Horizontal Integration of Hospitals - Does it have an Impact on their Effectiveness?

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30299-4" target="_blank" >10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30299-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Horizontal Integration of Hospitals - Does it have an Impact on their Effectiveness?

Original language description

The aim of this paper is to discuss the effect of horizontal integration of hospitals on efficiency of hospitals. Whereas Czech hospitals use about 50% of all expenditure on healthcare, it is necessary to focus on their thriftiness and efficiency. Hospitals must work with limited economic resources and it is essential to know how to use these resources efficiently. In the last two decades we can see strong trends of hospitals integration. We now have five holdings and the last one was founded in January 2015. Annual reports were used for analysis from each hospital from 2004 to 2013, and also information from the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic. Parts of the annual reports include economic and also non-economic results. This data was statistically analyzed and examined according to whether there was a significant improvement in values after integration. For example, a linear trend was used for evaluation by using a coefficient correlation and a t-test was used for statistical significance. One of the limitations of the research was that the research was based on only two specific samples existing in the Czech Republic. Other holdings have either a very short or a very long period of being integrated and therefore it is very difficult to find specific comparable information. Other limitations of this research were the choice of appropriate financial and also non-financial indicators. Results from analysis were compared with results of other published studies in other countries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Procedia Economics and Finance

ISBN

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ISSN

2212-5671

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

553-561

Publisher name

Elsevier Science B.V.

Place of publication

Amsterdam

Event location

Řím

Event date

Nov 26, 2015

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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