In COVID-19 times, the healthcare system needs more financial and other resources for covering all necessary medical products and services. On the other hand, we have observed pressure on the effectiveness and optimisation of resources in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Digitalisation...

Healthcare payment systems influence to a great extent the hospitals' investment decision and thereby, their ability to treat patients. A payment system is optimal provided it incentivises hospitals to undertake an investment level that is appropriate, when considering treatment costs, patients'...

Background A good health care system and, especially, the provision of efcient hospital care are the goals of national and regional health policies. However, the scope of general hospital care in the 16 federal states in Germany varies considerably from region to region. The objectives of this...

This study proposes a conceptual model that simultaneously involves five factors of Knowledge Management (KM) and six factors of Hospital Performance (HP), in their respective constructs. The significance of this model is that it has logically linked the constructs of both KM and HP. Exploratory...

As global events impact the way organizations operate and innovate in response to regional, workforce and consumer needs, the concept of intrapreneurism is attracting growing interest from policymakers and executives, particularly within the healthcare sector. The aim of this study was to...

Patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) are at high risk for post-discharge events. Although transition from intravenous to oral diuretic therapy for 24 hours is commonly practiced to reduce post-discharge risk, evidence supporting this strategy is limited. We investigated the impact of...

This concept sets out the mechanisms designed to re-engineer seismic analysis. This concept is designed to explain the need for a new self-based trust code to provide a broad range of constructive behaviours. The concept also aims to feed the structure to meet the needs of the current principles...

Employing longitudinal data on U.S. hospitality franchisors for the decade 1995 to 2005, my findings suggest that these chains continuously involve in two different knowledge transfer processes, first while transferring their knowledge to company owned and operated units and then while...

The Indian women, today have ventured beyond the traditional roles of wife and mother and have sought employment and career outside their homes, and are actively participating in the economic and social development of the nation (Liddle& Joshi, 1986). Economic, social and political development...

Intensive Care Units (ICUs) play a vital role in hospitals and they often have capacity strain. Using data from a major teaching hospital, we empirically examine the effect of ICU capacity strain on patient discharge. Our data has a dynamic measure of patient health status, allowing us to study...

Motivated by the problems of imbalance between the supply of and demand for the different levels of hospitals in a hierarchical healthcare system, we propose two contract mechanisms: patient subsidy and capacity investment. Under the patient subsidy scheme, each patient who chooses the primary...

We investigate how distance from heath centres affects service utilisation for women and children. Relying on five rounds of recent nationally representative demographic and health survey data from Bangladesh, our logistic regression analyses reveal that proximity to health centres barely...

This study aims to investigate the levels of emotional intelligence for managers in public and private hospitals in Jordan for the purpose of identifying the relative practice of emotional intelligence dimensions by managers in each sector. The research will also look into the differences (gaps)...

Purpose: This study examined whether nonprofit hospitals reflect social roles as well as values and satisfy their financial responsibilities compared with for-profit hospitals. Design/methodology/approach: Using panel data from the Hospital Financial and Utilization Information Data System in...

Background: How competition afects the quality of care is still not well understood empirically because of limited and mixed results. This study examined whether competition leads to higher or lower quality health outcomes in Ghana. Methods: We used administrative claims data of hypertension...

In recent decades, hospitality has become one of the largest, fastest growing and most dynamic industrial sectors. It is an industry that includes many complementary businesses from many different fields. The impact of new technologies has played a fundamental role in the growth of the entire...

Background Managing type 2 diabetes represents a major public health concern due to its important and increasing prevalence. Our study investigates the impact of taking incretin-based medication on the risk of being hospitalized and the length of hospital stay for individuals with type 2...

In COVID-19 times, the healthcare system needs more financial and other resources for covering all necessary medical products and services. On the other hand, we have observed pressure on the effectiveness and optimisation of resources in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Digitalisation...

We investigated the role of spillover effects among hospitals in the diffusion of drug‐eluting stents (DES) in Germany and Italy during a period in which the relevant medical guideline clearly recommended their use over bare‐metal stents. We used administrative data of hospitalized patients...

Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services, inadequate and uneven dementia management remains...

Information problems in health care and the multifaceted nature of hospital quality complicate hospital choice. Online reviews provide an accessible, salient means through which researchers and health care decision-makers can gather information about a hospital's quality of care, and given their...