Journal: Health Care Management Science

Found 408 papers in total
Are physician and non-physician providers of outpatient mental healthcare substitutes or complements? a conceptual clarification
Are physician and non-physician providers of outpatient mental healthcare substitutes or complements? a conceptual clarification
2008,
Solving the health care consumers' (producers') utility maximization (cost...
Maximizing the effectiveness of a pediatric vaccine formulary while prohibiting extraimmunization
Maximizing the effectiveness of a pediatric vaccine formulary while prohibiting extraimmunization
2008,
The growing complexity of the United States Recommended Childhood Immunization...
The role of organizational factors in the adoption of healthcare information technology in Florida hospitals
The role of organizational factors in the adoption of healthcare information technology in Florida hospitals
2008,
This study examines whether specific organizational characteristics, such as hospital...
Using queuing theory to analyse the Government's 4-h completion time target in Accident and Emergency departments
Using queuing theory to analyse the Government's 4-h completion time target in Accident and Emergency departments
2008,
This paper uses a queuing model to evaluate completion times in Accident and Emergency...
Optimizing sterilization logistics in hospitals
Optimizing sterilization logistics in hospitals
2008,
This paper deals with the optimization of the flow of sterile instruments in hospitals...
Modelling of errors in databases
Modelling of errors in databases
2008,
A lot of time and energy are expended assembling national databases containing...
Stratified random sampling for estimating billing accuracy in health care systems
Stratified random sampling for estimating billing accuracy in health care systems
2008,
This paper presents a stratified random sampling plan for estimating accuracy of bill...
Understanding and reducing the medication delivery waste via systems mapping and analysis
Understanding and reducing the medication delivery waste via systems mapping and analysis
2008,
The enormous gaps in the knowledge required to understand medication errors and their...
Is more better? An analysis of hospital outcomes and efficiency with a DEA model of output congestion
Is more better? An analysis of hospital outcomes and efficiency with a DEA model of output congestion
2008,
This paper applies a new methodology to the study of hospital efficiency and quality...
Using the Statecharts paradigm for simulation of patient flow in surgical care
Using the Statecharts paradigm for simulation of patient flow in surgical care
2008,
Computer simulation of patient flow has been used extensively to assess the impacts of...
Requisite models for strategic commissioning: the example of type 1 diabetes
Requisite models for strategic commissioning: the example of type 1 diabetes
2008,
A developing emphasis of health care reforms has been creating organisations with...
Decomposing differences in acute myocardial infarction fatality in Italian regions
Decomposing differences in acute myocardial infarction fatality in Italian regions
2008,
The paper develops a general method for evaluating geographical differences in the...
A new approach to outliers in meta-analysis
A new approach to outliers in meta-analysis
2008,
The synthesis of evidence from trials and medical studies using meta-analysis is...
Air pollution and associated respiratory morbidity in Delhi
Air pollution and associated respiratory morbidity in Delhi
2008,
As a rapidly expanding centre of government, trade, commerce and industry, Delhi, the...
Managing an emergency department by analysing HIS medical data: a focus on elderly patient clinical pathways
Managing an emergency department by analysing HIS medical data: a focus on elderly patient clinical pathways
2008,
The objective of this paper is to present complementary views of the activity of the...
Improving the quality of the coding of primary diagnosis in standardized discharge summaries
Improving the quality of the coding of primary diagnosis in standardized discharge summaries
2008,
We propose to design and test an information-processing model to participate in...
Simultaneous trend analysis for evaluating outcomes in patient-centred health monitoring services
Simultaneous trend analysis for evaluating outcomes in patient-centred health monitoring services
2008,
The research aim underpinning the Healthcare@Home (HH) information system...
Modelling of Hampshire Adult Services – gearing up for future demands
Modelling of Hampshire Adult Services – gearing up for future demands
2008,
This paper describes a study to investigate future demand from older people for social...
Optimal inventory policy within hospital space constraints
Optimal inventory policy within hospital space constraints
2008,
The materials management group at any hospital is responsible for ensuring that their...
Waiting for liver transplantation in Canada: waitlist history 2000–2004 and sensitivity analysis for the future
Waiting for liver transplantation in Canada: waitlist history 2000–2004 and sensitivity analysis for the future
2008,
This study comprises a historical review of liver transplants performed in Canada...
Ultrasound waiting lists: rational queue or extended capacity? A study of the mechanisms and diverse realities underlying ultrasound waiting lists
Ultrasound waiting lists: rational queue or extended capacity? A study of the mechanisms and diverse realities underlying ultrasound waiting lists
2008,
The features and issues regarding clinical waiting lists in general and general...
Challenging the role of calibration, validation and sensitivity analysis in relation to models of health care processes
Challenging the role of calibration, validation and sensitivity analysis in relation to models of health care processes
2008,
Many applications of Operational Research in the context of health care involve...
Controlling the US health care system with policy wedges
Controlling the US health care system with policy wedges
2007,
Two state-space models, one for the US health care system and one for the US economy,...
Simulation tools for developing policies for complex systems: Modeling the health and safety of refugee communities
Simulation tools for developing policies for complex systems: Modeling the health and safety of refugee communities
2007,
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants estimated that there were over 33...
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