Journal: Health Care Management Science

Found 408 papers in total
The 7th IMA international conference on quantitative modelling in the management of health and social care: IMA health 2013 special issue
The 7th IMA international conference on quantitative modelling in the management of health and social care: IMA health 2013 special issue
2015,
Health and social care systems are facing major challenges worldwide, due in part to...
HIV epidemic control–a model for optimal allocation of prevention and treatment resources
HIV epidemic control–a model for optimal allocation of prevention and treatment resources
2014,
With 33 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide and...
The importance of extended high viremics in models of HIV spread in South Africa
The importance of extended high viremics in models of HIV spread in South Africa
2014,
Recent studies found a substantial fraction of ‘extended high viremics’...
Estimation of the efficiency of Japanese hospitals using a dynamic and network data envelopment analysis model
Estimation of the efficiency of Japanese hospitals using a dynamic and network data envelopment analysis model
2014,
The purpose of this study was to perform an interim evaluation of the policy effect of...
Efficiency determinants and capacity issues in Brazilian for-profit hospitals
Efficiency determinants and capacity issues in Brazilian for-profit hospitals
2014,
This paper reports on the use of different approaches for assessing efficiency of a...
A psychological approach to learning causal networks
A psychological approach to learning causal networks
2014,
We examine the role of a common cognitive heuristic in unsupervised learning of...
The impact of policy on hospital productivity: a time series analysis of Dutch hospitals
The impact of policy on hospital productivity: a time series analysis of Dutch hospitals
2014,
The health care industry, in particular the hospital industry, is under an increasing...
Intertemporal analysis of organizational productivity in residential aged care networks: scenario analyses for setting policy targets
Intertemporal analysis of organizational productivity in residential aged care networks: scenario analyses for setting policy targets
2014,
With an increasing ageing population, there is a growing concern about how the elderly...
Cost and technical efficiency of physician practices: a stochastic frontier approach using panel data
Cost and technical efficiency of physician practices: a stochastic frontier approach using panel data
2014,
This is the first study to use stochastic frontier analysis to estimate both the...
The impact of case mix on timely access to appointments in a primary care group practice
The impact of case mix on timely access to appointments in a primary care group practice
2013,
At the heart of the practice of primary care is the concept of a physician panel. A...
Tradeoffs in cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, and research
Tradeoffs in cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, and research
2013,
It is widely believed that the US health care system needs to transition from a...
Classifying highly imbalanced ICU data
Classifying highly imbalanced ICU data
2013,
Highly imbalanced data sets are those where the class of interest is rare. In this...
Hospital organization and performance: a directional distance function approach
Hospital organization and performance: a directional distance function approach
2013,
The present study considers the Italian healthcare system, investigating the aspects...
Physicians in leadership: the association between medical director involvement and staff‐to‐patient ratios
Physicians in leadership: the association between medical director involvement and staff‐to‐patient ratios
2013,
In a hospital environment that demands a careful balance between commercial and...
Tactical resource allocation and elective patient admission planning in care processes
Tactical resource allocation and elective patient admission planning in care processes
2013,
Tactical planning of resources in hospitals concerns elective patient admission...
Predicting 30‐day all‐cause hospital readmissions
Predicting 30‐day all‐cause hospital readmissions
2013,
Hospital readmission rate has been broadly accepted as a quality measure and cost...
Determining minimum staffing levels during snowstorms using an integrated simulation, regression, and reliability model
Determining minimum staffing levels during snowstorms using an integrated simulation, regression, and reliability model
2013,
Emergency medical services (EMS) provide life‐saving care and hospital...
Characteristics of service requests and service processes of fire and rescue service dispatch centers
Characteristics of service requests and service processes of fire and rescue service dispatch centers
2013,
A sufficient staffing level in fire and rescue dispatch centers is crucial for saving...
Theory of constraints for publicly funded health systems
Theory of constraints for publicly funded health systems
2013,
Originally developed in the context of publicly traded for‐profit companies,...
Technical efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals: an application of the two‐stage approach with double bootstrap
Technical efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals: an application of the two‐stage approach with double bootstrap
2013,
The Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Program has offered Medicare cost‐based...
A generic simulation model to assess the performance of sterilization services in health establishments
A generic simulation model to assess the performance of sterilization services in health establishments
2013,
The work presented here is with a view to improving performance of sterilization...
Evaluating service quality dimensions as antecedents to outpatient satisfaction using back propagation neural network
Evaluating service quality dimensions as antecedents to outpatient satisfaction using back propagation neural network
2013,
Nowadays the ability to provide outpatient services with exceptional quality is...
Admission and capacity planning for the implementation of one‐stop‐shop in skin cancer treatment using simulation‐based optimization
Admission and capacity planning for the implementation of one‐stop‐shop in skin cancer treatment using simulation‐based optimization
2013,
Hospitals and health care institutions are facing the challenge of improving the...
Changes in hospital efficiency after privatization
Changes in hospital efficiency after privatization
2012,
We investigated the effects of privatization on hospital efficiency in Germany. To do...
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