Background Early readmission to hospital after hip fracture is associated with increased
mortality and significant costs to the healthcare system. There is growing interest in the use …

Importance Health care services that support the hospital-to-home transition can improve
outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Objective To test the effectiveness of the Patient …

Heart failure is a major health problem that affects patients and healthcare systems
worldwide. Within the continent of North America, differences in economic development …

Hospital executives are under continual pressure to control spending and improve quality.
While prior studies have focused on the relationship between overall hospital spending and …

We consider whether hospitals that receive higher payments from Medicare improve patient
outcomes, using exogenous variation in ambulance company assignment among patients …

Importance While the substantial variation in health care spending across regions and
hospitals is well known, key clinical decisions are ultimately made by physicians. However …

Importance As prospective payment transitions to bundled reimbursement, many US
hospitals are implementing protocols to shorten hospitalization after major surgery. These …

Background: Although the prevalence of displaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly
population is increasing worldwide, there remains controversy as to whether these injuries …

Focusing on organizational learning research in healthcare settings, this paper studies how
experience, ownership and focus affect productive efficiency in US hospitals. Building on …

The sustainability of health care systems, particularly those supporting universal health care,
is a matter of current discussion among policymakers and scholars. In this article, we …