efficiency in Ugandan referral hospitals was measured and analysed. The audit report pointed out that there was a relatively low …. Originality / value of the article:Even though there are a substantial amount of research on efficiency in African hospitals, no … was input congestion. Implication of the reserachWe recommend that inefficient hospitals should use efficient hospitals as …

This paper states that traditional facilities (i.e., hospitals, remote physician offices or referral care) may not be …

Hospitals are making big investments in various types of ICT, so it is important to investigate their effects on … innovation and performance. In this paper is presented an empirical study in this direction, based on data for 743 hospitals from … for European hospitals. Second, it analyzes the effects of various types of ICT on innovation and (ICT-enabled) economic …

The paper estimates cost efficiency of 81 general hospitals in the Czech Republic during 2006-2010. We employ the … performance in the group of small and medium hospitals, while not-for-pro t ownership is favorable to efficiency for big hospitals … which were introduced in 2008 increase spending of hospitals. Only big hospitals proved to take some cost-saving measures as …

The Netherlands can be seen as one of the best healthcare systems in Europe. However, ICT application in hospitals in … this country is somewhat behind the Nordic countries, with many hospitals ?stuck? in the stage of search and ?being …. To better understand these differences, we develop a model of organizational adoption of ICT in hospitals and explore …

-for-performance (P4P) programs have been implemented in the inpatient sector to improve the quality of care provided by hospitals …

hospitals being managed by the DOH. The paper begins with an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines, describing the …-retained hospitals, an analysis of resource management is undertaken by examining the sources of funds, planning and budgeting cycle …, uses of funds, and monitoring set-up. The paper provides a critique of recent policies concerning hospitals as outlined in …

collate vital information on private hospitals in the Philippines. This paper looks at the different characteristics and … structures of private hospitals sector with regard to geographical distribution, services, financing, human resource, and other … delivery system in the country, other sections compare private hospitals vis-a-vis government-owned facilities. …