Disparities, Hospital Financing, And More

Hospital financing through the capital market; Explain the underlying factors in financing policy and its ordering

Background: Hospital, as the largest and most important health system unit, has the highest costs. Governments cannot finance all of the costs of this sector, so reforms are inevitable. In this regard, researchers have explained the underlying factors in financing policy and its commanding. Materials & Methods: This study is a descriptive study done by qualitatively and quantitatively method i...

Health reform and hospital financing in Georgia.

AIM To analyze hospital financing and delivery of inpatient services, financial requirements of the hospitals, and their ability to meet these requirements were determined. METHODS Data on financial performance of 41 hospitals were collected using a standardized questionnaire. Patient survey, group discussions with hospital administrators, and interviews with policy-makers were also used. R...

Why are firms that raise more financing worth more?

I study the financing decisions of firms going public. I find that, all else equal, firms that raise more financing are worth more, and I consider potential explanations for this finding. I provide evidence that raising more financing leads to greater investor recognition, as proxied by better underwriting services, greater liquidity, and greater investor interest, and thereby increases firm va...

Spatial Disparities in Hospital Performance

Spatial Disparities in Hospital Performance Using a French exhaustive dataset, this paper studies the determinants of regional disparities in mortality for patients admitted to hospitals for a heart attack. These disparities are large, with an 80% difference in the propensity to die within 15 days between extreme regions. They may reflect spatial differences in patient characteristics, treatmen...

Financing strategies for nonprofit hospital systems.