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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
wiley   +1 more source

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Era of Robotics: Evolution, Eclipse, or Equilibrium?

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Minimally invasive colorectal surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Laparoscopy, once viewed with skepticism, is now firmly established as a standard approach, supported by robust randomized trials demonstrating oncologic safety and improved recovery compared to open surgery.
Amanjeet Singh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploratory analysis on payment mechanisms to Community Mental Health Centers in Chile using mixed grounded theory

open access: yesMedwave
Introduction Research on psychiatric deinstitutionalization has neglected that reforms in this field are nested in a health system that has undergone financial reforms.
Olga Toro-Devia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the effect of prospective payment system on hospital efficiency and competition for patients in Germany [PDF]

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The introduction of hospital reimbursement based on diagnosis related groups (DRG) in 2004 has been a conspicuous attempt to increase hospital efficiency in the German health sector. In this paper changes of hospital efficiency, quantified as a Malmquist
Herwartz, Helmut, Strumann, Christoph
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Functional Advantage of Central Pancreatectomy Over Distal Pancreatectomy for Benign or Low‐Grade Malignant Tumors: A Comparative Analysis Based on 75‐g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Central pancreatectomy (CP) better preserves postoperative pancreatic endocrine function than distal pancreatectomy for benign or low‐grade malignant tumors. The 75‐g oral glucose tolerance test demonstrated that CP maintained insulin secretion and glucose tolerance, highlighting its clinical advantage as a function‐preserving procedure.
Dongha Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upcoding in medicare: where does it matter most?

open access: yesHealth Economics Review
Upcoding in Medicare has been a topic of interest to economists and policy makers for nearly 40 years. While upcoding is generally understood as “billing for services at higher level of complexity than the service actually pro- vided or documented,” it ...
Keith A. Joiner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population based resource allocation: The use of hybrid risk adjustment [PDF]

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The emphasis on integrated care implies new incentives that promote coordination between levels of care. Considering a population as a whole, the resource allocation system has to adapt to this environment.
José María Inoriza   +2 more
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Surgical Outcomes of Sequential Robot‐Assisted Hepatobiliary–Pancreatic Surgery in a Single Operating Room: A Single‐Center Retrospective Analysis of a High‐Volume Center in Japan (TAKUMI‐6)

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study investigated the surgical outcomes of sequential robot‐assisted hepatobiliary–pancreatic (HBP) in a single operating room. The outcomes and operating room timelines were comparable between the first and second cases. The median turnover time was 49 min, and the day‐shift completion success rate was 34.4%.
Tomokazu Fuji   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of new interactive patient-provider software improves patient satisfaction and outcomes—a retrospective single-center study

open access: yesArthroplasty Today, 2019
Background: While a number of studies have explored patient- and provider-related factors contributing to quality of care, few studies have explored the role of technology in improving quality and optimizing patient-provider communication.
Chukwuweike U. Gwam, MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An overview of consumer data and credit reporting [PDF]

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For some time, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has sought to obtain more detailed and timely information on the debt status, loan payment behavior, and overall credit quality of U.S. consumers.
Glenn B. Canner   +2 more
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