ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LONG-TERM SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTIONS IN LATVIA’S MUNICIPALITIES BY THE DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS METHOD

Sekundārās veselības aprūpes infrastruktūras plānošana Latvijā

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Towards evidence-based management: A nationwide administrative data-based audit of acute myocardial infarction in Latvia

When care for an individual patient is determined by evidence-based medical guidelines, the management of the whole clinical process also needs to be based on evidence. In Latvia, an careful retros...

EVALUATION OF THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF LATVIA’S MUNICIPAL LONG-TERM CARE CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY

Transition to hospital process orientation: The case of regional hospitals in Latvia

Management of processes instead of functions has growing importance into the health care. Transition to hospital process orientation (HPO) changes the way physicians and other health professionals have used to practice before. Study was performed to explore factors affecting introduction of HPO in Latvian hospitals responding to significant external pressures during the years of economic crisis to detect the best practices used for process management implementation in clinical setting. To reach the research goal dissimilarities between current performance and management of hospitals were explored. As changes in hospital reimbursement system demand improved efficiency, hospital’s performance…