Providing quality care to patients at the lowest cost is of primary concern to hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, integrated health systems, and other health care providers operating in a prospective payment environment. Therapy Cost 2000 can help health care providers and decision-makers in a variety of settings reach the goal of cost-effective, high-quality patient care.

Quality of service is of major economic significance in natural monopoly infrastructure industries. In this paper we present an efficiency analysis of electricity distribution networks from seven European countries. We apply the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method on multi-output translog input distance function models to estimate cost efficiency and scale economies. We show that introduc...

In this paper, we examine the interplay of regulatory structures and the use of technology on the electricity distribution grid. The emphasis is on the incentives provided by regulation for efficient investment in capital and technology. Several regulatory structures are examined to determine their relative affects on investments in technologies, especially new technologies that can improve eff...

This paper proposes a multi-criteria approach to assess current technology systems in water treatment (WT) plants and water waste treatment (WWT) plants to find out the main implications on the quality of service. Presently, the plant production process and efficiency improvement of WWT plants has become a challenge for WWT plants. The need of cost-efficient and reliable treatment processes has...

cost by considering earnings quality for accepted companies in tehran stockexchange. this survey investigates a population of 76 companies during the timeperiod of 2009-2014. the results show that under high earnings quality, the marketrisk factor, the book risk to market factor, and the size risk factor have positiveeffects, and the profit risk factor has negative effects on shareholders equit...

background: chronic renal failure and dialysis causes symptoms which can affect the patient's quality of sleep and quality of life. therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between sleep qualities, and quality of life in hemodialysis patients in the chaharmahal and bakhtiari province. methods: this was a descriptive-analytical study. the study population consisted of the dialys...

background hepatitis b infection is still the main cause of chronic liver disease in iran, which is associated with significant economic and social costs. objectives this study aimed to estimate the financial burden caused by chb infection and its complications in iran. results the total annual cost for the activate population of chb patients and for those receiving treatment at various disease...