This paper presents an optimization-based method to aid capacity planning decisions by quantifying the trade-off between the capital and operating costs of a production facility and the quality of finished products. Given forecasted market demands during multiple production periods, multi-objective optimization selects the quantity and the types of production machines to be purchased during eac...

Neveral cau8ea may explain the rapid acccleration in hospital costs with the advent of dfedicure and Medicaid. To sort out the influence of these separate faotors, thi.9 article presents certain types of evidence of ho8pitaJ coat inflation in the flr8t 2 years of Medicare: overall trend8 in ho8pitaZ revenue8 and expenses, labor and capital components of cost inflation, trend8 in individual hosp...

Background The dearth of health workers in rural settings in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) and other developing countries limits healthcare access and outcomes. In evaluating non-wage financial incentive packages as a potential policy option to attract health workers to rural settings, understanding the expected costs and effects of the various programs ex antecan assist policy-makers ...

Our study examines the impact of the capital prospective payment system (CPPS), implemented by Medicare in 1991, on capital expenditures and cost-e€ective behavior of non-proprietary hospitals. As noted in the paper, we use audited ®nancial statement data for a large national sample of hospitals. Univariate analyses demonstrate a statistically signi®cant decline in capital expenditures in the y...

In the article there is revealed movement of financial capital components as a substance – unity diversity and unity. Analysis USD / RUB, RGBI, RTSI, SBER, IMOEX dynamics speculative behavior owners (IMOEX, SBER) in relation to internal (RGBI) external (RTSI) market. importance growth rates GDP its state priority deflator regulation (Central Bank inflation targeting) context revenues and, struc...