Institutional design and the closure of public facilities in transition economies

As part of the reforms of their systems for financing and delivering health care, many transition economies, particularly in central and eastern Europe, have adopted national insurance funds that are institutionally separate from ministries of health. Most of these countries have also grappled with the problem of restructuring the delivery system, especially the need to reduce hospital capacity. Although improving the performance of medical care providers through a shift from passive budgeting to explicitly incentive mechanisms is important, why this change in financial relations between the government and providers could not be implemented simply by reforming the role of health ministries is not obvious. This paper presents an explicit rationale for the separation of powers between the regulator (the ministry of health) and the financing body (the insurance fund), based on the inability of a single agency to commit to closing hospitals. JEL classification: L51, P20, P35, I18.     

Measuring Hospital Performance in the Presence of Quasi-Fixed Inputs: An Analysis of Québec Hospitals

This research proposes an approach to measure hospital performance based on a generalization of Banker and Morey (1986) and Førsund (1996). This approach considers quasi-fixed inputs explicitly, calculates their implicit cost, and quantifies returns to scale. The performance measure is decomposed into allocative and technical inefficiencies. Based on a very complete data set of Québec hospitals, we find that significant inefficiencies of up to 17% ($700 CAN million) could have been saved through improved performance. Postestimation analyses that include qualitative measures of care suggest that differences in performance are attributable to differences in management or unobservable quality of care rather than patient case mix.     

广西北部湾经济区发展战略探析

分析了广西北部湾经济区的发展现状,创造性地提出其发展要因,最后,基于发展要因提出经济区发展战略,以供决策参考。     

关于广西农村保险需求的调查研究

通过对广西部分典型市县乡村的调查研究,从农民对保险的购买能力、农民对保险的了解和购买情况、农民应对风险的方法和途径、农村保险需求结构等方面对广西农村保险现实需求进行了分析,发现广西农村保险有效需求不足.从广西农村人身保险的需求结构、农村财产保险的需求结构两角度对广西农村保险潜在需求进行分析,得出广西农村保险的发展蕴藏着巨大发展空间.     

广西新建本科院校的办学定位与发展思路探析

新建本科院校是我国高等教育体制改革的产物.新建本科院校的定位应是立足本地,为地方经济服务,培养应用型人才.随着广西经济社会的发展,广西新建本科院校将为培养大量对口专业的应用型人才、促进我国与东盟国家经济共同发展与友好往来做出贡献,在区域经济的发展与合作中大有作为.     

“泛珠三角”合作中广西区域创新体系的构建

研究表明,经济的发展更多是依赖知识的积累,而区域创新系统的构建是知识生产和积累的有效途径,也是区域获得竞争优势的关键。如何面对激烈的市场竞争,实现跨越式发展,是广西面临的艰巨任务。文章结合广西的现实,系统地阐述了广西区域创新体系的框架、内容以及特点,指出了在泛珠三角区域合作下,广西构建区域创新体系的思路。     

加强与东盟旅游业的合作,加快广西旅游业的发展

通过对广西与东盟旅游业合作现状的分析和对广西与东盟旅游业合作 前景的预测，提出了广西拓展与东盟旅游业合作，实施双赢战略，把广西建设成为中国与东盟连接的东线国际旅游大通道的设想。     

浅谈医院无形资产的管理

在当今时代，无形资产已成为一项重要的经济资源。本文探讨了医院无形资产的性质、特征及核算内容等，指出医院管理者应提高对无形资产的认识，采取具体有效的管理措施，充分发挥无形资产的巨大威力。     

桂北地区乡土文化资源与乡村旅游经济互动发展研究

由于国内社会经济的飞速发展,人民群众的生活水平越来越高,使得近年来出行旅游的人越来越多,这在很大程度上促进了旅游业的发展。特别是国内各地乡村旅游业的快速发展,大大推动了乡村经济的繁荣,促进了乡村现代化发展。论文以桂北地区乡土文化资源为研究对象,认为在发展乡村旅游经济的同时,更要重视乡土文化资源的保护与传承,从而有效实现乡村旅游经济的可持续发展,促进乡村旅游业以及社会经济的健康发展。     

从广西看大西南出海通道建设

广西在大西南出海通道的建设中占有极其重要的地位，本文采用网络模型，按现状与规划路网两种情况，综合考虑陆上距离和去不同方向市场的海上距离，分析了北海（代表广西港口群）、湛江、广州等三条出海通道的三个港。各自的吸引范围。并由此得出了一些有益的结论。