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Javier Sánchez and the reforms in the management of Spanish hospitals
Keenov E.; García Prat, Antoni; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1004-EService and Operations ManagementA policymaker in one of the Spanish regional governments has to manage the start-up of a new hospital. This task will force him to make a series of decisions about legal models applicable to hospitals, financing, human resources policies and mechanisms for organizing hospital care and coordinating it with primary care. The alternatives considered reflect the main options for reforming or transforming hospital management systems that are currently...Starting at €8.20
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Javier Sánchez y las reformas en la gestión de hospitales
Keenov E.; García Prat, Antoni; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1004Service and Operations ManagementUn responsable político del gobierno de una de las regiones españolas se enfrenta a la puesta en marcha de un nuevo hospital. Esta tarea le pone ante la necesidad de tomar una serie de decisiones sobre modelos jurídicos aplicables a los hospitales, financiación, política de recursos humanos y mecanismos de organización de la asistencia hospitalaria y su coordinación con la asistencia primaria. Las alternativas reflejan las principales opciones de...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital Universitario
García Prat, AntoniCase FH-224-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Establecimientos Viena, S.A.
García Prat, Antoni; Faus, JosepCase F-725-EFinanceThe case analyses a medium-sized company that is representative of Spanish and Catalan SMEs in general. The company is reluctant to increase its level of debt, but its management is starting to question the appropriateness of self-financing versus debt financing. At the same time, the company is maintaining steady growth on the basis of owning the real estate properties that house its restaurants as opposed to renting them.Starting at €8.20
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The Spanish Health System: A Summary Description of its History, Organization and Financing
García Prat, AntoniTechnical Note CN-181-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the most important changes that have taken place in the Spanish health system since the advent of democracy with a special emphasis on structural aspects, financing and the organization of services.Starting at €8.20
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Agustín Rivero
Rivero A.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1031-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes an attempt to evaluate and adapt the DRG (Diagnosis Related Group) system of patient classification to Spain, so that it could be used as a budgetary and financial tool in the national health system. The health ministry, through its interterritorial committee, conducted a study to determine whether DRGs, once adapted to the Spanish health care system, could be used not only as a benchmark for the state but also as the basis for...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital
Gallardo H. M.; González I. D.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1027-EService and Operations ManagementThe Hospital Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia, had been in a very difficult situation due to financial and labor difficulties. After five years of integrative management and negotiations with the different fronts, including labor aspects, the situation had been reversed. The productivity could be increased and labor conditions stabilized to the benefit of the hospital and its workforce. For the Ministry to exert primarily a stewardship function, i...Starting at €8.20
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Developing the health services purchasing function in the Sao Paulo Health Secretariat
Vicente R.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1041-EService and Operations ManagementAfter the initial stages of implementation of an innovative solution to solve the problem of launching several new hospitals under severe labor hiring constraints (achieved through new legal entities using the framework of the Philanthropic Organizations), the Health State Secretary faces new challenges: how to consolidate the different contracts of the Organizaciones Sociales de Salud, how to advance in the existing payment systems, and how to c...Starting at €8.20
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Introducing DRGs as an Instrument for Clinical Management
Cercone J.; Márquez G.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1048-EService and Operations ManagementThe case focuses on the use of DRGs in Costa Rica from the original motivation to use them, the implementation steps, the difficulties found and how they were addressed. The case describes the changes that occurred as a result of DRG introduction, and how the ?perverse incentives? were managed. The emphasis is on the lessons learnt in order to define the following implementation steps. The DRG system can be a useful tool to better organizing medi...Starting at €8.20