Louisa Bogaerts, Noam Siegelman, Ram Frost
Statistical Learning and Language Impairments: Toward More Precise Theoretical Accounts
Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science
economic pressure german hospitals increased considerably last years mainly introduction flatrate payment system likely increase current demographic political conditions growing dominance economics inpatient sector increases pressure hospital staff results increased volume care sometimes inappropriate overtreatment uncontrolled rationing continuous struggle maintain quality patient care development alarming ethical perspective also impairs hospitals economic performance counter increasing economic pressure ethics doesaccording line reasoning adopted articlenot appear successful rather central ethical values inpatient care become integral part hospital management value management first requires clear definition normative standards eg within mission statement second realisation normative standards routine inpatient care systematically assessed evaluated managed since normative standards difficult measure objectively quantitative scale repeated surveys among hospital staff central instrument secure internal quality hospital appears likely ethics hospital pay improving economic performance empirical proof conceptually extremely plausible hypothesis yet provided