The effects of size and information technology on hospital efficiency

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Watcharasriroj, Budsakorn ^a   Tang, John C S ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Data envelopment analysis; Hospital efficiency; Information technology; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347123007     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hitech.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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