The United Nations General Assembly has taken up Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) twice in the past decade, but the follow-through on commitments and financing of both Global and National Action Plans on AMR have lagged considerably behind the policymaker pronouncements. The need to update the...

We measure the impacts of vertical integration between insurers and hospitals. In the Chilean market, where half of private hospital capacity is vertically integrated, integration increases inpatient care spending by 6 percent and decreases consumer surplus and total welfare. Integrated insurers...

Demographic Analysis - Selected Concepts, Tools, and Applications presents basic definitions, practical techniques, and methods, as well as examples of studies based on the usage of demographic analysis in various institutions and economic entities. The volume covers studies related to...

The German global health strategy review process offers the opportunity to place a stronger focus on the horizontal integration of Germany's global health efforts with those of European partners. This is urgently needed as the German strategy makes little reference to the European Union (EU) and...

Oft haben Klinikärzte, Praxisinhaber, Pflegekräfte oder Medizinstudenten betriebswirtschaftliche Begriffe schon einmal gehört, fragen sich aber, wie das jeweilige Instrument denn in einer Gesundheitseinrichtung konkret anwendbar und umsetzbar sei. -- Anhand von 100 praktischen Beispielen von...

This textbook discusses the most important theories of internationalization, including Product Life-Cycle, Internalization, Location, International New Venture concepts, and others. These models are grounded to a considerable extent in the Transaction Cost Theory and the Resource-Based View as...