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Hospital Industry Restructuring and Input Substitutability: Evidence from a Sample of Italian Hospitals [PDF]

In this paper we investigate the economic rationality of the bed downsizing process characterising the hospital industry worldwide in the last decades, providing new evidence on the factor substitutability in the production of hospital services.
Davide Vannoni, Gilberto Turati, Massimiliano Piacenza   +2 more
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Reconsidering Volume‐Based Drug Procurement Policy: The Consequences of Manufacturers' Optimal Production Planning and Breach Strategies

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impacts of Volume‐Based Procurement (VBP) policies on pharmaceutical supply chains, with a focus on the strategic behaviors of manufacturers. VBP aims to reduce costs and stabilize supplies by centralizing procurement through competition based on volumes and prices.
Nani Zhou, Tong Wang, Guohua Wan
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State [PDF]

While prior studies tend to view hospital integration through the lens of horizontal consolidation, I provide an analysis of its vertical aspects. I examine the effect of hospital acquisitions in New York State on the distribution of market share for ...
Robert S. Huckman
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Optimizing Household Waste Recycling Centre Network Reorganization in Hampshire

Networks, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local councils across the UK are facing sustained financial pressures, and Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are being increasingly considered for closure to reduce expenditure. In 2024, Hampshire County Council, which operates the largest HWRC network in the UK, proposed closing either five or twelve existing sites.
Montree Jaidee, Zheng Sun, Sher Singh, Thi Nguyen, Bismark Singh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consensus‐Based Safety Recommendations for Informal Home Care: A Mixed Methods Study

Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As home‐based care expands globally, informal caregivers are responsible for medical and nursing responsibilities, raising serious concerns about safety and risk management. This study proposes expert‐informed, safety recommendations tailored to informal caregiving in home settings.
Nida Abed, Vanessa Riberio Neves, Valerie Matarredona Perez, Daniel Monasor Ortola, Virginia Ferrer García, Bojana Knezevic, Paulo Sousa, Reinhard Strametz, Mercedes Guilabert, José Joaquín Mira   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Time‐Driven Activity‐Based Costing for Protocol‐Driven Adult Open Airway Reconstruction

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To describe a protocol‐driven approach to adult open airway reconstruction for benign airway stenosis and apply time‐driven activity‐based costing (TDABC) methodology to characterize resource utilization and cost drivers. Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Tertiary academic medical center.
Andrew D. P. Prince, Fatameh Ramazani, Robbi A. Kupfer, Norman D. Hogikyan, Robert J. Morrison, Pratyusha Yalamanchi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical Access Hospitals and Retail Activity: an Empirical Analysis

This paper takes an empirical approach to determining the effect that a critical access hospital (CAH) has on local retail activity. Previous research on the relationship between hospitals and economic development has primarily focused on single-case ...
Whitacre, Brian E., Brooks, Lara
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Does Hospital Competition Improve Efficiency? An Analysis of the Recent Market-Based Reforms to the English NHS [PDF]

This paper uses a difference-in-difference estimator to test whether the introduction of patient choice and hospital competition in the English NHS in January 2006 has prompted hospitals to become more efficient.
Zack Cooper, Alistair McGuire, Simon Jones, Steve Gibbons   +3 more
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The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
wiley   +1 more source

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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