This article aimed to test the general hypothesis that guidelines create uniformity, or reduce variation, in medical practice. Medical practice variation has policy interest and is one of the reasons for developing guidelines. The development and implementation of guidelines was considered in the broader context of processes of rationalization. We focused on the influence of voluntary guideline...

OBJECTIVES The diffusion of cost-utility analyses (CUAs) through the medical literature was examined, documenting visible patterns and determining how they correspond with expectations about the diffusion of process innovations. METHODS This study used 539 CUAs from a registry. It includes data elements comprising year of publication, the research center in which the study was performed, the ...

In 2018, the Central Bureau of Statistics noted that pharmaceutical industry grew 7.36 percent and slowed by 5.59 during Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Fluctuations growth sector before encouraged increased competition concentration. This study examines concentration businesses listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange from first quarter 2018 to third The method used this is a quantitative approach with r...

Merger and acquisition (hereafter MA) are the business expansion strategy. Islamic bank is niche banking sector compared to its peers while it categorized as too small succeed. The paper aims analyze impact of MA on operational performance sector. This study employs empirical research methods, namely cross-sectional pooled regression panel data a set samples consisting 10 banks involved in from...

The unexpected pandemic eruption in March 2020, the European efforts to diminish gas house emissions, prolonged drought, higher inflation and war Ukraine clearly have had a strong impact on electricity price. In this paper, we analyze prices Romanian Day-Ahead Market (DAM) along with other variables (inflation, consumption traded volume of DAM) over last three half years an attempt understand i...

Title of thesis: INPATIENT MORTALITY IN EMERGENCY CARE: IS COMPETITION ALWAYS GOOD? Veronica Kwok, Master of Health Services Administration, 2014 Thesis directed by: Assistant Professor, Jie Chen Department of Health Services Administration The objective of this study was to measure the association between regional competition and emergency care outcomes. Competition was measured using the Herf...

OBJECTIVES To assess the association between market concentration of hospitals (as a proxy for competition) and patient-reported health gains after elective primary hip replacement surgery. METHODS Patient Reported Outcome Measures data linked to NHS Hospital Episode Statistics in England in 2011/12 were used to analyse the association between market concentration of hospitals measured by the...

BACKGROUND There are over 250 kidney transplant programs in the USA. OBJECTIVE To determine if highly competitive regions, defined as regions with a higher number of transplant centers, will approve and wait-list more end-stage renal disease (ESRD) candidates for transplant despite consistent incidence and prevalence of ESRD nationwide. METHODS ESRD Network and OPTN data completed in 2011 w...

OBJECTIVES We investigate how much state-to-state elderly migration patterns have changed during 1970-2000 and compare the findings from 2 commonly used sources of data, the census flow tabulations and the integrated public use microdata series (IPUMS). METHODS We calculate descriptive statistics such as migration rates, the distribution of top destination and origin states, and a new migrati...