Internal markets and health care efficiency: A multiple-output stochastic frontier analysis

Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-164

  Gerdtham, U G ^a   Lothgren M ^a   Tambour, M ^a   Rehnberg, C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internal markets; Panel data; Stochastic ray frontier model; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POLITICS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0344609777     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199903)8:2<151::AID-HEC411>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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