Cost efficiency, factor interchange, and technical progress in US specialized hospital pharmacies

Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-371

  Okunade, Albert A ^a   Suraratdecha, Chutima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b SUKHOTHAI THAMMATHIRAT OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Allen Uzawa partial elasticities; Decomposed technical change; Economies of scale; Morishima elasticities of factor substitution; Translog cost

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031820529     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199806)7:4<363::AID-HEC346>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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