A Managerial Use of the Volume-Outcome Association for Hospital Planning
AbstractImproving quality within healthcare systems is one of the biggest challenges policy makers are facing today. In this paper, we focus on planning for health policy makers with the two main...
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AbstractIn this paper, we propose an innovative managerial use of the volume-outcome association, a relation that associates higher volume of activity to better results. We analyze how this relation...
View ArticleVariables affecting pricing of orphan drugs: the Italian case
AbstractBackground and aimEvidence on determinants of prices for orphan medicines is scarce and not available for Italy. The aim of this paper is to provide an evidence on variables affecting the...
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AbstractGiven the progressive aging of Italian and European populations, the number of cases with chronic diseases is steeply increasing. This calls for new strategies for health resource management...
View ArticleHospital volume allocation: integrating decision maker and patient perspectives
AbstractPlanning problems in healthcare systems have received greater attention in the last decade, especially because of the concerns recently raised about the scattering of surgical interventions...
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AbstractBackgroundThe beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced many hospital departments worldwide to implement telehealth strategies for the first time. Telehealth represents the opportunity to...
View ArticleProximal hip fractures in 71,920 elderly patients: incidence, epidemiology,...
AbstractBackgroundThe risk of proximal femoral fractures increases with aging, causing significant morbidity, disability, mortality and socioeconomic pressure. The aims of the present work are (1) to...
View ArticleHow to direct patients to high-volume hospitals: exploring the influencing...
AbstractBackgroundDuring the last decade, planning concentration policies have been applied in healthcare systems. Among them, attention has been given to guiding patients towards high-volume hospitals...
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