with hospital care services, whose payment is done on the basis of the Diagnosis-related group (DRG), we hope the …

Japan has one of the longest average length of stay in hospital (ALOS) among developed countries. To curb the high ALOS …

on a hospital in a rural community where the frequency of utilisation of expensive equipment is possible low, and where … patients may incur transfer costs. Considering both, a rural and an urban hospital, I identify the first-best investment level … of a rural hospital and compare it with the investment levels arising from two payment systems: The Fee-for-service (FFS …

performance. -- Hospital ownership ; financial performance …

, variably profitable, or uncertain. It updates “Research Note: Relative Profitability of Acute Hospital Services,” an online … Affairs 24, no. 3 (2005): 790-801. Whether a service is likely to be profitable for any individual hospital depends on many … time the service is adopted and provided, the management priorities and skills of the hospital executives, and a host of …