Models for governing relationships in healthcare organizations: Some empirical evidence [0.03%]
医疗保健组织中管理关系的模型：一些经验性的证据
Anna Romiti,Mario Del Vecchio,Maddalena Grazzini
Anna Romiti
Recently, most European countries have undergone integration processes through mergers and strategic alliances between healthcare organizations. The present paper examined three cases within the Italian National Health Service in order to d...
Examining the influence of health insurance literacy and perception on the people preference to purchase private voluntary health insurance [0.03%]
健康保险素养与感知对居民购买商业健康保险意愿的影响研究
Tanuj Mathur,Gurudas Das,Hemendra Gupta
Tanuj Mathur
Most studies have associated "un-affordability" as a plausible cause for the lower take-up of private voluntary health insurance plans. However, others refuted this claim on the pretext that when people can afford "inpatient-care" from pock...
General practitioners: Between integration and co-location. The case of primary care centers in Tuscany, Italy [0.03%]
一体化与邻近化之间的关系：以意大利托斯卡纳的初级保健中心为例
Sara Barsanti,Manila Bonciani
Sara Barsanti
Healthcare systems have followed several strategies aimed at integrating primary care services and professionals. Medical homes in the USA and Canada, and primary care centres across Europe have collocated general practitioners and other he...
Quality improvement strategies and tools: A comparative analysis between Italy and the United States [0.03%]
质量改善的策略与工具——意大利和美国之间的比较分析
Stefano Villa,Joseph D Restuccia,Eugenio Anessi-Pessina et al.
Stefano Villa et al.
Italian and American hospitals, in two different periods, have been urged by external circumstances to extensively redesign their quality improvement strategies. This paper, through the use of a survey administered to chief quality officers...
Federico Lega
Federico Lega
Patient empowerment: Its implementation and systems within hospitals in England and Greece [0.03%]
患者赋权：在英国和希腊医院中的实施及系统建设
Markella Boudioni,Susan McLaren,Graham Lister
Markella Boudioni
Introduction: International health policies recognise patient empowerment, resulting in diverse empowerment models and systems. Research on organisational systems for implementing patient empowerment between countries or ...
Sofia-Sotiria Xanthopoulou,Korina Katsaliaki
Sofia-Sotiria Xanthopoulou
The increase in the consumption of generic drugs to reduce pharmaceutical expenditure is a challenge for many countries, especially during the economic crisis. The purpose of the present study is to review the Greek market of generic drugs ...
Modularising outpatient care delivery: A mixed methods case study at a Finnish University Hospital [0.03%]
门诊模块化交付模式研究：以芬兰一家大学附属医院为例的混合方法案例研究
Katariina Silander,Paulus Torkki,Antti Peltokorpi et al.
Katariina Silander et al.
Background: Modularisation is a potential means to develop health care delivery by combining standardisation and customisation. However, little is known about the effects of modularisation on hospital care. The objective ...
Do online health communities enhance patient-physician relationship? An assessment of the impact of social support and patient empowerment [0.03%]
在线健康社区是否增强医患关系？一种关于社会支持和患者赋权影响的评估方法
Anne-Francoise Audrain-Pontevia,Loick Menvielle
Anne-Francoise Audrain-Pontevia
The diffusion of the Web 2.0 has made it possible for patients to exchange on online health communities, defined as computer-mediated communities dedicated to health topics, wherein members can build relationships with other members. It is ...
Do patients value a hospital's innovativeness reputation? A multi-method approach to assess the relative importance of innovativeness reputation in patients' hospital choice [0.03%]
患者重视医院的创新声誉吗？一种多方位的方法来评估创新声誉在病人选择医院过程中的重要性
Sebastian Gurtner,Nadine Hietschold,María Vaquero Martín
Sebastian Gurtner
Innovations in health care are costly and risky, but they also provide the opportunity for hospitals to increase quality of care, to distinguish themselves from competitors and to attract patients. While numerous hospitals strive to increas...