Measuring hospital efficiency in Austria - A DEA approach

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-14

  Hofmarcher, Maria M ^a   Paterson, Iain ^a   Riedel, Monika ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AUSTRIA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036481785     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013292801100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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