Norwegian municipal rehabilitation services in transition

The effects of performance appraisal in the Norwegian municipal health services: a case study

INTRODUCTION Previous research in performance appraisal (PA) indicates that variation exists in learning and job motivation from performance appraisal between occupational groups. This research evaluates the potential effect of job motivation, learning and self-assessment through performance appraisals for health personnel. CASE DESCRIPTION This article focuses on goal-setting, feedback, part...

Efficiency in the provision of municipal nursing - and home - care services : The Norwegian experience

The municipalities in Norway are responsible for providing care for their inhabitants in need. The care takes two main forms: institutionalised care in nursing homes and home-based care. Based on cross-section data for 1995 for 471 municipalities the efficiency of the care activity is investigated using the non-parametric DEA approach. Quality is regarded as very important for the amount of res...

Costing the outpatient rehabilitation services in Nezam-Mafi Rehabilitation Center

Objectives: One of the basic challenges of health care centers is the inflated costs of services. Rehabilitation services play a significant role in restoring people's functional ability and returning people with disabilities to society. Costing the rehabilitation services in an accurate way could sustain advisable decisions on activity based budgeting and optimal resource allocation. The objec...

Patient trajectories in a Norwegian unit of municipal emergency beds

OBJECTIVE The Coordination reform was implemented in Norway from 2012, aiming at seamless patient trajectories. All municipalities are required to establish emergency care beds (MEBs) to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. We aimed to examine occupancy rate, patient characteristics, diagnoses and discharge level of municipal care in a small MEB unit. DESIGN Cross-sectional, observational s...

The Norwegian Financial Services Industry