"Management practices within the healthcare sector are shaped by a multitude of professional, social, political and technical factors. This Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management provides insights and definitions on essential themes that clarify complexity and specificity of leading within...

The economic and demographical development in Europe in the last few decades has led to increased pressure on effectiveness in the healthcare industry. The growing importance of performance management in this industry resulted in agreater focus on management accounting practices capable of...

The economic and demographical development in Europe in the last few decades has led to increased pressure on effectiveness in the healthcare industry. The growing importance of performance management in this industry resulted in agreater focus on management accounting practices capable of...

This study examines variations in efficiency among hospitals located in western and southern Ukraine. We estimated efficiency using a nonparemetric modeling technique known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). DEA is a very powerful tool to compare relative efficiency among several economic units...

This study examines variations in efficiency among hospitals located in western and southern Ukraine. We estimated efficiency using a nonparemetric modeling technique known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). DEA is a very powerful tool to compare relative efficiency among several economic units...

This paper analyses migrant access to health care through the Italian legal framework and the use of health care services. In both analyses, an underlying gap and critical issues are demonstrated for migrants regarding their knowledge of the health care system as well as the accessibility and...