The aim of this research is to analyze the Supplier Integration on performance of Hospitals within Pakistan. Four factors of supplier integration are identified as Logistics Integration (LI), Information Technology (IT), Cost Reduction (CR) and Information Sharing (IS) which have been analyzed...

This paper exploits the staggered rollout of Vietnam?s hospital autonomization policy to estimate its impacts on several key health sector outcomes including hospital efficiency, use of hospital care, and out-of-pocket spending. The authors use six years of panel data covering all Vietnam?s...

Die Rahmenbedingungen und Existenzgrundlagen für Krankenhäuser in Deutschland werden – nicht erst durch die Corona-Krise – immer schwieriger. Durch Kooperationen, Fusionen, Verkauf, Umwidmung oder gar Schließung wird es zu einer Konsolidierung im Krankenhausmarkt kommen. Krankenhäuser,...

The transformation of hospitals into companies is repeatedly negotiated as a consistent rationalization strategy. From a sociological perspective, on the other hand, it becomes clear that the much-discussed ¼-economization½ of hospitals is a contradictory process. Robin Mohan traces the...