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Physician-patient race-match reduces patient mortality

Hill, Andrew J.; Jones, Daniel B.; Woodworth, Lindsey - In: Journal of health economics 92 (2023), pp. 1-15

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The relationship between hospital patient safety culture and performance on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services value-based purchasing metrics

Noghrehchi, Pejmon; Hefner, Jennifer L.; Walker, Daniel M. - In: Health care management review : HCM review 49 (2024) 4, pp. 281-290

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Verification of Performance in Result-Based Financing (RBF): The Case of Burundi

Renaud, Adrien - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

Paying health facilities incentives based on their performance is one form of results-based financing (RBF). Verification of the performance of the providers is a vital part of RBF program implementation. Burundi was one of the first African countries to introduce performance-based financing...

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Universal Health Coverage and the Challenge of Informal Employment: Lessons from Developing Countries

Bitran, Ricardo - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

The aim of the report is to review existing approaches and available policy options to improve access to health care services and financial protection against health shocks for informal-sector workers (ISWs). Along with their families, ISWs represent the majority of the population in many...

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Mapping, Cost, and Reach to the Poor of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volum...

Oliver, Jill; Wodon, Quentin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

This role of faith-inspired health care providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of interest in the role of faith in...

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The Role of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Public-Private Partnerships: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, V...

Oliver, Jill; Wodon, Quentin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

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The potential for using hospital bedside TV services in England to provide patients with access to health information

McWhirter, Gavin - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 5/6, pp. 339-345

provide patients with access to health information. The report was jointly commissioned by The Department of Health (DoH) and … providing patients with health information, and looking at any particular issues that exist around communication with patients …

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Are Patients in the Transition World Paying Unofficially to Stay Longer in Hospital? Some Evidence from Kazakhstan

Thompson, Robin; Xavier, Ana - eSocialSciences - 2010

on 1508 trauma and surgical patients discharged from Almaty City (the former capital of Kazakhstan) three main hospitals …To empirically test whether, as surveys and anedoctal reports suggest, patients are paying to stay longer in hospital …

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Professional Work in Health Care Organizations: The Structural Influences of Patients in French, Canadian and American Hospitals

Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn; Sainsaulieu, Ivan; Khokher, Patricia - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007

organizations, there has been significantly less research focused on the structural influence of patients on this relationship. In … Canadian, U.S. and French hospitals. We elaborate specifically on a typology of structural influence of clients on health care … professionals work in hospitals in terms of open and closed units. …

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The Economic Costs of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands

Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...

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