ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Previous research has shown that the quality of interpersonal care provided by physicians is correlated with the initiation of malpractice litigation. Unfortunately, this research has not controlled for the effects of actual treatment quality or of health outcomes. The research on which this article is based experimentally manipulates three variables: (1) patient involvement with treatment decisions, (2) financial incentives by third party payers to encourage cost-effective medicine, and (3) use of new treatment practices that have not been widely adopted by other physicians.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Trauma is a significant multidimensional health problem in North America. An important organizational response to this problem has been the creation of regional trauma care systems. This article focuses on the need to assess the effectiveness of such systems from a regional management perspective.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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This article profiles the determinants of elderly patients' satisfaction with the outcome of their health care complaints. Type of provider response, severity of complaint, and the individual characteristics of age and cognitive age were found to be significant in effecting satisfaction. Related strategies for managing elderly health care complaints are discussed.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Minnesota's 1994 health care reform legislation authorized the establishment of community integrated service networks (CISNs) and health care provider cooperatives, which were envisioned as new health care delivery models that could be successfully implemented in rural areas of the state. Four CISNs are licensed, and three organizations are incorporated as health care provider cooperatives. Many of the policy issues Minnesota has faced regarding the development of CISNs and health care provider cooperatives in rural areas are similar to those raised by current Medicare reform proposals.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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This article traces the history and development of management retention contracts in health care, outlines the principal provisions contained in a management retention contract, and provides answers to frequently asked questions. The key advantage of management retention agreements is that they allow executives to be more dispassionate in their business decisions and remove psychological barriers to accepting a new arrangement, because their career concerns are addressed. At a time when hospitals are exploring significant affiliation, merger, or sale possibilities, these arrangements establish a method of ensuring that senior executives do not seek other employment or leave the hospital during the critical phases of corporate negotiation and preclosing.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Health care entities (and especially medical practices) are valued for a number of reasons: sale transaction pricing and structuring, merger formation and dissolution, taxation and regulatory compliance, and litigation support and dispute resolution. The identification and quantification of the entity's intangible assets are often the most important aspects of the valuation. This article illustrates the generally accepted methods for valuing health care-related intangible assets.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Health care organizations can avoid substantial turnover costs through retention strategies geared to the varying needs of employees. The study on which this article is based examined retention needs of registered nurses in nursing homes and found that they varied by tenure. Low tenure nurses preferred learning opportunities and advancement potential while high tenure nurses favored work flexibility. Implications for retention policy in nursing homes are discussed.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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Patient perceptions of the quality of services provided is a key factor (along with cost effectiveness) in determining a health care organization's competitive advantage and survival. This article examines the advantages, disadvantages, and problems associated with nine different methods of measuring patient satisfaction with service quality. The appropriateness of each of these techniques under different organizational conditions is also discussed. The article concludes with guidelines for measurement of patient satisfaction and implementation of managerial follow-up.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID

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In the arena of managed care and large delivery systems, professional associations find it increasingly difficult to influence the environments in which their members practice. Physician executives appear likely to play key roles in the response of medicine to change. This article discusses how an analysis of the work of physicians involved in management fails to yield a clear analytic distinction between physicians engaged in management and the behavior of others who have managerial responsibility.

ISSN:0361-6274    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1997

数据来源: OVID