The impact of the internal market on hospital efficiency, productivity and service quality

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-85

  Maniadakis, Nikolaos ^a   Hollingsworth, Bruce ^b   Thanassoulis, Emmanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Efficiency measurement; Malmquist index; Productivity measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033122862     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019079526671     Document Type: Article

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