...Tatiana Marceda Bach; Wesley Vieira da Silva; Augusto César do Nascimento Calista; Victor Diogho Heuer de Carvalho; Anderson Moreira Aristides dos Santos; Ibsen Mateus Bittencourt Santana Pinto Purpose This study investigates the long-term relationship between management efficiency...

...Fatih Durur; Yasemin Akbulut Purpose The objective of healthcare institutions is to utilize available resources efficiently without compromising the quality of service provided. Training and research hospitals differ from other healthcare institutions as they have training and research activities...

...Zeyad Mahmoud; Nathalie Angelé-Halgand; Kate Churruca; Louise A Ellis; Jeffrey Braithwaite Purpose Millions around the world still cannot access safe, timely and affordable surgery. Considering access as a function of efficiency, this paper examines how the latter can be improved within...

... of the pathway on wait time for surgery and to identify factors contributing to more efficient operations and challenges to their implementation. This is a case study with a mixed methods approach. The authors conducted interviews with hospital staff. Data collected in the interviews and through on-site...

...Roman Mennicken; Ludwig Kuntz; Christoph Schwierz Purpose Hospital managers are confronted with decisions that have to account for multiple objectives, which may be in conflict with regard to efficiency and quality of care. In empirical studies occupancy and staffing ratios as well as in‐hospital...

... with those of other public services that have undergone pritatisation. The article concludes that differences in the range and pattern of the services provided by the NHS led the public to a lower level of understanding regarding improvements and efficiency. The benefits of the market in other once public...

...J. Stuart Horner This paper outlines some of the pitfalls associated with the efficient management of beds using a case study in Preston. The value of follow‐up studies is reviewed and the importance of management drive to secure changes in practice is stressed. External factors...