Efficiency and productivity change in the English National Health Service: Can data envelopment analysis provide a robust and useful measure?

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-236

  Hollingsworth, Bruce ^a   Parkin, David ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; FINANCIAL AUDIT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0141928737     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581903322403308     Document Type: Article

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