Assessing Hospital Productivity

Assessing physician productivity following Norwegian hospital reform: A panel and data envelopment analysis.

BACKGROUND Although health care reforms may improve efficiency at the macro level, less is known regarding their effects on the utilization of health care personnel. Following the 2002 Norwegian hospital reform, we studied the productivity of the physician workforce and the effect of personnel mix on this measure in all nineteen Norwegian hospitals from 2001 to 2013. METHODS We used panel ana...

Assessing Hospital Cooperation Laws

[Hospital productivity in the light of hospital indicators].

Of all the facilities that are utilized by the health area in order to provide care, hospitals are certainly the most favorite whether of the population or of health professionals. This is due to the amenities and security offered by the concentration of human and technological resources. However, this means high costs that should be diluted by increases in productivity and quality. Thus qualit...

Improving the productivity of hospital wards

A program called Releasing Time to Care: The Productive Ward has been introduced into 62 public hospital wards in 10 of the 20 District Health Board regions. The program, which was developed in the NHS in England, takes a patientcentered approach to improving the quality of care on acute care nursing units by freeing up caregivers' time for more direct patient care. It gives frontline staff the...

Analyzing Hospital Bed Productivity Using an Innovative Indicator

Background and Aim: Hospital bed productivity is crucial for efficient management. In this study, the capacity of hospital beds in Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan was evaluated using an innovative indicator. Methods: The present study was performed by a descriptive method in 2018. Using the statistical data of Al-Zahra Hospital, field survey, review of the official license of the hospital and putt...