This paper is the first to investigate both the technical and cost efficiency of more than 1500 German general hospitals. More specifically, it deals with the question how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure, and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs to nor outputs of the production process. The empirical results for the years from 2001 to 2003 indicate that...

This article describes an intensive, inpatient behavioral rehabilitation program for patients with schizophrenia who have been considered “treatment-refractory” at state hospitals. The program is a public–private partnership involving state and private hospitals and community residence providers. The essential elements of this program are described, along with the conceptual and philosophical b...

After the first acquaintance with internet in April 1993, number of internet users increased rapidly in Turkey. Almost half of the population between 16-74 age group use internet in the country. Hospitals are one of the areas where the internet is intensively being used like many other businesses. As a part of public relations application, websites are important tools for hospitals to reach a w...

The spatial distribution of urban service facilities is largely constrained by the road network. In this study, network point pattern analysis and correlation analysis were used to analyze the relationship between road network and healthcare facility distribution. The weighted network kernel density estimation method proposed in this study identifies significant differences between the outside ...

BACKGROUND The trust is meant the belief of the patient to the practitioner or the hospital based on the concept that the care provider seeks the best for the patient and will provide the suitable care and treatment for him/her. One of the main determinants of patient's trust is the service quality. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to examine the effect of quality of services provided in private h...

Generous health-insurance coverage may encourage hospitals to acquire and employ more advanced medical technologies. The authors examine the effects of Taiwan's 1995 implementation of National Health Insurance on technology adoption, ownership, and use by comparing changes in adoption, ownership, and use rates by private hospitals with changes by public nonteaching and public teaching hospitals...

Growing government support has been evident during the past decade for macro-level workforce planning to ensure that future populations have access to appropriate health care services. Population ageing is impacting on workforce requirements and on workforce supply within Australia and internationally. Changes in financing and the organisation of health services are impacting on the availabilit...

The concept of "psychiatric first aid" or early treatment psychiatry is not new. Such services have existed, in some measure, in various medical settings: general hospitals, private psychiatric practice, and psychiatric receiving hospitals. What is relatively new, however, is the idea of developing a service program with early treatment or immediate care as its central focus; in other words, to...

INTRODUCTION Turnover of physicians might be responsible for reducing patients' trust and affecting hospital performance. This study aimed to understand physicians' psychological status regarding their hospital work environment and the resources of independent practitioners. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study with 774 physicians who had resigned from hospitals and were now practicing pri...