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In Nigeria, drug financing by the public has been challenged by financial constraints through public fund due to a limited fund available to the government to meet all its demands. The objectives of this study were to determine the variability of the hospital patient prices of same drugs under the PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) and in Private Retail Community Pharmacy (PRCP), and to investigate the perceived efficiency and effectiveness of the PPP by comparing it with the Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) model in drug supply financing. This study was conducted in Nigeria utilizing a mixed method. Mann-Whitney U test analysis was used to compare the median drug price of the two facilities. The majority (76.19%) of the drugs were sold at a cheaper rate in the hospital than what was obtained in the PRCP with no significance difference (p > 0.05). Dominant responses from the focused group discussions supported the PPP model. This study shows that the median patient price of the basket of matched pairs of same drugs in the hospital under the PPP and in the PRCP was identical. Overall, the participants were of the opinion that the PPP model was more efficient and effective than DRFin the financing drug supply
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Farmacêuticos/ética , Preço de Medicamento , Parcerias Público-Privadas , Financiamento Governamental/organização & administração , Hospitais Públicos/estatística & dados numéricos , Pacientes , Farmácias/organização & administração , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Aprovisionamento , Administração Financeira/classificação , Governo , Nigéria/etnologiaAssuntos
Prática Associada , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Competência Clínica , Administração Financeira/classificação , Administração Financeira/economia , Administração Financeira/organização & administração , Gastroenterologia , Humanos , Relações Interprofissionais , Entrevistas como Assunto , Estilo de Vida , Prática Associada/classificação , Prática Associada/economia , Prática Associada/organização & administração , Médicos/psicologia , Administração da Prática Médica/classificação , Administração da Prática Médica/economia , Administração da Prática Médica/organização & administração , Competência ProfissionalRESUMO
For both independent and hospital-owned physician practices, determining the cost of care is crucial when negotiating managed care contracts. A practice in North Carolina offers a detailed but straightforward way to do just that with information and software you probably already have.
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Benchmarking , Administração Financeira/classificação , Prática de Grupo/economia , Atenção Primária à Saúde/economia , Escalas de Valor Relativo , Contabilidade , Alocação de Custos , Prática de Grupo/classificação , Humanos , Atenção Primária à Saúde/classificação , Estados UnidosRESUMO
When it comes to financial performance, some not-for-profit healthcare organizations certainly can say that they're not in the profit business. Their margins are well into negative numbers. But others, including some hospital groups, post margins that would make investor-owned companies jealous. Modern Healthcare takes a look at the financial data contained in not-for-profits' latest filings with the Internal Revenue Service.
