Technical efficiency and economies of diversification in health care

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 299-307

  Prior, Diego ^a   Solà, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economies of diversification; Hospital management; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SPAIN; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034267079     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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