Cost efficiency of US hospitals: A stochastic frontier approach

Health Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 539-551

  Rosko, Michael D ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital cost function; Hospital efficiency; Stochastic frontier regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; INDUSTRY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034820066     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.607     Document Type: Article

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