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Health Economics: From Patient to Consumer.

Frech, H.E. - 1996

In the past, the individual using medical care was generally referred to as the "patient", with this word's connotations of an individual who was passive, forbearing and accepting. The emerging view is to look at the individual using medical care as a consumer, with this word's very different...

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The Demsetz Hypothesis and Hospital Markets: An Empirical Analysis.

Frech, H.E.; Mobley, L.R. - 1996

Increased concentration in the hospital industry has been a focus of recent antitrust review of the current wave of hospital mergers. As argued by Demsetz, the potential danger that increased concentration imposes on economic efficiency in any industry turns upon whether the change in...

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How Are Government Hospitals Performing? A Study of Resource Management in DOH-retained Hospitals

Lavado, Rouselle F.; Sanglay-Dunleavy, Abigail Barbara; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

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 …

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Reflections on the Financing of Hospital Capital : A Canadian Perspective.

Evans, R.G.; Barer, M.L. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1990

What is capital? capital is commitment. It can take many forms, including bricks and mortar (physical), trained health care personnel (human), and reseach and development activities (intangible). Capital investment decisions in the health care "industry" seem howver to be relatively inflexible...

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Hospital Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence from South Africa.

Zere, E. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000

This study evaluates the technical efficiency and productivity of a sample of public sector hospitals in three …

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The Utilization of Acute Medical Care Beds in Prince Edward Island.

Wright, C.J.; Cardiff, K. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1998

The major objectives of this study were to assess the proportion of patients in acute care hospital beds that meet standard criteria requiring acute care services and to document the alternative type or level of care that would be more appropriate for those patients not meeting the criteria.

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Hospital Financing in Canada.

Barer, M.L. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1993

The simple story of Canadian hospital financing --- single-source (tax-based) public funding through provincial Ministries of Health to individual institutions through prospective global budgets -- offers a relatively accurate general picture which, nevertheless, masks both...

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Hospital Downsizing and Trends in Health Care Use Among Elderly People in British Columbia.

Sheps, S.B.; Reid, R.J.; Barer, M.L.; Krueger, H.; … - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 2000

Overall changes in health care use were small, which suggests that the repercussions of the decline in acute care services for elderly people have been minimal. The higher age-adjusted death rates in the later cohort in full-time care suggests that long-term stays are becoming reserved for...

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The Meeting of the Twain: Managing Health Care Capital, Capacity, and Costs in Canada.

Evans, R.G.; Barer, M.L. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 1991

The Canadian and American health care systems differ in three fundamental structure respects: entitlement, management, and environment. Fundamental philosophical differences in the two societies have their outcomes in the different approaches to, and results of , extending entitlement to...

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The Evolution of Public Health Insurance in Saskatchewan.

Ostry, A. - University of British Columbia - Centre for Health … - 2001

This paper attempts to answer the following questions. Why and did North America's first public health insurance scheme develop in Saskatchewan? What were the unique features of Saskatchewan's economy, geography, history which may helped the development of public health insurance in this...

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