Resources In Health Care Sector Research Articles

Intellectual capital-based performance improvement: a study in healthcare sector

BackgroundKnowledge resources are in most productive sectors distinctive in terms of competitiveness. Still, in the health sector, they can have an impact on the health of the population, help make the organisations more efficient and can help improve decision-making processes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the Intellectual Capital impact on healthcare organization’ performance in the Italian healthcare system.MethodsThe theoretical framework linked to intellectual Capital in the health sector and the performance evaluation related to efficiency supports the analysis carried out in two stages to determine the right placement of resources and the exogenous variables that influence performance level. The evaluation of the impact of the ICs on performance is determined through the Data envelopment analysis. The incidence of the exogenous variables has been established through linear regression.ResultsEmpirical results in Italy show some IC components influence organization ‘performance (Essential Levels of Assistance) and could be used for defining the policy of allocation of resources in healthcare sector. The efficiency of 16 regions considered in 2016 based on Slack-Based-Model constant returns-to-scale (SBM-CRS) and Slack-Based-Model variable returns-to-scale (SBM-VRS) identifies a different ability to balance IC and performance. Current healthcare expenditure and the number of residents is correlated with the identified efficiency and performance levels.ConclusionsThis paper embeds an innovative link between healthcare performance, in term of efficiency and IC which aligns resource management with future strategy. The study provides a new decision-making approach.

Health insurance reform in China after the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

This article reviews the health insurance reforms in China for the period from 2002 to the present. It stated that 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China introduced significant amendments to health insurance system, balancing the negative impact of capitalist mechanisms, on the one hand, and justice and equality – on the other. This stage of development in China’s healthcare insurance system is described as the “second generation” in healthcare system, characterized with the change of government’s role in allocation of resources in healthcare sector: proliferation of “wild capitalism” in medicine is replaced with the concept of granting freedom to the market mechanisms under the government supervision. The reforms of PRC government in the area of health have a clear social focus. The state takes over responsibility for health of the citizens, which was released to a free market in the “new course” of the 1980s – 1990s. At the same time, the former paternalistic scheme is replaced by the equal system of interaction between society and the government. In all cases, the insurance funds are formed out of personal deposits of the citizens and deposits of local and central authorities. Municipalities are responsible for majority of decisions in the area of development of insurance schemes. The government’s role consists in establishment of minimum deposits and maximum coverage. This is how the central authorities, local administration and citizens are involved in insurance schemes on equal terms.

Divergent Resources and Convergent Transposition Strategies The East-West Cleavage and Its Implications for Transposition

This article examines the transposition of the Cross-Border Patients’ Rights Directive 2011/24/EU (the Directive) in two systems of the European Union, Austria and Bulgaria. The specific purpose of the paper is to examine and explicate the transposition output in the two cases, from a resource perspective. In doing so, the piece studies the implications of the socioeconomic cleavage in the Union on the nature and contents of transposition texts in rich and poor systems. Healthcare sector resources’ impact on transposition is examined in detail. This factor is derived from the provisions of the Directive and identified as critical for the interpretation of the Directive in the context of the examined systems. The study’s findings establish a convergence between the two systems. In spite of divergent sector resources, transposition strategies in both cases followed a protectionist logic and served to restrict unlimited patient mobility, though to a different extent.

Economic planning and equilibrium growth of human resources and capital in health-care sector: Case study of Iran.

CONTEXT:During different planning periods, human resources factor has been considerably increased in the health-care sector.AIMS:The main goal is to determine economic planning conditions and equilibrium growth for services level and specialized workforce resources in health-care sector and also to determine the gap between levels of health-care services and specialized workforce resources in the equilibrium growth conditions and their available levels during the periods of the first to fourth development plansin Iran.MATERIALS AND METHODS:In the study after data collection, econometric methods and EViews version 8.0 were used for data processing. The used model was based on neoclassical economic growth model.RESULTS:The results indicated that during the former planning periods, although specialized workforce has been increased significantly in health-care sector, lack of attention to equilibrium growth conditions caused imbalance conditions for product level and specialized workforce in health-care sector.CONCLUSIONS:In the past development plans for health services, equilibrium conditions based on the full employment in the capital stock, and specialized labor are not considered. The government could act by choosing policies determined by the growth model to achieve equilibrium level in the field of human resources and services during the next planning periods.

Managing Human Resources in Healthcare Sector: Challenges and Opportunities in India

Managing Human Resources in Healthcare Sector: Challenges and Opportunities in India

Divergent resources and convergent transposition strategies – the East–West cleavage and its implications for transposition

This article examines the transposition of the Cross-Border Patients’ Rights Directive 2011/24/EU (the Directive) in two systems of the European Union, Austria and Bulgaria. The specific purpose of the paper is to examine and explicate the transposition output in the two cases, from a resource perspective. In doing so, the piece studies the implications of the socio-economic cleavage in the Union on the nature and contents of transposition texts in rich and poor systems. Health care sector resources’ impact on transposition is examined in detail. This factor is derived from the provisions of the Directive and identified as critical for the interpretation of the Directive in the context of the examined systems. The study’s findings establish a convergence between the two systems. In spite of divergent sector resources, transposition strategies in both cases followed a protectionist logic and served to restrict unlimited patient mobility, though to a different extent.