Oliver Salge has article accepted for publication in Health Care Management Science

10/08/2016
 

The article „A Widening Gap? Static and Dynamic Performance Differences between Specialist and General Hospitals“ has been accepted for publication in the international journal Health Care Management Science (VHB Journal Ranking: A). It was co-authored by Antonio Vera, Pythagoras Petratos and Torsten Oliver Salge. In their study, the authors investigate the extent to which performance difference exist between highly specialized single serviceline hospitals and general hospitals and how these differences evolve over time. Static and dynamic specialization advantages materialize with regards to patient and staff satisfaction, but less with regards to financial and operational performance.