Excess capacity and expense preference behaviour in National Health Systems: An application to the Spanish public hospitals

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-169

  Rodríguez Álvarez, Ana ^a   Knox Lovell, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Expense preference; Input distance function; Overcapitalisation; Spanish public hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPAIN; TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SPAIN;

EID: 1142287526     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.803     Document Type: Article

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