1 Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Medical Technology Assessment, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3 Department of Health Organisation, Policy, and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 4 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology, University Hospital Maast...

Introduction The thinking behind DRGs contains not only clinical concepts but also ideas drawn from health economics and statistics (particularly sampling theory). One example of the influence of economics is the literature on DRGs in reimbursement systems. DRGs are generally placed between fee for service and risk -adjusted capitation. An example of the influence of statistics is the assumptio...

BACKGROUND Health care beliefs can have an effect on the efficiency and effectiveness of nursing practices. Nevertheless, how belief systems impact on the economic performance of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses is not known. This study aimed to explore the ICU nurses' beliefs and their effect on nurse's practices and behavior patterns regarding the health economics. METHODS In this study, a ...

This paper examines critically the contributions of Cournot, Jevons and Walras as the founders of classical mathematical economics from a methodological standpoint. Advances in different economic schools and doctrines in the 19th century produced an environment of multi-dimensionality in economic analysis which was regarded by the pioneers of classical mathematical economists as a chaotic state...

disorders. Ataru Inagaki, MD, PhD1, Yuki Nishimura, MSc2, Hiroyuki Otsuka, MA2, Hiroyuki Hirakawa, MD2, Kunitoshi Hatou, MD2, Yukihisa Kubota, MD3, Yoichiro Watanabe, MD3, Kazuhisa Miki, MD3, Yo Endoh BPharm4 1. Aoyama Gakuin University, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication 2. Japanese Association of Mental Health Services 3. Japanese Association of Neuro-Psychiatric Cl...

a Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Klinik, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. b Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy c Department of Economics and Statistics, Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin, Torino, Italy d Department of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria e Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological...

The "concept of the co-operative identity" (consisting from the definition, aims and functions of cooperatives and the so-termed co-operative principles) serves as a general theoretical background for the economic analysis of agricultural co-operation. The development of Dutch dairy co-operatives is used as a case study example, which suitably illustrates and represents the processes taking pla...

This paper examines the stock price effect in New Zealand of announcements of increases in dividends and of share repurchases from 1993 to 2009. The results are related to the soft substitution hypothesis on Australian data. Dividend-increase announcements provoke a greater positive effect on the stock price than buyback announcements. The preference of the marginal investor is also examined wh...