Multifactor efficiency in Data Envelopment Analysis with an application to urban hospitals

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-27

  O'Neill, Liam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032148837     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019030215768     Document Type: Article

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