Efficiency measurement of health care: A review of non-parametric methods and applications

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-172

  Hollingsworth, Bruce ^a   Dawson, P J ^a   Maniadakis, N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033156735     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019087828488     Document Type: Article

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