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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT AND NURSING MANAGEMENT IN THE LIGHT OF THE LEAN PHILOSOPHY IN HEALTHCARE
This article aimed to reflect on hospital management and nursing management based on the Lean Philosophy in Healthcare. It was concluded that hospitals and their most numerous health professionals, the nursing team, may benefit from the application of ...
Thaís Oliveira da Silva +5 more
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An Alternative Model for Analyzing the Physician-Hospital Relationship in Rural Areas
We introduce a modeling framework called Transaction Cost Economics to help decision makers in rural health care markets choose among alternative organizational relationships in order to more cost-effectively deliver healthcare services.
Fannin, James Matthew, Barnes, James N.
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A Structural Approach to Market Definition With an Application to the Hospital Industry [PDF]
Market definition is essential to merger analysis. Because no standard approach to market definition exists, opposing parties in antitrust cases often disagree about the extent of the market.
Samuel A. Kleiner +2 more
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Abstract Large clinical data underscore that heart failure is independently associated to an increased risk of negative cognitive outcome and dementia. Emerging evidence suggests that cerebral hypoperfusion, stemming from reduced cardiac output and vascular pathology, may contribute to the largely overlapping vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease ...
Mauro Massussi +6 more
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Introduction Financing public hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in Kisangani (Tshopo Province), remains a major challenge for the provision of quality health services.
Bijou Folo Yanyongo +6 more
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Hospital benchmarking analysis and the derivation of cost indices [PDF]
This paper reports work undertaken for the UK Department of Health to explore approaches to measuring and comparing hospital productivity. The purpose of the cost indices produced in this paper has been to use them to derive productivity scores for ...
Neil Soderlund, Rowena van der Merwe
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Effect of Austerity Measures on Infant Mortality: Evidence From Greece
ABSTRACT Governments frequently adopt austerity policies when facing economic crises, yet their long‐term consequences for population health remain incompletely understood. This paper examines the impact of large‐scale fiscal austerity on infant mortality by exploiting the Troika‐led economic adjustment program implemented in Greece beginning in 2010 ...
Robert J. Kolesar, Rok Spruk
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Challenges of Nutrition Department in a Selected Teaching Hospital: a qualitative study
Challenges of Nutrition Department in a Selected Teaching Hospital: a qualitative study Heidari Narges1*, Yazdanpanah Mehrangiz1, Nekoui Moghadam Mahmood2, Amiresmaili Mohamadreza2, Heidari Azam3, Heidari jamebozorgi Majid4 1.
Narges Heidari +5 more
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Efficiency Analysis of Rural Hospitals: Parametric and Semi-parametric Approaches
This paper examined cost efficiency differences between rural hospitals participating in the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Program and a group of non-converting, prospectively paid rural hospitals using both a two-stage semi-parametric approach as well ...
Nedelea, I. Cristian +1 more
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Did the HMO Revolution Cause Hospital Consolidation? [PDF]
During the 1990s US healthcare markets underwent a significant transformation. Managed care rose to become the dominant form of insurance in the private sector. Also, a wave of hospital consolidation occurred.
Roger Feldman +3 more
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