Inter-hospital transfers

Bequests, Inter Vivos Transfers, and Wealth Distribution

This paper extends the heterogeneous agent overlapping generations model with bequests in Nishiyama (2000) by adding two-way intergenerational altruism and inter vivos transfers. Calibrating the model to the U.S. economy, the paper measures time preference and intergenerational altruism consistent with the economy¶s capital-output ratio and the sizes of intergenerational transfers. In the model...

A regional medical operations center improves disaster response and inter-hospital trauma transfers.

BACKGROUND Delays in both inter-hospital trauma transfers and disaster response are common. We hypothesized patient flow could be improved by formal adoption of systems that improve cooperation and communication. METHODS The regional trauma database of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma and the Regional Medical Operations Center (RMOC) database were queried to test the h...

A Chart Review of Acute Care Inter-Hospital Transfers from Rural WV Hospitals

Objective To document the characteristics of acute care patient transfers from rural West Virginia hospitals. Data Sources/Study Setting Hospital patient charts in rural West Virginia hospitals

Modeling and Simulation Analyses of Healthcare Delivery Operations for Inter-Hospital Patient Transfers

Inter-hospital transfers of patients for different elements of care have been increasingly used as a common strategy for providing quality healthcares through sharing limited resources worldwide. In this paper, the authors study the problem of healthcare delivery operations for inter-hospital patient transfers motivated by a real-world case within the South East Local Health Integration Network...

Descent Rules and Inter Vivos Transfers