Key findings. (1) In 1997, the amount California hospitals billed uninsured patients was more than twice the amount hospitals received from Medicare for the same services. By 2010, billed charges had grown to be five times what Medicare paid, which trans­lated into a gap of more than $10,000 per day in the hospital. (2) Five years after the passage of the state's Hospital Fair Pricing Act, most...

relationship between performance indicators and hospital evaluation score at hospitals affiliated to urmia university of medical sciences     sadeghifar j [1] , ashrafrezaee n [2] , hamouzadeh p* [3] , [4] , taghavi shahri sm [5] , shams l [6]    received: 19 feb, 2011 accepted: 20 june, 2011  abstract   background & aims: hospitals have a key role in providing health services as the main eleme...

Strengthening the information support for decision making has been identified as an important first step toward improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and equitability of the health care system in the Philippines. A Philippine-German Cooperation is in partnership toward developing a need-responsive and cost-effective Health and Management Information System (HAMIS). Four information baskets a...

INTRODUCTION The recent global economic crisis is pushing governments worldwide to obtain a more explicit and urgent rationing of resources. The purpose of this study is to provide, through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a methodological framework useful for investigating technical efficiency of hospital care. METHODS To validate such framework, we compared 50 Italian public hospital trusts...

introduction : confirmation of proper endotracheal tube placement is one of the most important and lifesaving issues of tracheal intubation. the present study was aimed to evaluate the accuracy of tracheal ultrasonography by emergency residents in this regard.   method : this was a prospective, cross sectional study for evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in endotracheal tube ...

background: with regard to novel plans in the health sector, including “health sector evolution” and changes of hospitals’ issues, change and innovation skills are considered essential for hospital administrators. this study aimed to determine the relationship between management style and change and innovation skills of administrators in teaching hospitals of shiraz university of medical scienc...

background and objectives: outsourcing healthcare and the associated services has proven as an effective strategy for enhancing hospital performance and improving quality of services. despite, the concept is relatively new in iran, calling for studies investigating different aspects of the issue and its potential benefits. thus, this study was conducted to explore the impact of outsourcing mana...

conclusions the dimensions and variables affecting the surveyors’ management were identified and classified on the basis of existing scientific methods in the form of a conceptual framework. using the results of this study, it would certainly be possible to take a great step toward enhancing the reliability of surveys and the quality and safety of services, while effectively managing accreditat...