Technical efficiencies of Turkish hospitals: DEA approach

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 67-74

  Ersoy, Korkut ^a   Kavuncubasi, Sahin ^a   Ozcan, Yasar A ^b   Harris II, James M ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiencies; Ratio analysis method

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ACUTE DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 0030982426     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022801222540     Document Type: Article

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