The use of goal programming, regression analysis and data envelopment analysis for estimating efficient marginal costs of hospital services

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 261-268

  Giokas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost function; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Goal programming; Hospitals; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644275747     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.330     Document Type: Article

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