from a number of DVT services in the UK, we developed a DST combining discrete event simulation (DES) for DVT pathways and … with data from the literature, local datasets from DVT services, and interviews conducted with DVT specialists. The tool … was validated and verifed by various stakeholders and two policies, namely shifting more patients to community services …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of different dissemination channels on the awareness and usage of hospital …: Overall, 68% of respondents recalled hospital performance reports and 21% used them for referral decisions. Physicians from … presentation formats were rated more helpful than detailed hospital quality information. Conclusions: Hospital quality reports have …

interdependence of ambulatory and hospital services is far from homogeneous. The relationship depends, on the one hand, on the …For some considerable time now the interface between ambulatory and hospital care has been mooted as a cause of … model which allows the numbers of ambulatory and hospital cases to be mutually interdependent, we examine the connection …

of challenges for health care services to make sure that medical services are tailored to the trajectory of the disease … are several ways of assessing the demand for long-term care services. The method recommended by the author and presented …

-profit private hospitals the production of healthcare services to specific patients that are publicly insured is a traditional … varies depending on hospital size and type (hospital specialization), the advantage being more relevant for general hospitals … and particularly for hospital with at least 50 beds. Conclusions: Commissioning with the NHS is a promising source of …

ambulance for the simulation of the outpatient care. For inpatient care the model considers the total-costs of the …. Results: The developed simulation model allows comparing health and cost outcomes of different integrated care concepts for … the treatment of heart failure patients. Additionally to the simulation of standard outpatient and inpatient care …

method to examine the effect of competition, measured as an increase in district doctorto-population ratio on hospital …-level ambulatory care sensitive condition hospitalization and in-hospital death rates. Results: Overall, we found that an increase in … patients are hospitalized, and the risk of in-hospital deaths decreases. This result is robust to analyses at the individual …

procedures and services, 2) the payments of consumers, and 3) the premium of health insurance plans bonding with hospital … laboratory and imaging tests except for ofce-visit services. Hospital quality transparency declined the level or growth rates of … quality transparency tools in the hospital industry in the last two decades. Objective : The objective of this review is to …