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Substituting inpatient for outpatient care: what is the impact on hospital costs and efficiency?
Vitikainen, Kirsi; Linna, Miika; Street, Andrew - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 11 (2010) 4, pp. 395-404
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Developing an effective mission statement for a health care organization: a step towards an evidence-based practice
DESMIDT, S.; PRINZIE, A.; HEENE, A. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2009
Background <br>Despite the omnipresence of mission statements, studies indicate that creating an effective mission statement is extremely difficult. <br>Purposes <br>Given the increasing pressure on health care administrators to develop an effective mission statement, this article sought to devise a state...
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Considerations regarding the Performance Improvement of the Hospital Healthcare Services from Romania by the Implementation of an Integrated Management System
Voinea, Lelia; Pamfilie, Rodica - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 11 (2009) 26, pp. 339-345
the hospital reform in Romania. Healthcare quality is a more important principle in sanitary field, because the level of … in hospital. The integration of many management systems (quality management, environmental management, security and …
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Efficiency Analysis of General Hospitals in Turkey And Welfare Losses Due to Congestion And Slacks
Yesilyurt, Ensar; Yesilyurt, Filiz - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2007
In this study, besides the efficiency levels of 600 general hospitals currently active in Turkey, their congestion and slacks have also been calculated. Moreover, welfare losses due to the existence of congestion and slacks have been determined. The present study, above all, constitutes a sample...
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Paying for Hospital Services: A Hard Look at the Options
Sutherland, Jason; Crump, R. T.; Repin, Nadya; … - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2013) 378
money has flowed to hospitals and how it affects hospital behaviour. This Commentary draws attention to the strengths and … weaknesses of alternate methods for funding hospital-based care in Canada. It examines both the funding models currently in use … policy imperatives of improving access stated by many provincial governments. Activity-based funding (ABF) – hospital …
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CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS
TAICU, Marian - In: Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences 12 (2013) 1, pp. 72-84
Obtaining performance in private hospitals require a proper management of costs and implementing a situation for performance monitoring. The implementation of a cost calculation method in hospitals is a complex process that must take into account the particularities of the activity in health...
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Involving Men in Reproductive and Fertility Issues: Insights from Punjab
Kamran, Iram; Khan, Mumraiz; Tasneem, Zeba - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Drawing on three sources, a 2013 qualitative study in four districts of Punjab province; a targeted analysis of the baseline and end line surveys of the Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH 2007-2012) project; and the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) of 1990-1991 and of...
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Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs
Lin, Vivian; Jones, Catherine; Wang, Shiyong; Barbd, Enis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829328
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Mapping, Cost, and Reach to the Poor of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volum...
Oliver, Jill; Wodon, Quentin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
This role of faith-inspired health care providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of interest in the role of faith in...
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A critical analysis of Lean approach structuring in hospitals
Curatolo, Niccolo; Lamouri, Samir; Huet, Jean-Charles; … - In: Business Process Management Journal 20 (2014) 3, pp. 433-454
Lean to the hospital setting (HS). The purpose of this paper is to analyze if Lean approaches related in the literature … robust Lean methodology in the literature. For Lean to be adopted and implemented by hospital practitioners a structured …
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