The Liberty of Free Riders: The Minimum Coverage Provision, Mill’s “Harm Principle,” and American Social Morality [PDF]
In this Article, the authors show that cost-shifting and adverse selection problems link the federalism dimension of the debate over the Affordable Care Act to the doctrinally separate and suppressed individual rights dimension.
Purdy, Jedediah, Siegel, Neil S.
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Macroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery [PDF]
Acute care surgery (ACS) diagnoses are responsible for approximately a quarter of the costs of inpatient care in the US government, and individuals will be responsible for a larger share of the costs of this healthcare as the population ages.
Bernard, Andrew +6 more
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Discontinuing Long‐Term Denosumab in Treating Fragile Bone: Why, for Whom, and How?
Discontinuation of denosumab (Dmab) may be necessary due to adverse events or an unfavorable long‐term risk–benefit profile. However, accumulating evidence demonstrates pronounced rebound phenomena after withdrawal, most notably a marked increase in multiple vertebral fractures, and, in some reports, elevated mortality.
Ko‐Hsiu Lu +5 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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Public Sustainability: Thematic Mapping, Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Lines of Action
ABSTRACT The paucity of research analysing thematic persistence in public sustainability limits our understanding of how this field of research evolves and reconfigures itself. The present paper addresses this gap through a longitudinal bibliometric analysis of 692 publications processed with SciMAT. The methodology combines co‐word analysis, strategic
Laila Ribii Khalifi +2 more
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The determinants of hospital costs : an analysis of Ethiopia [PDF]
The problem of financing health care in poor countries has become increasingly acute. In the context of health financing, hospitals are viewed with skepticism as facilities are not cost-effective in the provision of primary health care services.
Bitran-Dicowsky, Ricardo +1 more
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Inhalational or total intravenous anaesthesia: is total intravenous anaesthesia useful and are there economic benefits? [PDF]
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The comparison of inhalational and intravenous anaesthesia has been the subject of many controlled trials and meta-analyses. These reported diverse endpoints typically including measures of the speed and quality of induction of ...
Holmes, KA, Sneyd, JR
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Breaking Down Online and Digital Reporting Practices: A Research Map From Websites to Social Media
ABSTRACT This paper adopts a mixed research methodology, integrating bibliometric and systematic literature review (SLR) tools, to systematise the academic contributions and the different bodies of knowledge generated over the last decades on online and digital reporting practices, ranging from websites to social media.
Giuseppe Nicolò +3 more
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HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT COSTS: A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE [PDF]
A significant share of public healthcare expenditure is devoted to the treatment of severe trauma cases in Emergency Departments (EDs), many of which involve orthopedic injuries.
NIKOLAOS TSALOUKIDIS +2 more
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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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