On Hospitals

Memoirs on Paris hospitals

way to a further divergence between medical researchers, such as comparative anatomists, and clinical practitioners during the era of university reform after the breakup of the Holy Roman Empire and the ReichsdeputationshauptschluJ3 of 1803. The competing cultural politics of the German states provided another public sphere for this theory-practice division. In his conclusions Broman notes that...

Attacks on civilians and hospitals must stop.

www.thelancet.com/lancetgh Published online March 21, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00070-X 1 denounce unlawful behaviour, engage with armed groups and affected populations to encourage compliance with the Geneva Conventions, and reconfirm the legitimacy of international humanitarian law. By doing so, the sanctity of humanitarian action can be upheld and human itarian actors and ...

Medicare dependent hospitals: Who depends on whom?

Small rural hospitals with a large proportion of Medicare patients currently receive special treatment as Medicare dependent hospitals (MDHs) under the prospective payment system (PPS). Other high Medicare hospitals (HMHs)--both urban and rural--have sought to have the additional per case payments extended to them. Current utilization patterns, the availability of alternative facilities, and th...

Projecting the impact of AIDS on hospitals.

Competition versus regulation: its effect on hospitals.

While factors other than competition and regulation influence hospital's behavior, these two strategies have dominated the health policy debate. To examine the impact of these two competing strategies on patients and hospitals, the authors examine experiences in Baltimore, which has followed a regulatory strategy since the early 1970s, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, which has pursued a competitive s...