Background: Based upon the assumption that GPs utility as a function of income and leisure it has been suggested that GPs serving complex patients will face lower utility in mixed remuneration systems. The income effect in this model is ambiguous but is has been shown, with Danish data, that...

The Danish hospital sector is facing a major restructuring over the coming decade that will involve hospital mergers and closures as well as construction of new hospitals. There is a clear trend towards fewer and larger hospitals. The evidence for economies of scale and scope underpinning these...

Much research in health economics revolves around the analysis of hierarchically structured data. For instance, combining characteristics of patients with information pertaining to the general practice (GP) clinic providing treatment is called for in order to investigate important features of...

The aim of this article is to explore how different quality dimensions (safety, aesthetics, ethics and rooted ness) are created in food networks; how these qualities are transferred until the consumers; and how this process is supported by the organisation of the food network. Our postulate is...

In a period where decentralisation seemed to be the prominent trend, Norway in 2002 chose to re-centralise the hospital sector. The reform had three main aims; cost control, efficiency and reduced waiting times. This study investigates whether the hospital reform has improved hospital...

Objectives: This study investigates cost and quality implications of pushing regular monitoring of moderateseverity type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients away from specialized hospital clinics into general practice (GP). Methods: 152,630 hospital- and 21,361 GP-monitored T2D patients with moderate...

Objectives: To study and compare the longitudinal and cross-sectional relationship between nurse hours perpatient day and patient outcomes (30‐day mortality and length of stay [LOS]). Data source: Retrospective administrative register data (2015-2017) with all hospital admissions, LOS,...