Journal: Health Care Management Science

Found 408 papers in total
Cost assessment and price setting of inpatient care in the Netherlands. The DBC case-mix system
2006,
In February 2005, a case-mix system based on ‘diagnosis treatment...
Accounting and reimbursement schemes for inpatient care in France
2006,
The new French case-mix system of hospital payment was adopted in 2004 for public...
When do people visit a doctor?
2006,
We examine the length of time between when an individual feels sick and when he/she...
Modelling the redistribution of hospital supply to achieve equity taking account of patient's behaviour
2006,
Policies that seek to achieve geographic equity in countries with a National Health...
Stochastic bed balancing of an obstetrics hospital
2006,
Health care is one of the largest industries in the developed world and the top...
Designing appointment scheduling systems for ambulatory care services
2006,
The current climate in the health care industry demands efficiency and patient...
Determinants of hospital loss in Thailand: experience from the first year of a universal coverage health insurance program
2006,
The objective of this study was to examine determinants of hospital loss in Thailand....
Incremental changes in the workforce to accommodate changes in demand
2006,
In many service organizations, rosters must be constructed weekly or monthly as demand...
Impact of surgical sequencing on post anesthesia care unit staffing
2006,
This paper analyzes the impact of sequencing rules on the phase I post anesthesia care...
A note on health care productivity with uncertain data
2006,
The present paper suggests extending the free-disposable-hull method, known from the...
Analysis and implications of the determinants of healthcare expenditure in African countries
2005,
The income elasticity of health care spending in the OECD countries tends toward...
The effect of social mixing controls on the spread of smallpox – a two-level model
2005,
Responding to a possible bioterror attack of smallpox has become a major concern to...
Methods for understanding super-efficient data envelopment analysis results with an application to hospital inpatient surgery
2005,
We compare two techniques for increasing the transparency and face validity of Data...
Transitions between care provisions demanded by Dutch elderly
2005,
We follow people who are considered eligible for an elderly care provision. Through...
Short-term nurse scheduling in response to daily fluctuations in supply and demand
2005,
Hourly changes in patient census and acuity require hospitals to update their staffing...
Modelling variability in hospital bed occupancy
2005,
A stochastic version of the Harrison–Millard multistage model of the flow of...
Determinants of dental service utilization among adults – the case of Finland
2005,
We examine the determinants of utilization of dentists' services and especially the...
Model-based evaluation of diabetic foot prevention strategies in Austria
2005,
Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 171 million individuals worldwide. The costs...
An agenda for healthcare and information simulation
2005,
With healthcare systems around the world undergoing redesign and refocusing on...
Monitoring clinical performance: The role of software architecture
2005,
Methods of assessing and monitoring the peformance of clinicians have received a lot...
Modelling outpatient capacity for a diagnosis and treatment centre
2005,
When health service managers in Nottingham planned to move much of their outpatient...
Length of stay-based patient flow models: Recent developments and future directions
2005,
Modelling patient flow in health care systems is vital in understanding the system...
Choice of models for the analysis and forecasting of hospital beds
2005,
There is a growing concern that current health care services are not sustainable. The...
Transient probabilities for queues with applications to hospital waiting list management
2005,
In this paper we study queueing systems with the NHS. Recently imposed government...
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