Managed care and technical efficiency

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Shelton Brown III, H ^a  

^a UT School of Public Health Brownsville   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed care; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONSUMER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANAGED CARE; MARKETING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OWNERSHIP; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037318951     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.712     Document Type: Article

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