The Impact of Private versus Social Health Insurance on Offered Waiting Times in German Acute Care Hospitals [PDF]
This paper shows that patients with private health insurance (PHI) are being offered significantly shorter waiting times than patients with statutory health insurance (SHI) in German acute hospital care. This behavior may be driven by the higher expected
Ansgar Wübker +2 more
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INVESTIGATING THE PATIENT SATISFACTION WITHIN ROMANIAN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS [PDF]
Although it is not commonly accepted within healthcare services industry, the importance of marketing is more and more recognized nowadays by the organizations activating in the field. Current perception resides in a series of factors as: ethical aspects
Mihoc Florin +2 more
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Cost and Technical Efficiency of German Hospitals – A Stochastic Frontier Analysis [PDF]
Using a newly available and multifaceted dataset provided by the German Federal Statistical Office, this paper is the first to investigate both technical and cost efficiency of more than 1500 German general hospitals conducting a stochastic frontier ...
Annika Frohloff
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How Does Payer Mix and Technical Inefficiency Affect Hospital Net Revenue? [PDF]
As changes in the US health care system continue to evolve and change, maintaining the financial viability of hospitals is crucial to the system’s operation. Two lines of inquiry have been pursued in describing factors affecting financial viability.
Hervé Leleu +2 more
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Analysis of hospital service areas in Istanbul [PDF]
After 1950's, the rapid expansion of Istanbul has created tremendous demand for new public facilities as well as the need for evaluation of existing facilities.
M. Aykut Sadi, Vedia Dokmeci
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Can Governments Do It Better? Merger Mania and Hospital Outcomes in the English NHS [PDF]
The literature on mergers between private hospitals suggests that such mergers often produce little benefit. Despite this, the UK government has pursued an active policy of hospital merger.
Carol Propper +2 more
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Clinical research in private hospitals: a perspective. [PDF]
J Transl MedRossier L +6 more
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The role of context in strategic human resource management within private hospitals in Ethiopia, compared to public hospitals. [PDF]
Front Health ServGile PP +2 more
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Quality of inpatient test-and-treat malaria case-management in public and private hospitals in Kano State, Nigeria. [PDF]
Malar JGetachew D +9 more
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Comportamiento médico: una aplicación a las cesáreas en el Uruguay [PDF]
In Uruguay, as all over the world, the Caesarean section rate has been systematically increasing, and in 2003 it reached 23 per cent of the deliveries in public hospitals and 42 per cent in private hospitals. Considering deliveries registered in 2003 (23.
Leonel Muinelo +2 more
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