Given that the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 is expected to generate forces toward physician-hospital integration, this study examined an understudied, albeit important, area of costs incurred in physician-hospital integration. Such costs were analyzed through 24 semi-structured interviews with physicians and hospital administrators in a multiple-case, indu...

PURPOSE Given the importance of partnership in improving health care outcomes among children, there is a substantial need to understand better what partnership means to parents and physicians. The goal of this study was to develop a partnership survey that was based on parents' and pediatricians' opinions about the key concepts of partnership. METHODS Parents of patients visiting an affluent ...

We present a model where each of two players chooses between remuneration based on either private or team effort. Although at least one of the players has the equilibrium strategy to choose private remuneration, we frequently observe both players to choose team remuneration in a series of laboratory experiments. This allows for high cooperation payoffs but also provides individual free-riding i...

There has been less controversy over the ownership of care provider agencies, but interest has grown over the last decade. State and Territory governments claim different views but all have transferred work to the private sector, ranging from outsourcing of particular functions (like cleaning) to complete privatisation – where a private company builds, owns and operates a facility serving mainl...

Recently, public criticism has focused on the lack of diversity among Supreme Court clerks. Various explanations have been given for the relatively homogenous status of clerks, and proposals have been raised to remedy the situation. However, while scholars and critics have focused on the disadvantages to women and minorities who are shut out from the coveted role of Supreme Court clerk, little ...

UNLABELLED The need for subspecialisation in radiology and the relationship of general and subspecialist radiologists is very diverse in different regions of the world according to the reports presented at the ESR International Summit, organised by the ESR during the European Congress of Radiology in March 2015 in Vienna. The International Summit is held once a year by the ESR and its national ...