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Are long hospitalizations substituting primary and long-term care? : evidence from Brazil and Mexico

Aranco, Natalia; Bauhoff, Sebastian; Schwarz, Natalie; … - 2024

Prolonged hospital stays, or hospital stays that are longer than medically necessary, are a major concern for patients, payers, and providers. We conceptualize and empirically estimate the prevalence and cost of prolonged stays among elderly hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and...

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A genetic algorithm for cost optimization in queueing models of machining systems with multiple working vacation and generalized triadic policy

Chahal, Parmeet Kaur; Kumar, Kamlesh - In: Decision analytics journal 10 (2024), pp. 1-14

This study presents a generalized approach for implementing the Triadic control policy in queueing modeling of a redundant machining system with multiple servers. The machining system further integrates a policy for servers that allows for multiple working vacations. The fluctuation of active...

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Discrete-time analysis of levelled order release and staffing in order picking systems

Mohring, Uta; Baumann, Marion; Furmans, Kai - In: Logistics research 13 (2020) 1/9, pp. 1-20

a discrete-time analytical model and to develop a staffing algorithm determining the required workforce level in an … order picking system. Furthermore, the staffing algorithm determines the workforce level which is required to guarantee a …

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Organizational resilience process : integrated model of safety culture

Hafeez, Hira; Abdullah, Muhammad Ibrahim; Zaheer, … - In: Organization management journal : official journal of … 19 (2022) 1, pp. 2-21

and trips accounted for 40% of workplace injuries in nursing professionals. To identity, the data were collected through … structured surveys from nursing professionals of public and private hospitals in Pakistan. To evaluate that data for current …-based approach to nursing practitioners and nursing managers with implications for nurse’s safety, education and training …

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Health economic evaluation of digital nursing technologies : a review of methodological recommendations

Huter, Kai; Krick, Tobias; Rothgang, Heinz - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

Background: Health economic evaluation of digital nursing technologies (DNT) is important to provide information that … innovative (digital) technologies in health and nursing, this article aims to identify specific challenges in this research area … efficiency of DNT. Conclusion: Many of the challenges identified for the health economic evaluations of digital nursing …

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The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?

Glewwe, Paul; King, Elizabeth M. - In: The World Bank Economic Review 15 (2001) 1, pp. 81-113

This article uses longitudinal data from the Philippines to examine whether the timing of malnutrition in early childhood is a critical factor in determining subsequent cognitive development. Although some observers have argued that the first six months of life are the most critical in the sense...

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Exploring the changes and challenges of COVID-19 in adult safeguarding practice: qualitative findings from a mixed-methods project

Pritchard-Jones, Laura; Mehmi, Monique; … - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 24 (2022) 3/4, pp. 132-148

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a mixed-methods study on the impact that COVID-19 has had on adult safeguarding. The research sought to explore the challenges and opportunities presented by COVID-19 to both frontline and non-frontline professionals working in adult...

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Lobbying in the Virtual World: Perceptions in the Nonprofit Sector

Miller-Stevens, Katrina; Gable, Matthew J. - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 4 (2013) 1, pp. 47-63

Abstract Electronic lobbying efforts have become an essential, yet profoundly underutilized strategy of nonprofit organizations to advance the representation of the underserved in policymaking. Through a survey and interviews of leaders and staff members in state nonprofit associations that are...

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Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits and Philanthropic Foundations

Brown, Heath - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 5 (2013) 1, pp. 85-110

Abstract Immigrant-serving nonprofit organizations registered and mobilized thousands of new voters in 2012. These efforts were abetted by philanthropic foundation which, since the early 2000s, have prioritized immigration policy and immigrant issues. Other foundations, hostile to illegal...

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An Interview with Robert K. Ross, M.D.

Ferris, James M. - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 4 (2013) 1, pp. 105-114

Abstract Robert Ross, the President and CEO of The California Endowment, reflects on foundations choices for public policy and systems change, the involvement of The California Endowment in efforts to expand health care access through the Affordable Care Act, and the foundation’s 10-year...

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