Hospital Costs and Unexpected Demand: The Case of Greece §

IF 0.8 4区 经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS
Zoe Boutsioli
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Abstract

Demand for hospital inpatient care varies in a consistent way. However, a part of this variability is unpredictable. Hospitals react to this situation by holding standby capacity in order to be prepared to meet unanticipated surges in demand. This paper examines the production responses to unexpected hospital demand on a sample of Greek public hospitals over the period 2001-2005. The hospital output is measured by the number of inpatient admissions, distinguishing them into elective and emergency. The unexpected demand is measured as the difference between actual emergency admissions and forecasted emergency admissions using an Autoregressive Moving Average model. The results support the hypothesis that production reactions to unexpected demand have a significant impact on hospital costs.
医院费用和意外需求:以希腊为例
对住院病人护理的需求以一致的方式变化。然而,这种可变性的一部分是不可预测的。医院对这种情况的反应是保持备用能力,以便准备应付意外的需求激增。本文考察了生产响应的意外医院需求的样本上的希腊公立医院在2001年至2005年期间。医院产出是通过住院人数来衡量的,将住院人数分为选择性和急诊。使用自回归移动平均模型,将意外需求测量为实际急诊入院人数与预测急诊入院人数之间的差异。研究结果支持生产对意外需求的反应对医院成本有显著影响的假设。
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Economics-The Open Access Open-Assessment E-Journal
Economics-The Open Access Open-Assessment E-Journal Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
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