Product differentiation and welfare in a mixed duopoly with regulated prices: the case of a public and a private hospital [PDF]
Hospital markets are often characterised by price regulation and the existence of different ownership types. Using a Hotelling framework, this paper analyses the effect of different objectives of the hospitals on quality, profits, and overall welfare in ...
Herr, Annika
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Conceptualizing the Street‐Level Bureaucrat Construct
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Differences among street‐level bureaucrats—across professions, institutional settings, regions, and countries—are largely overlooked in research. We propose conceptualizing the street‐level bureaucrat construct as a general variable that varies across institutional settings, professions, cultures, times, and locations. We analyze variations in
Faisal S. Cheema +3 more
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Market structure and hospital efficiency: Evaluating potential effects of deregulation in a national health service [PDF]
In this article we examine the potential effect of market structure on hospital technical efficiency as a measure of performance controlled by ownership and regulation.
Jaume Puig, Eulàlia Dalmau
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Correction: The cost of community outreach HIV interventions: a case study in Thailand. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthSoe KM, Hauck K, Jiamton S, Kongsin S.
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Years of Life Lost in Incidental Prostate Cancer
The Prostate, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background It is unknown how survival is prematurely curtailed by incidental prostate cancer (IPCa). We aimed to quantify the average years of life lost (YLL) due to IPCa. Methods Within the SEER database 2004–2021, IPCa patients aged 45–75 were identified.
Fabian Falkenbach +18 more
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Assessing Hospital Efficiency: Non-parametric Evidence for Portugal [PDF]
We compute DEA efficiency scores and Malmquist indexes for a panel data set comprising 68 Portuguese public hospitals belonging to the National Health System (NHS) in the period 2000-2005, when several units started being run in an entrepreneurial ...
António Afonso, Sónia Fernandes
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Most climate‐resilience health interventions are designed at the global level, with minimal attention to Indigenous communities' needs. The lack of consideration can lead to unintended harm and exacerbate health risks. This study aims to identify the capacities of Indigenous communities that can serve as transformative pathways in safely ...
Chrishma D. Perera +17 more
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Estimation and Identification of Merger Effects: An Application to Hospital Mergers [PDF]
Advances in structural demand estimation have substantially improved economists' ability to forecast the impact of mergers. However, these models rely on extensive assumptions about consumer choice and firm objectives, and ultimately observational ...
Leemore S. Dafny
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Procurement in German office based ambulatory physician practices: system specific challenges and evidence based management strategies. [PDF]
Health Econ RevStope MB.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how 14 sustainable consumption and production (SCP) factors interact across four service categories—Mass Service, Professional Service, Service Factory, and Service Shop—using interpretive structural modeling (ISM). ISM enables the identification and hierarchical classification of interdependencies among SCP factors in ...
Amanda Duarte Feitosa +4 more
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