Measuring Hospital Efficiency through Data Envelopment Analysis when Policy-makers’ Preferences Matter. An Application to a sample of Italian NHS hospitals [PDF]
In this paper we show how both the choice of specific constraints on input and output weights (in accordance with health care policy-makers’ preferences) and the consideration of exogenous variables outside the control of hospital management (and linked ...
Dino Rizzi, Vincenzo Rebba
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Perbedaan Kepuasan Pasien Di Rumah Sakit Negeri Dengan Rumah Sakit Swasta Di Daerah Surakarta [PDF]
, 2016 THE DIFFERENCE OF PATIENTS’ SASTISFACTION IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN SURAKARTA AREA Widia Andrilia J 500120100 Background: Simply, satisfaction is an effort of meeting the patients’ needs.
, dr. Burhanudin ichsan, M.Med.Ed. +1 more
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Organizational culture of selected hospitals of Tehran city
بیمارستان, 2017 Background: Organizational culture has a crucial role in hospitals’ productivity. The success or failure of strategies and plans in organisational change depend on organizational culture.
Mobin Sokhanvar, Alimohammad Mosadeghrad
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract The establishment of guidelines and curriculum standards for medical physics residency training is a critical component of setting expectations and competencies for the profession. Since the last publication of these standards, residency training has become integrated into the eligibility criteria for most medical physics certification bodies.
Jonathon A. Nye +16 more
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Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Federal Health Care Funds, and Patient Mortality [PDF]
The federal government spends billions of dollars each year on programs designed to increase the resources available to hospitals that serve the poor. This paper explores the intended and unintended effects of such targeted funds.
Douglas Staiger, Katherine Baicker
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Developing reference plans for evaluating global clinical trials credentialing and PSQA systems
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To develop a practical framework for creating a diverse set of validated reference plans (varying in complexity) and implement a workflow to introduce beam modeling, calibration, and delivery errors into the reference cohort to test and compare various dosimetry audit methodologies.
Fre'Etta M. D. Brooks +13 more
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The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals [PDF]
We analyze the causal impact of competition on managerial quality (and hospital performance). To address the endogeneity of market structure we analyze the English public hospital sector where entry and exit are controlled by the central government ...
Carol Propper +3 more
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Public problems: private solutions? Short-term contracting of inpatient hospital care [PDF]
Executive summary Public patients are routinely being treated in Australian private hospitals. Some jurisdictions have large-scale, planned programs where private or not-for-profit hospitals are contracted by the public sector to treat public inpatients
Anne-Marie Boxall +2 more
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Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 Based on ten indicators, assesses progress in the readiness of states, federal government, and hospitals to respond to public health emergencies, with a focus on the H1N1 flu.
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Bureauphobia in Public Hospitals of Qom, Iran
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2022 Background and Objectives: Bureauphobia in the public sector doubts the direct effect of good services on people’s trust. Addressing bureauphobia in public hospitals can be an attempt for increasing trust in the public sector, in addition to improving ...
Ahmad Rahbar +4 more
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