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Mit maerkischen Innovationen die ambulante Versorgung gestalten

Helming, Hans-Joachim - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 3, pp. 282-292

, the practicing physicians tend to be older and young doctors are becoming less willing to settle in their own surgery. To … cope with these challenges the Regional Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Brandenburg …

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Aerztemangel im laendlichen Raum – Neue Anreizstrukturen und innovative Versorgungsmodelle als Ausweg? Zur Bedeutung einer patientenorientierten Steuerung

Zerth, Jürgen - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 3, pp. 269-281

In Germany there is an ongoing debate on the adequate distribution of physicians that are obliged to guarantee the …. From a health economics point of view it has to be discussed which role physicians have to play within different forms of … organizing care and cure. In the paper, a standardized utility function that depicts physicians’ interest helps to figure out the …

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Rahmenbedingungen fuer eine effektive Versorgungssteuerung in Stadt und Land

Greß, Stefan; Stegmüller, Klaus - In: Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 3, pp. 259-268

General practitioner (GP) care in Germany is characterized by a disparate distribution of GPs. There is considerable oversupply in many urban areas while there is undersupply in many rural regions. Centralized planning of GP capacities so far has not been able to ameliorate this unequal...

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Competition in Health Care Markets

Gaynor, Martin; Town, Robert J - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2012

review the large empirical literature on the strategic determination of hospital prices through the lens of this model …

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The Challenge of Obtaining Quality Care: Limited Consumer Sovereignty in Human Services

Eika, Kari - In: Feminist Economics 15 (2009) 1, pp. 113-137

This paper offers a conceptual analysis of the problem of quality in human services: in elementary school, psychiatric care, and the health and social care of children, the elderly, and the intellectually disabled. Geriatric nursing home patients are used as a case. These care recipients cannot...

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Gajria, Kavita; Kosinski, Mark; Schein, Jeff; Kavanagh, … - In: The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 1 (2008) 3, pp. 223-238

Background: Chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain impacts health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). Objective: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate and compare HR-QOL outcomes following treatment with once-daily push-pull Osmotic controlled-Release Oral delivery System (OROS) hydromorphone...

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Obesity and Symptom Burden in Family Medicine Patients

Rohrer, James E.; Rasmussen, Norman H.; Houston, Margaret S. - In: The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 1 (2008) 3, pp. 165-172

Background: Medical visits are initiated by patients in search of symptom relief. The extent to which obesity independently increases the risk of common symptoms is unknown. Objectives: To assess how obesity affects symptom burden among family medicine patients, after adjustment for severity of...

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Erik Rifkin, PhD: Writer, Researcher, Patient, and Citizen Advocate

Chang, Jennifer - In: The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 1 (2008) 3, pp. 147-150

DOI: 10.2165/1312067-200801030-00001

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Concordance of Couples' Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations from a Decision Analysis

Cantor, Scott B.; Volk, Robert J.; Krahn, Murray D.; … - In: The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 1 (2008) 1, pp. 11-19

Objective: To determine whether different utilities for prostate cancer screening outcomes for couples, and husbands and wives separately, lead to incongruent screening recommendations. Methods: We evaluated survey results of 168 married couples from three family practice centers in Texas, USA....

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Understanding and Assessing the Impact of Alcoholism on Quality of Life: A Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Instruments Used to Assess Health-Related Quality of Life in Alcoholism

Reaney, Matthew D.; Martin, Colin; Speight, Jane - In: The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 1 (2008) 3, pp. 151-163

Alcoholism has the potential to impact on the quality of life (QOL) of an `alcoholic,' their family, and friends in both the short and long term. Consequently, increasing significance has been placed on understanding health issues from the patient's perspective, evaluating the patient's...

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