Transforming healthcare : a focus on consumerism and profitability

Shedding light on current transformations in payment mechanisms and transparency of hospital performance data and prices, this volume of Advances in Health Care Management presents findings on hospital profitability, cost, and organizational structures. Divided into two sections: 'Reimbursement...

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Other Authors Hefner, Jennifer L. (Editor), Al-Amin, Mona (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
SeriesAdvances in health care management ; v. 19.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839829581
9781839829567
DOI10.1108/s1474-8231202019
Physical Description1 online resource (240 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Section I Reimbursement, Cost, and Profitability
  • Bundled Payment Programs as an Application of Case Rate Provider Reimbursement
  • Profitability of Rural Hospitals: An Analysis of Government Payment Policies
  • Assessing the Impact of Privatization of Public Hospitals on Community Orientation: A Stakeholder Approach
  • The Cost of Capital, Leverage, and System Membership: Does System Membership Help Hospitals Achieve Optimal Leverage?
  • Section II The Move Towards Transparency
  • When Is Medical Care Price Transparency a Good Thing (and When Isn't It)?
  • Consumers' Exposure to Price Transparency: Compliance Testing and Sentiment Analysis of US Hospitals During 2019
  • Financial Literacy and Consumer Choice of Health Insurance: Evidence from Low-income Populations in the United States
  • Does Transparency of Quality Metrics Affect Hospital Care Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Literature
  • Leadership and Safety Excellence: The Experience of Hospital Support Service Workers
  • Outcome Warranties
  • Index.