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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"cost-containment"”.
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Hospital cost containment in Massachusetts
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986.
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A patient-oriented review of health care under cost containment
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.
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A comparison of cost-containment instruments for US carbon reduction policies
… cap-and-trade proposals contain provisions for cost-containment instruments which reduce the possible range of emissions prices. This paper analyzes the relative effectiveness of three such cost-containment instruments, including a safety valve, an intensity target, and banking and borrowing. …
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Competition Vs. Regulation in the Health Care Market: Approaches to Cost Containment
… the competitive and the regulatory strategies to cost containment in the health care market. It discusses the justifications for the use of these strategies and examines the effectiveness of each through case studies of health maintenance organization (HMOs) and diagnosis-related groups (DRGs). In …
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Nurse case management of workers' compensation injuries: A strategy toward corporate cost containment
… in the total Workers' Compensation medical costs and the number of litigated workers' compensation cases as a result of the implementation of a pilot Nurse Coordinated Action and Response to Employees (CARE) Program. The Wilcoxen matched -pairs signed rank test was used for nonparametric …
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The effect of cost, competition, profit and cost containment policy on hospital quality of care
The effects of cost containment and related factors on hospital quality of care were studied. A major purpose of this study was to explore the usefulness of Peer Review data in quality of care research. National data (50 states) and a 119-hospital sample from three states with strict cost …
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Uncovering opportunities for cost containment and operational improvements via shared practices between device manufacturer and hospital
… commoditization and increased scrutiny of device cost. To address these financial and operational pressures, suppliers and providers will need to uncover opportunities for cost savings and improvements in clinical care. The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry provides insight into a vehicle for …
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Carbon offsets as a cost containment instrument : a case study of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
… nations meet their emission commitments at lower costs. Carbon offsets take advantage of lower abatement cost opportunities from unregulated sectors and regions, which can be used to offset the emissions from regulated nations and sectors. Carbon offsets can also meet multiple objectives; for …
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Compulsory licensure as a cost-containment measure for essential medicines: a comparative study of South Africa, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China
… feasible to leverage compulsory licensure as a cost-containment tool to circumvent price dominance in the sale of essential pharmaceutical commodities. The South African Patents Law provides for CL under three grounds. These are dealt with in chapter 2. The abuse of patents rights as a result of …
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Parathyroid scintigraphy
… technique so that its role in today's climate of cost containment, may better be defined.
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Impact of the 1983 Medicare Regulations on ten food service facilities in Kentucky
… Services. Foodservice directors developed cost containment and revenue generating programs in response to the DRG's. Note: The author has requested that her vita be removed from this Electronic Theses and Dissertation.
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Pharmaceutical policies used in LMIC countries to enhance pharmaceutical spending efficiency: a review
… makes up for a major share of healthcare costs in Low- and-MiddleIncome Countries (LMICs), where access to essential medicines is hindered by high prices, inefficient procurement, and restricted budget. In order to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), there must be policies that ensure …
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Integrating Total Disability Management in a Climate of Change: A Case Study
Integrated disability management (IDM) is a cost-containment strategy increasingly being employed by human resources and risk management departments to address occupational and non-occupational illness and injury in a consistent manner. The goal is to both reduce on-the-job injury and minimize the …
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OMB Circular No. A-76 : efficiency review : and performance measurement of the Department of Defense health care delivery system
… and Logistics) brings together approaches for cost containment and organizational efficiency. The Military Health Services System (MHSS) has been notorious for its assumed inefficiency. This apparent "waste" gets attention when health costs go up as productivity trends downward when measured by …
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Innovative Workforce Plan: Recently Graduated Nurses as Super Users for EHR Implementation in a Multi-Hospital Organization
… use requirements led to a need for innovative cost-containment strategies. Tapping the local pool of unemployed newly graduated nurses as half the required super user workforce leveraged the technology skills of novice nurses registered nurses as trainers of experienced nurses in five …
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Formula funding and special educational needs
… to needs, efficiency, stability of funding, cost containment and accountability
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Hearing Aid Coverage for Arizona Medicaid: A Model Proposal and Stakeholder Mobilization
… Medicaid for Arizona called Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Our model was based on information gathered through a state-by-state comparison covering five categories: diagnosis, follow-up with counseling, hearing aids, replacements/repairs, and aural rehabilitation. The group …
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A description of the use of alternative therapies by selected nurse practitioner groups
… the current health care climate with issues of cost containment and patient outcomes at the forefront, further research should focus on relationships between use of alternative therapies and issues of patient satisfaction, compliance, and outcomes, especially in comparison with use of more …
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Nurses' Experiences of Empowerment and Autonomy Following Hospital Restructuring
… changes in their work world. Managed care, cost containment, and downsizing have resulted in a shifting and variable hierarchy of leadership in nursing. The widely reported shortage of nurses, resulting in assumed lapses in quality of care, has been compounded by the loss of a supportive …
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The changing political economy of hospitals: the emergence of the "business model" hospital
… by a crisis brought on by rapidly escalating costs. Many forces centering on the cost containment theme are now forging new political and economic operating rules for health care providers. Collectively these forces are bringing about decisive changes in the quality, quantity and structure of …
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