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The economics of patient safety in primary and ambulatory care
Building on published patient safety research literature, this paper aims to broaden the existing knowledge base on safety lapses occurring in primary and ambulatory care settings.
Ane Auraaen, L. Slawomirski, N. Klazinga
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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy +2 more
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Yuqian Chen,1 Miao Cai,2 Zhipeng Li,3 Xiaojun Lin,4,5 Linan Wang6 1Department of Health Policy Research, Shanghai Health Development Research Center, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen ...
Chen Y, Cai M, Li Z, Lin X, Wang L
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Efficiency Analysis of Rural Hospitals: Parametric and Semi-parametric Approaches [PDF]
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 ...
Fannin, James Matthew +1 more
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A note on a compound distribution: the demand for hospital beds [PDF]
There has been growing interest in the past few years in the economics of medical services. Due to the nature of the medical industry a number of problems heretofore considered to be of minor importance have assumed major proportions. It is the purpose
Heineke, John
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Publicness, Organisational Characteristics and Performance [PDF]
This paper reports an exploratory study utilising a publicness model in which the impact of ownership, funding and mode of control on performance is moderated by organisational characteristics such as goals, structure and management.
B.Bozeman +7 more
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Profit Margin Analysis of Operational Units in a Selected Educational Hospital
Profit Margin Analysis of Operational Units in a Selected Educational Hospital Mehrinezhad Safieh1, Rezapour Aziz2, Alipour Vahid3*, Gholami Somarin Arsalan4, Hakimi Narges 5, Nikjoo Shima6, Jahangiri Reza6 1.
Safieh Mehrinezhad +6 more
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Cost-benefit analysis of pharmacist interventions over 36 months in a university hospital
OBJECTIVE: To perform a cost-benefits analysis of a clinical pharmacy (CP) service implemented in a Neurology ward of a tertiary teaching hospital. METHODS: This is a cost-benefit analysis of a single arm, prospective cohort study performed at the adult
Maurilio de Souza Cazarim +4 more
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An Alternative Model for Analyzing the Physician-Hospital Relationship in Rural Areas [PDF]
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.
Barnes, James N., Fannin, James Matthew
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The Influence of Trust in Traditional Contracting: Investigating the "Lived Experience" of Stakeholders [PDF]
The traditional procurement approach is ever-present within the construction industry. With fundamental design principles founded on definitive risk allocation, this transactional based approach fails to acknowledge or foster the cooperative ...
Brewer, Graham +2 more
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