This work aims to contribute to the discussion about the possibility of applying health economic evaluations at local level government healthcare system, and consequently use the results of this study into decision making. In order to subside this reflexion, it was analyzed the SAMU/192 Program costs evaluation in the city of Belo Horizonte, as well as data concerning effectiveness of the progr...

In his article “Determination of VA Health Care Costs,” Barnett (2003 [this issue]) describes various methods available to estimate costs in the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. These methods include direct measurement, pseudo bills combining VA patient-level utilization data and non-VA cost lists, cost functions based on regression analysis using non-VA cost estimates, and averag...

introduction: implementation of hospital information system (his) depends on the complete organizational change in which most effective factors need to be considered. since the most important factor is human resources, training, survey, information and acceptance of the staff toward the his are also essential issues. we investigated the implementation of his in imam khomeini hospital. methods: ...

Eric K. clEmons is Professor of Operations and Information Management at the Wharton School of the university of Pennsylvania. his education includes an S.b. in Physics from MIt, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations research from cornell university. he has been a pioneer in the systematic study of the transformational effects of information on the strategy and practice of business. his research ...

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Systems Security Assessment Using Dual Hesitant Fuzzy Set Dejian Yu,1,∗ José M. Merigó,2,3 Yejun Xu4 1School of Information, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People’s Republic of China 2Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, M15 6PB Manchester, UK 3Department of Management Control and Information Systems, School of Economics and Business, U...

For several decades industrial economics in Michael Porter’s rendering has ruled business analysis in information systems. Have Internet technologies brought the demise of Industrial Economics as tool for information systems (IS) analyses? Examples of electronic exchanges indicate a break between business and information models. We critically assess Porter’s analysis of the Internet and exchang...

Many of the analyses undertaken by environmental and resource economics are intimately concerned with spatial variations. This article examines the contribution which Geographical Information Systems (GIS) may provide in incorporating the complexities of the spatial dimension within such analyses. The paper introduces the reader to the types of data handled by a GIS and overviews the practical ...