The following overview introduces a series of articles that focuses on multifactor productivity (MFP) growth in health care. This edition of the Health Care Financing Review begins with a theoretical discussion of the Medicare Economic Index (MEI) and the conceptual reasons for the MFP adjustment incorporated into the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS). The issue then moves on to an explora...

Multifactor funds, which offer risk factor diversification, have several appealing characteristics. They enable investing in factors, has become a typical way to enhance portfolio’s long-term risk-adjusted return; they provide exposure more than one factor, enables diversification; and these benefits neatly packaged product. What’s not like? Their performance. Although their track record is lim...

background and objectives: the healthcare organization are often fail to realize their strategic goals due to the lack of effective leadership. to address this efficiency, factors can possibly influence the management performance should be identified. thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style and explore the relationship between leadership style in hosp...