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Introduction: Over the past several years, outsourcing services has received attention from managers in health sector in order to improve the quality of services and reduce costs; managers of the health information systems have also used outsourcing in ...
Maryam Jahanbakhsh +2 more
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The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery [PDF]
During the past two decades, several public and private organizations have initiated programs to report publicly on the quality of medical care provided by specific hospitals and physicians.
David M. Cutler +2 more
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Why Corporate Community Engagement Is Failing in Africa and What Civil Society Organizations Can Do to Change the Tide [PDF]
Corporate community engagement is on the increase in Africa. Yet there is nothing much to show for this increased corporate benevolence except unfinished schools and hospitals, broken sewers and abandoned boreholes.
Paul Okumu
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Hire the Experts: Combinatorial Auction Based Scheme for Experts Selection in E-Healthcare
During the last decade, scheduling the healthcare services (such as staffs and OTs) inside the hospitals have assumed a central role in healthcare. Recently, some works are addressed in the direction of hiring the expert consultants (mainly doctors) for ...
Mukhopadhyay, Sajal +2 more
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The effects of upcoding, cream skimming and readmissions on the Italian hospitals efficiency: a population–based investigation [PDF]
In this paper we analyze the effects of some distortions induced by prospective payment system, i.e. Upcoding, Cream Skimming and Readmissions, on hospitals’ technical efficiency.
Berta, P +3 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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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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Clinical research in private hospitals: a perspective. [PDF]
Rossier L +6 more
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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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