A descriptive assessment of the production and cost efficiency of general hospitals in Greece

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-106

  Athanassopoulos, A D ^a   Gounaris, C ^b   Sissouras, A ^c  

^a Athens Laboratory of Business Administration   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Greece; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033123163     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019023408924     Document Type: Article

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