Recently added articles from Hospital Topics:
Kawasaki syndrome in Texas.(Clinical report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract. The authors examined hospitalization rates of Kawasaki Syndrome (KS) among Texas children to isolate clusters, identify demographic disparities, and suggest possible causative factors. Using a retrospective cross-sectional study design, they studied 330 KS cases from 2,818,460 ...
Community orientation and the strategic posture of hospitals.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract. The authors used a panel study to analyze the role of mimetic isomorphism in determining the strategic posture of hospitals as measured by their community orientation. They divided the sample into 3 groups ranging from most isomorphic to least isomorphic with regard to the ...
Health insurance sources for nonelderly patient visits to physician offices, hospital outpatient departments, and emergency departments in the United States.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract. The authors used data from nationally representative surveys to estimate health insurance sources for nonelderly patient visits to U.S. physicians. Results show that hospital emergency departments attract a greater share of ambulatory care visits by uninsured patients than by ...
Changing organizational performance: examining the change process.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract. A survey of hospital chief executive officers found financial challenges to be the most important issue facing their organizations (American College of Healthcare Executives 2007). However, researchers (Griffith et al. 2006; Langabeer 2008) have found that hospitals have been ...
Uncompensated care cost: a pilot study using hospitals in a Texas County.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Abstract. The financial ramifications of uncompensated care cost (UCC) on the healthcare industry have been difficult to quantify. With the lack of a standardized definition of uncompensated care and the need to account for the uninsured, indigent, and immigrant populations, the authors ...