building on four years of work, a second OECD data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081662
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No theory : an explanation of the lack of consistency in cross-country health care comparisons using non-parametric estimators
Gearhart, Richard - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 40, pp. 1-12
Since 2000 several papers have examined the efficiency of healthcare delivery systems worldwide. These papers have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586629
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Healthcare system performance imporvement : a comparison of key policis in seven high-income countries
Gauld, Robin; Burgers, Jako; Dobrow, Mark; Minhas, Rubin; … - In: Journal of health organization and management 28 (2014) 1, pp. 2-20
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