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Not-for-Profit Organizations: Community Benefits, Efficiency and Quality [PDF]

, 2008
This study addresses the effect of hospital ownership on the delivery of medical services to patients with financial difficulties in the southern New England community, using two alternative definitions of community benefits.
Keough, Daniel
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Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

An integrative model of the management of hospital physician relationships [PDF]

, 2010
Hospital Physician Relationships (HPRs) are of major importance to the health care sector. Drawing on agency theory and social exchange theory, we argue that both economic and noneconomic integration strategies are important to effective management of ...
Annemans, Lieven, Gemmel, Paul, Trybou, Jeroen   +2 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Health Reform [PDF]

, 2009
Presents results of a survey of healthcare experts on insurance, payment, and delivery system reforms, including a national insurance exchange with broad authority, a public plan option with a bundled payment system, and a standard benefits ...
Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Kristof Stremikis, Sara R. Collins   +3 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying societal burden of radiation-induced small bowel toxicity in patients with rectal cancer

Frontiers in Oncology
IntroductionAdvancements in rectal cancer (RC) treatment not only led to an increase in lives saved but also improved quality of life (QoL). Notwithstanding these benefits, RC treatment comes at the price of gastrointestinal morbidity in many patients ...
Eva Kimpe, Riet Parmentier, Sara-Lise Busschaert, Johan De Mey, Kurt Barbé, Mark De Ridder, Koen Putman, Koen Putman   +7 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
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Examining the characteristics of patients with long-term impaired work ability in primary health care – a cross-sectional study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Objective To examine characteristics of primary healthcare patients with long-term impaired work ability, and to assess the correlation between sense of coherence and factors related to health, function, and work ability.Design and setting Cross ...
Märit Löfgren, Lena Nordeman, Nashmil Ariai, Cecilia Björkelund, Gun Rembeck, Irene Svenningsson, Karin Törnbom, Dominique Hange   +7 more
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