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Hospital Practices and Research
Hosp Pract Res
2476-390X
2476-390X
2016
1
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Unintended Consequences of Hospital Payment: The Case of Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups
Philippe
Widmer
Peter
Zweifel
Background: In 2012, Switzerland changed from retrospective to prospective hospital payment based on diagnosis related groups (DRGs), following the example of the United States, Australia, and Germany. As in these countries, the objective of this transition was to motivate hospitals to improve efficiency by making them bear financial risk to some extent.Objective: This contribution seeks to find out whether SwissDRG, the Swiss version of DRG payment, indeed provides hospitals with appropriate incentives, thus creating a level playing field enabling workable competition between them.Methods: Three conditions for creating a level playing are stated, of which the first is tested using data on some 757 000 patient cases treated by 93 hospitals in the year 2012.Results: The evidence suggests that hospital payment as currently devised by SwissDRG fails to create a level playing field. Differences in margins over cost of treatment can be traced to a hospital’s portfolio of specialties and mix of patients, both of which are largely beyond their control. The findings of this paper are subject to several limitations. The true DRG-specific cost distributions (and hence expected values) are not known; moreover, emphasis has been on variable cost, neglecting fixed (capital user) cost. Finally, hospitals with a high amount of capital user cost may well benefit from modern technology contributing to their efficiency in terms of variable cost.Conclusion: The finding that current hospital financing by SwissDRG fails to create a level playing field is likely to be robust, calling for an expeditious adjustment be-cause hospitals are exposed to financial risk to a greatly differing degree. It may be appropriate for them to purchase insurance against their financial risk, which is largely driven by influences beyond their control.
Hospital financing
DRG payment
Cost efficiency
Financial risk
Incentive problems
2016
11
01
105
113
https://www.jhpr.ir/article_34223_82e5e8d4c72d155f0691857a7f03e5df.pdf
Hospital Practices and Research
Hosp Pract Res
2476-390X
2476-390X
2016
1
4
Evaluation of Quality of Life and Symptoms of Menopause in Women with and Without Breast Cancer
Maryam
Javadian KutanaeeI
Azra
Sadeghi
Donya
Sheibani Tehrani
Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Objective: This study was performed to determine the symptoms of menopause and quality of life in women with and without breast cancer. Methods: This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was performed in hospitals of Babol, Mazandaran province, Iran, in two groups of women with and without breast cancer. The study population included all women with menopausal symptoms who were divided into two groups containing 100 women apiece. A checklist containing menopausal symptoms was collected from these two groups and the standard questionnaire EORTC-QLQ-C30 was utilized to assess the quality of life in the case group and the standard questionnaire SF-36 was used in the control case. Data were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Depression and insomnia were significantly higher in the case group and control group, respectively (p <0.05), but other symptoms of menopause were not significantly different in the two groups (P>0.05). In the case group, the overall quality of lifewas assessed as good in 36.3% of patients. Also, the quality of life in the control group had the lowest score relevant to the item Neshat with an average of 55.6 and the highest score related to the item of social performance with an average of 73.25. Conclusion: According to the results, the symptoms of menopause in women with breast cancer were not much different from women without breast cancer. Meanwhile, the quality of life of women with a history of cancer was good.
Quality of Life
menopause
Breast Neoplasms
Women
2016
11
01
114
120
https://www.jhpr.ir/article_124867_11a339ec8b615b8454aa3d97d905b168.pdf
Hospital Practices and Research
Hosp Pract Res
2476-390X
2476-390X
2016
1
4
Access of Discharged Schizophrenia Patients to Employment and Association Memberships in Turkey
Nermin
Gürhan
Neşe
Uğurlu
Burhanettin
Kaya
Background: Patients with schizophrenia can experience a deteriorated performance in many of the skills needed in daily life, the workplace, the family circle, or in social interactions.Objective: This definitive study used comparison to evaluate the functionality, treatment compliance to therapy, and styles of coping with stress of schizophrenic patients who work and are members of an association.Methods: The individuals participating in this study were divided into four groups. Group 1 were members of an association and employed; Group 2 were members of an association and unemployed; Group 3 comprised non-members who were employed; and group 4 were non-members and unemployed. A total of 60 patients (15 in each group) comprised the sample. Data was collected by means of the Individual Information Form, the Adaptation Rate Scale for Medical Therapy, the Functional Recovery Scale in Schizophrenia Patients, and the Scale for Coping with Stress. Statistical analyses and interpretations were conducted using frequency and percentage, t test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) to assess the data.Results: It was observed that being a member of an association and working at a job affected the social and occupational functionalities in schizophrenia patients participating in the study, but the styles of therapy adaptation and coping with stress did not affect these areas.Conclusion: Results indicated that the use of current antipsychotic drugs did not affect functional areas, therapy adaptation, or styles of coping with stress.
Schizophrenia
Functional behavior
psychology
Therapeutics
Psychological
Commerce
2016
11
01
121
128
https://www.jhpr.ir/article_34221_386ef90ebc3ce7eabe68d9bcb39a6f84.pdf
Hospital Practices and Research
Hosp Pract Res
2476-390X
2476-390X
2016
1
4
Effects of Patient Education Program on the Quality of Nursing Care and Inpatient Satisfaction in Surgical Wards of Selected Hospitals in Isfahan, Iran
Shahnaz
Keifi
Mohsen
Shahriari
Zahra
Baghersad
Donya
Sheibani-Tehrani
Farzaneh
Rejalian
Background: The implementation of patient education within a hospital is a difficult task that plays a key role in improving and controlling diseases and providing quality healthcare services. Objective: The current study evaluated the effect of patient education on the quality of nursing care and inpatient satisfaction in surgical wards of selected hospitals in Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2014. The sample group consisted of 64 patients admitted to the surgical wards of select hospitals in Isfahan and selected using the voluntary sampling method. Participants were randomly divided into experimental (n=32) and control (n=32) groups. A patient education program was implemented for each subject in the experimental group (during hospitalization and after discharge), but no intervention was conducted for the control group. Data was collected from both groups before and after the educational intervention using the standard questionnaire SERVQUAL to measure expectations (with a reliability of 87%), perceptions (with a reliability of 85%), and inpatient satisfaction (with a reliability of 83%). Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Chi-square, and t-tests in SPSS software (ver. 20). Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that the patient education program significantly increased the mean scores of the quality of nursing services and inpatient satisfaction in the experimental group compared with the control group (p<0.01). Conclusion: A patient education program is an important pillar for improving public health. It is also a low-cost intervention to increase a patient's hope in living a good quality life.
patient education
Quality of nursing care
Patient Satisfaction
Surgical wards
2016
11
01
129
134
https://www.jhpr.ir/article_40686_9499b265113c9ac113ab046df22b4fb9.pdf
Hospital Practices and Research
Hosp Pract Res
2476-390X
2476-390X
2016
1
4
Do Hospitals Affiliated With the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Perform Efficiently? Non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis
Satar
Rezaei
Nooredin
Dopeykar
Mohsen
Barouni
Mohammad
Jafari
Fardin
Gharibi
Background: One way to improve the performance of hospitals, the largest resource-consuming units in the healthcare sector, is to continuously evaluate their performance.Objective: The current study assessed the performance of hospitals affiliated with the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences using data envelopment analysis (DEA).Methods: This retrospective descriptive-analytic study used DEA to assess efficiency types (technical, managerial, and scale) in hospitals of the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences (n = 12) in the years 2007 to 2011. The number of active beds, nurses, physicians (general and specialist), and other staff were inputs; inpatient admission and occupied bed days were outputs. Stata version 12 was used for data analysis.Results: The mean technical, scale, and managerial efficiency values were 0.85, 0.89, and 0.95, respectively. The highest and lowest slack inputs were nurses and active beds, respectively.Conclusion: The findings indicate that Kurdistan hospitals were less than appropriately efficient during the studied period. They also suggest that there is a capacity of about 15% for enhancing output in hospitals (compared with the most efficient studied hospitals) without increasing costs or inputs.
Data Envelopment Analysis
Efficiency
Hospitals performance
2016
11
01
135
140
https://www.jhpr.ir/article_34218_1ffd922c7cc1f128421de0227753312e.pdf
Hospital Practices and Research
Hosp Pract Res
2476-390X
2476-390X
2016
1
4
Drug Supply Chain Management and Implementation of Health Reform Plan in Teaching Hospital Pharmacies of Ahvaz, Iran
Effat
Jahanbani
Reza
Shakoori
Masoume
Bagheri-Kahkesh
Background: Drugs play a strategic role as a health commodity. Thus, the supply chain management of drugs is an important issue to reducing costs and thereby improving patient health. Objective: This study evaluated the status of drug supply chain management and health reform in the pharmaceutical sector of teaching hospitals in Ahvaz, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in pharmacies of teaching hospitals in Ahwaz, Iran in 2015. Data was collected through a checklist extracted from the Evaluation Checklist of the Food and Drug Deputy and related articles. The study checklist examined six dimensions of the Evaluation Checklist, including drug storage, administrative regulations, preparation of medicines, drug distribution, taking medication, and implementation of health reforms in the pharmaceutical sector. The content validity of the checklist was confirmed by experts and pharmaceutical specialists. Data was analyzed for descriptive characteristics such as frequency and percentage using EXCEL version 2010 software. Results: The findings show that hospitals met standards for administrative regulations with 78.5% and preparation of medicines with 77.25%. The dimensions of drug storage with 74.75%, taking medication with 74.25%, implementation of health reforms with 71.5%, and drug distribution with 62.5% were in a near-standard state. Conclusion: Supply chain management systems of medicines in teaching hospitals are near-standard. To improve hospitals, offering proper training to employees, using the fixed-rate shopping system, and providing facilities to patients are recommended.
Pharmacy
Organization and administration
Hospitals
Health reform
2016
11
01
141
145
https://www.jhpr.ir/article_34222_02672d69e4ac4622272e6e251891a3d2.pdf
Hospital Practices and Research
Hosp Pract Res
2476-390X
2476-390X
2016
1
4
The Need for Complementary Health Insurance in Iran and Suggestions for Its Development
Seyed Morteza
Adyani
Ezzatollah
Gol-Alizadeh
International experience has shown that the increasing diversity in healthcare services precludes the integration of all services under a government health insurance plan in terms of performance and economy; no institution receiving a fixed amount of money per capita is able to provide all services. Supplementary insurance is used in many countries.1 In Iran, comprehensive coverage of medical costs through a basic government medical insurance program is not possible because of the rising costs of diagnosis, use of more up-to-date and expensive medical technologies, and the development of new treatment methods. The number of people deprived of the right to healthcare is increasing daily. The structure of complementary insurance is based on participation and provides three types of coverage: completion of services, completion of costs, and integration of costs and services. In many leading countries, insurance is provided to a group with the participation of the insured and the insured’s employer who pays the employee’s premiums.
Health Insurance
Healthcare
Iran
2016
11
01
146
146
https://www.jhpr.ir/article_40714_fd729f2cdb77107710813ace976b87fd.pdf