A premerger profile of Columbia and HCA hospitals.

abstract：:An important factor in pricing decisions is the concept of cost analysis. The objective of this article is to describe the relevant costs for pricing medical services in the managed care environment. It discusses how a proper understanding of costs enables one to make correct pricing decisions. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Heshmat S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time is running out for public health organizations, says Charles Harper. Their traditional role in the health system is eroding rapidly. To reestablish the place they deserve in the health system will require an aggressive and united effort on the part of all public health professionals. As a counterpoint to Harper's...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Harper CL,Smith DS

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses epidemiological methodology: comparing rates, confounding, the use of confidence intervals, Bayes' theorem, and occurrence screening. An appreciation of the limits of epidemiological methods will provide the manager with realistic expectations of the quality assurance process. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Everett WD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forecasts based on historical trend analyses can do much to minimize the uncertainty inherent in quantifying the number and type of hospital admissions likely to occur in regional and local markets. A study was undertaken to ascertain whether relationships for admissions and discharges for musculoskeletal disorders ap...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Milch RA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous empirical and managerial studies have ignored the effectiveness of integrated health networks. It has been argued that the varying definitions and strategic imperatives of integrated organizations may have complicated the assessment of the outcomes/performance of varying models, particularly when th...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Lin BY,Lin YK,Lin CC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Although management practices are recognized as important factors in improving health care quality and efficiency, most research thus far has focused on individual practices, ignoring or underspecifying the contexts within which these practices are operating. Research from other industries, which has incre...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Garman AN,McAlearney AS,Harrison MI,Song PH,McHugh M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care leaders have called for the development of communication and leadership skills to improve manager-employee relationships, employee job satisfaction, quality care, and work environments. PURPOSES:The aim of the study reported here was to pilot how a 2-day coaching workshop ("Coaching for Impressi...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Cummings G,Mallidou AA,Masaoud E,Kumbamu A,Schalm C,Spence Laschinger HK,Estabrooks CA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploratory study of hospital planners was completed to determine if there was agreement between theory and practice concerning mission statement components and development. Results showed that mission statements have received little attention as part of the overall strategic planning process. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Gibson CK,Newton DJ,Cochran DS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because health care organizations (HCOs) are complex adaptive systems (CASs), phenomena of interest often are dynamic and unfold in unpredictable ways, and unfolding events are often unique. Researchers of HCOs may recognize that the subject of their research is dynamic; however, their research designs may n...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： McDaniel RR Jr,Lanham HJ,Anderson RA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antitrust and competitive issues are intertwined with efforts to control health care costs. Whether hospital competition holds down costs is an issue of much controversy and is the topic of this article. The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that hospitals compete primarily on a nonprice basis. This suggests...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Nguyen NX,Derrick FW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to common understanding, not-for-profit organizations must earn a profit in order to maintain fiscal solvency. This article presents a methodology to determine the appropriate profitability target with illustrations presented for a health maintenance organization. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Fallon RP

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vendors of hip and knee implants court orthopedic surgeons to adopt their products. Hospitals, which have to pay for these products, now court the same surgeons to help reduce the number of vendors and contain implant costs. PURPOSES:This study measures the surgeon's perceived alignment of interests with bo...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Burns LR,Housman MG,Booth RE Jr,Koenig A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Can APHA's policies effectively help U.S. communities reduce excess fertility rates among their sexually active teenagers? A study of two communities reveals to what extent APHA's policies are being adopted and whether they are successful. :Two communities with differing outlooks on the management of adolescent ferti...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Allen JE,Bender D

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitals are using several methods to establish a budget for advertising. The Strategic Planning Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a study of advertising practices on nearly 200 corporations and over 1,000 individual businesses. Decision rules, developed in the study, are used to show how hospitals...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： McCarthy EJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although health care managers pay a great deal of attention to marketing, there appears to be limited substantive action. As more organizations successfully implement the marketing concept, other organizations will follow suit and marketing will become more prevalent throughout the health care industry. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Clarke RN,Shyavitz L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A health care organization often engages in the simultaneous implementation of multiple organization change initiatives. However, the degree to which these initiatives are implemented and can be enhanced based on their interdependencies is an open question. How organizations and the change initiatives they p...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Spaulding A,Gamm L,Kim J,Menser T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In advising health care providers about care of the terminally ill in hospitals, risk managers generally take a legally conservative, narrow, risk avoidance approach. This orientation is generally unnecessary legally, since the legal risks in this context are exaggerated, and often lead to suboptimum medical treatment...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Kapp MB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient management teams are able to diagnose and begin to solve their own problems with the help of a self-instructional health team development (HTD) program. In this case, the focus is on those task-related issues which limit team effectiveness. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Plovnick M,Fry R,Rubin I,Stearns N

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To prepare for managed competition, many hospitals now focus on service quality as a means to improve their competitive position. To aid in decisions about where best to direct limited resources, managers need physician feedback about how the hospital's services compare with its competitors' services (competitive adva...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Burns LR,Beach LR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After this year, Medicare will no longer reimburse capital-related expenses. Instead, a new approach may be implemented. Should the new capital payment scheme be prospective? Should Medicare continue to recognize return on equity? What will be the relationship between Medicare payment and health care planning? These a...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Sloan FA,Valvona J

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of for-profit managed care organizations raises serious ethical questions for managers in these settings, such as whether contemporary business ethics are most appropriate for health care organizations or how the principles of biomedical ethics can be integrated into profit-seeking firms. A model is propose...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Friedman LH,Savage GT

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chain-owned nursing homes have become the predominant type of provider in the United States, but little is known about their management structures. Prior research has found that chain ownership has significant effects on health outcomes, but why that is the case is not well understood. PURPOSE:This study ex...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Kamimura A,Banaszak-Holl J,Berta W,Baum JA,Weigelt C,Mitchell W

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The postpartum hospital stay has been decreasing in the United States in recent decades. Early discharge to achieve cost savings has been criticized by many inside and outside the health care community as sometimes being detrimental to the mother and infant. This article describes the efforts of the administration, nu...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Parsons MT,Mahoney C,Weathers LS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transformational leadership (TL) has long been popular among management scholars and health services researchers, but no research studies have empirically tested the association of TL with workplace injuries and absenteeism among nursing assistants (NAs). PURPOSE:This cross-sectional study seeks to explore ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Lee D,Coustasse A,Sikula A Sr

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the extent to which hospitals use different integrative processes to assimilate physicians and assesses the extent to which their use is associated with managed care penetration and hospital characteristics. Results from a national survey of 1,495 community hospitals indicate that these integrat...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Burns LR,Morrisey MA,Alexander JA,Johnson V

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of primary care treatment of patients with chronic illness is an important goal in reforming the U.S. health care system. Reducing occupational conflicts and creating interdependent primary care teams is crucial for the effective functioning of new models being deve...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Wholey DR,White KM,Adair R,Christianson JB,Lee S,Elumba D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the ability of teaching hospitals to finance the expenses associated with the provision of medical care to the indigent has come increasingly into question. Such concerns develop because of the burden cost shifting places on other patients and the potentially adverse market position resulting for the h...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Fine DJ,Baker RJ,Vanselow NA,Leu VL,Connell AM

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is the first empirical test of the strategic importance of member autonomy and open access in a managed care environment. The model utilized in this study assesses the relative importance of autonomy in selecting specialists (open access), service convenience, value/pricing, and HMO resources on member sati...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Gamble JE,Icenogle ML,Bryan NB,Rickert DA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic, continuous approach to the problem of rising medical care costs and the need for improved resource management clearly require some level of input from physicians. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Larson JG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rapid increase in the number of hospitals becoming members of multihospital systems in recent decades has led to the formation of local and regional clusters that have the potential to function as regional systems, a model long advocated as a policy strategy for improving health system performance. PURP...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Sikka V,Luke RD,Ozcan YA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00