The efficiency of the Community Dental Service in England: A data envelopment analysis

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 274-280

  Buck, David ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community dental health services; Economics; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034243206     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.280405.x     Document Type: Article

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