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Evaluating hospital policy and performance (Record no. 471)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781849505772 (electronic bk.) :
Terms of availability £74.95 ; €105.95 ; $120.00
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Original cataloging agency UtOrBLW
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Classification number RA963
Item number .E93 2007
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Subject category code KC
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Subject category code ECO
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Subject category code MED035000
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080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number 614.2
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 362.11
Edition number 22
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Evaluating hospital policy and performance
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title contributions from hospital policy and productivity research /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Jos L.T. Blank, Vivian G. Valdmanis.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Bingley, U.K. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Emerald,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2007.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (xvii, 250 p.).
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Advances in health economics and health services research,
International Standard Serial Number 0731-2199 ;
Volume number/sequential designation v. 18
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General note Includes index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The impact of ownership on the cost-efficiency of U.S. hospitals / Ryan L. Mutter, Michael D. Rosko -- Measuring and decomposing productivity change : the basics / Bert M. Balk -- Competition and market concentration / Nazmi Sari -- Efficiency and productivity changes in large urban hospitals 1994-2002 : ownership, markets, and the uninsured / Gary D. Ferrier, Vivian G. Valdmanis -- Benchmarking Finnish hospitals / Miika Linna, Unto Häkkinen -- Efficiency in government-funded health care services : the use of non-health sector mechanisms to encourage efficiency / Abby L. Bloom -- Evaluating health care efficiency / Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Mats Lundström, Pontus Roos -- Efficiency in hospital industry : summary and conclusions / Jos L.T. Blank, Vivian G. Valdmanis -- Productivity in hospital industry / Jos L.T. Blank, Vivian G. Valdmanis -- Measuring hospital services / James F. Burgess, Jr. -- Hospital consolidation and integration activity in the United States / Gloria J. Bazzoli -- Organizational structure and productive efficiency of non-profit hospitals / Ila Semenick Alam, Gerald Granderson -- Innovations and productivity : an empirical investigation in Dutch hospital industry / Jos L.T. Blank -- Preface / Jos L.T. Blank, Vivian G. Valdmanis.
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Summary, etc Hospitals worldwide command the majority of any countries health care budget. Reasons for these higher costs include the aging of the population requiring more intensive health care treatments provided in hospitals, the relatively high costs of labor in this labor intensive industry and payment systems that may encourage inefficient behavior on the part of hospital managers and physicians. Governments are seeking to instruments to mitigate this cost rise. Liberalizing hospital markets, deregulation, changing budget systems and changing ownership are only a few examples of attempts to make hospitals more efficient. Hospital industry responds in various ways to changing market conditions and legislation. In most western hospital markets we observe hospital consolidation, acquisitions, mergers and the founding of several types of network and hospital associations. The question is whether this trend also contributes to more efficiency.In this volume a number of outstanding internationally known scholars in the field of productivity measurement and health economics provide the reader with an excellent insight in the complexity of the issue. They explain that there is no straightforward panacea or recipe for the issues addressed. It is shown that the composition of the demand for care, the economic context, environmental and geographical conditions affect the outcomes. Policymakers should therefore take these nuances into account. A policy of increasing productivity starts with knowledge and insights in the complexity of the issue. The book therefore advocates the development of a strategy of collecting relevant data and conducting academic research that meet the standard of the state of the art.The book provides two illustrative examples of such a strategy in Finland and Australia. The authors have avoided as much as possible the technical jargon and complex mathematics and statistics involved in this research area. Therefore the book is par excellence suitable for policymakers and hospital managers, as well as for graduate students of health economics and health administration. It avoids, as much as possible, technical jargon and complex mathematics and statistics. It has international in scope.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical
General subdivision Health Care Delivery.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hospitals.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kaestner, Robert.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lo Sasso, Anthony T.
Fuller form of name (Anthony Thomas)
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Personal name Helmchen, Lorens.
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Personal name Blank, Jos L. T.
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Personal name Valdmanis, Vivian G.
776 1# - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
International Standard Book Number 9780762314539
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Advances in health economics and health services research ;
Volume number/sequential designation v. 18.
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0731-2199/18
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