Journal: Health Care Management Science

Found 408 papers in total
An optimal decision making model for supporting week hospital management
An optimal decision making model for supporting week hospital management
2011,
Week Hospital is an innovative inpatient health care organization and management, by...
A model for allocating CDC’s HIV prevention resources in the United States
A model for allocating CDC’s HIV prevention resources in the United States
2011,
The Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) at the Centers for Disease Control and...
Pharma rebates, pharmacy benefit managers and employer outcomes
Pharma rebates, pharmacy benefit managers and employer outcomes
2010,
Corporate employers contract with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with the goals of...
Using simulation-optimization to construct screening strategies for cervical cancer
Using simulation-optimization to construct screening strategies for cervical cancer
2010,
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Cervical...
Does substituting home care for institutional care lead to a reduction in Medicaid expenditures?
Does substituting home care for institutional care lead to a reduction in Medicaid expenditures?
2010,
In 1981 Congress introduced Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers in an...
Measuring cost efficiency in the Nordic Hospitals–a cross-sectional comparison of public hospitals in 2002
Measuring cost efficiency in the Nordic Hospitals–a cross-sectional comparison of public hospitals in 2002
2010,
The aim of this study was to compare the performance of hospital care in four Nordic...
A game-theoretic framework for estimating a health purchaser’s willingness-to-pay for health and for expansion
A game-theoretic framework for estimating a health purchaser’s willingness-to-pay for health and for expansion
2010,
A health purchaser’s willingness-to-pay (WTP) for health is defined as the...
Explaining the efficiency of local health departments in the U.S.: an exploratory analysis
Explaining the efficiency of local health departments in the U.S.: an exploratory analysis
2010,
No study to date has analyzed the efficiency at which local health departments (LHDs)...
Exact and approximate probability distributions of evidence-based bundle composite compliance measures
Exact and approximate probability distributions of evidence-based bundle composite compliance measures
2010,
Several studies recently have indicated that compliance with the medical evidence base...
Risk-adjusted number-between failures charting procedures for monitoring a patient care process for acute myocardial infarctions
Risk-adjusted number-between failures charting procedures for monitoring a patient care process for acute myocardial infarctions
2010,
Risk-adjusted charts for monitoring a surgical or patient care process have recently...
Money for nothing?
Money for nothing?
2010,
One of the stages of medical training is the residency programme. Hosting institutions...
Planning and scheduling of semi-urgent surgeries
Planning and scheduling of semi-urgent surgeries
2010,
This paper investigates the trade-off between cancellations of elective surgeries due...
Length of stay and imminent discharge probability distributions from multistage models: variation by diagnosis, severity of illness, and hospital
Length of stay and imminent discharge probability distributions from multistage models: variation by diagnosis, severity of illness, and hospital
2010,
Multistage models have been effective at describing length of stay (LOS) distributions...
Environmental factors and productivity on Dutch hospitals: a semi-parametric approach
Environmental factors and productivity on Dutch hospitals: a semi-parametric approach
2010,
This paper describes the efficiency of Dutch hospitals using the method of Data...
Reducing access times for an endoscopy department by an iterative combination of computer simulation and Linear Programming
Reducing access times for an endoscopy department by an iterative combination of computer simulation and Linear Programming
2010,
To reduce the access times of an endoscopy department, we developed an iterative...
How different are hospitals' responses to a financial reform? The impact on efficiency of activity-based financing
How different are hospitals' responses to a financial reform? The impact on efficiency of activity-based financing
2010,
For policy-makers the heterogeneity of hospital response to reforms is of crucial...
Automating the self-scheduling process of nurses in Swedish healthcare: a pilot study
Automating the self-scheduling process of nurses in Swedish healthcare: a pilot study
2010,
Hospital wards need to be staffed by nurses round the clock, resulting in irregular...
Pricing strategies for combination pediatric vaccines and their impact on revenue: Pediarix® or Pentacel®?
Pricing strategies for combination pediatric vaccines and their impact on revenue: Pediarix® or Pentacel®?
2010,
This paper analyzes pricing strategies for pediatric combination vaccines and their...
Reporting trends in a regional medication error data-sharing system
Reporting trends in a regional medication error data-sharing system
2010,
Inter-organizational systems for sharing data about medication errors have emerged as...
Adjusting case mix payment amounts for inaccurately reported comorbidity data
Adjusting case mix payment amounts for inaccurately reported comorbidity data
2010,
Case mix methods such as diagnosis related groups have become a basis of payment for...
The impact of CON (certificate of need) regulation on hospital efficiency
The impact of CON (certificate of need) regulation on hospital efficiency
2010,
In this paper we propose an empirically implementable measure of aggregate-level...
The impact of TennCare on hospital efficiency
The impact of TennCare on hospital efficiency
2009,
This study measures the effect of TennCare, a Medicaid managed care reform initiated...
The timing of adoption of positron emission tomography: a real options approach
The timing of adoption of positron emission tomography: a real options approach
2009,
This paper presents the economic evaluation from a hospital's perspective of the...
Accommodating individual preferences in nurse scheduling via auctions and optimization
Accommodating individual preferences in nurse scheduling via auctions and optimization
2009,
This paper describes a two-stage approach to nurse scheduling that considers both...
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