Hospital cost per day (COST), annual admissions per capita (ADMIT), and average length of stay (ALOS) are important health policy variables because each variable provides important information about hospital industry performance. This study uses country-level data to explore the empirical relationships...
A cost model was developed using patency data endpoints and total hospital costs (direct and indirect) associated with an inital revascularization and subsequent re-interventions. This model was applied to a retrospective database of femoropopliteal reconstructions. One hundred and eighty-three open cases...
Variables analyzed Dependent variables analyzed were cost per day for ICU and non-ICU portions of the stay. Independent variables, which were used as approximations for case type and severity, were: medical and surgical groupings; and dis- charge status from the hospital (dead or alive). ...
Objective The purpose of this study is to examine the unit costs of a multi-service hospital in Palestine for the period 2005–2007. We investigate the cost structure of the Rafidya Hospital located in Nablus city, for both inpatient and outpatient departments.Methods This study uses cost–volum...
BackgroundHospitals face increasing pressure to lower cost of care while improving quality of care. It is unclear if efforts to reduce hospital cost of
“Night shifts were more equitably distributed among the nurses, while we have been able to reduce the 45 minutes per day required to amend rosters to just 10 minutes. In bangalore alone, we have 51 nurses in charge of rostering-so the combined saving there equates to nearly 30 hours per...
The debate concerning quality of care in hospitals, its "value" and affordability, is increasingly of concern to providers, consumers, and purchasers in the United States and elsewhere. We undertook an exploratory study to estimate the impact on hospital-wide costs if quality-of-care levels were...
During the last three years of this period, the average annual rate of increase in hospital costs in rate-setting states has been 11.2 per cent, as compared with an average annual rate of increase of 14.3 per cent in states without such programs (P < 0.05). We conclude that much of ...
But when it comes to the proliferation of costly, inefficient hospitals, government intervention is not the solution — it is the problem. America's hospital industry is already one of the most politicized sectors of the nation's economy, and its shape and structure are the product of dec...
It has generally been assumed that the cost of such facilities would be high, and cost effectiveness much less than that of preventive, educational and home care programs. In 1995, our 50 bed hospital in rural Bangladesh had a cost per patient-day of 525 Bangladesh Takas (US$13.15) and a...