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Contractual design and PPPs for hospitals : lessons for the Portuguese model
Barros, Pedro Pita; Martínez-Giralt, Xavier - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 10 (2009) 4, pp. 437-453
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879104
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An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
Barros, Carlos Pestana; Menezes, António; Cabral … - 2021
We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The primary advantage of our approach is that both input...
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Patients' satisfaction with the NHS : a novel indicator for Portugal
Santos, Eleonora; Khan, Shahed - 2018
provided by the NHS in Portugal. …
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Qualitative und quantitative Risikoverteilung und die Lösung von Schnittstellenproblemen bei der Umstrukturierung von Kliniken mit Hilfe von PPP
Jacob, Dieter (contributor); Neunzehn, Dirk (contributor);  … - 2008
Stärker werdender Wettbewerb zwischen den Krankenhäusern stellt diese vor erhebliche wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen. Kostendruck und Sanierungsstau wegen veralteter baulicher Infrastruktur verschärfen die durch die Einführung des Fallpauschalensystems (G-DRG) angespannte finanzielle Lage...
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The falling growth in the use of private hospitals in Australia
Bai, Tianshu; Méndez, Susan J.; Scott, Anthony; Yong, … - 2020
growth in the utilisation of private hospital care before and after 2015. Growth in the use of elective surgery in private … for-profit private hospital operators fell, and there is evidence of reduced capacity and a fall in long-term investment … in the private hospital sector. In 2020, COVID-19 has accelerated these trends and the economic recession is likely to …
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Dynamic, incentive-compatible contracting for health services
Levaggi, Rosella; Moretto, Michele; Pertile, Paolo - 2023
, which is affected by both patient and hospital characteristics. To illustrate the characteristics of the dynamic contract …
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Pay for performance and contractual choice : the case of general practitioners in England
Fichera, Eleonora; Pezzino, Mario - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 6, pp. 1-14
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a Pay-for-Performance scheme introduced in England in 2004 to reward primary care providers. This incentive scheme provides financial incentives that reward the overall performance of a practice, not individual effort. Consequently, an important...
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Optimal contracting with altruistic agents : a structural model of Medicare payments for dialysis drugs
Gaynor, Martin; Mehta, Nirav; Richards-Shubik, Seth - 2020
We study physician agency and optimal payment policy in the context of an expensive medication used in dialysis care. Using Medicare claims data we estimate a structural model of treatment decisions, in which physicians differ in their altruism and marginal costs, and this heterogeneity is...
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Origins and Developments of Public-Private Partnerships in the Health Care Systems in Developed Countries : Principles, Stakes, and Institutional Challenges
Sanni Yaya, Hachimi - 2005
The public-private partnership (PPP) is a trendy model in public administration. It is moved by a dynamic in which the modern welfare State steps back in favor of a strategist State whose objectives of general interest are met relying on both public and private economic sectors. In an era that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014027948
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Rapidly Attaining Global Health Mandates in Africa : A Case for Innovative Private Partnership Approaches with International Agencies
Oluwajebe, Olusegun - 2023
The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. Death and ill health on such a scale are matters of concern in their own right. They also foster a brake on economic development. It was these twin concerns that led the international community to put health...
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