Chapter 1 Productivity in Hospital Industry

Jos L.T. Blank and Vivian G. Valdmanis

A chapter in Evaluating Hospital Policy and Performance: Contributions from Hospital Policy and Productivity Research, 2007, pp 3-12 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Hospitals worldwide command the majority of any countries’ health care budget. Reasons for these higher costs include the aging of the population requiring more intensive health care treatments provided in hospitals, the relatively high costs of labor in this labor intensive industry and payment systems that may encourage inefficient behavior on the part of hospital managers and physicians, that have not been fully mitigated via reforms and regulations.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/S0731-2199(07)00001-5

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