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Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the quality of hospital services as perceived by patients in terms of … patient satisfaction with services. Design/Methodology/Approach: A conceptual framework of quality of hospital services … conducted in a public regional hospital. Findings: Five (5) quality dimensions (5Qs) have found having a significant impact on …
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Narrow hospital networks have proliferated in health systems with managed care. We investigate the causal effect of …-network insurers reduce mortality because they steer patients to higher-quality providers and reduce hospital congestion. Results imply …
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Upcoding in Medicare has been a topic of interest to economists and policy makers for nearly 40 years. While upcoding is generally understood as "billing for services at higher level of complexity than the service actually pro- vided or documented," it has a wide range of definitions within the...
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Background Obstetric fistula is incident and prevalent in low-income countries. Globally, about 100,000 women develop fistula annually. In Mozambique, more than 2,000 fistulas are reported annually. A national strategy to com- bat obstetric fistula has been implemented in Mozambique from...
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We investigate the factors that influence the variance in hospital charges and inpatient care for kidney transplant … cases in the US. Using the AHRQ's (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) HCUP's (Hospital Cost and Utilization Project …) NIS (National Inpatient Sample) database, we find that variance in hospital charges and inpatient care is driven by …
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