Productive efficiency and its determinants in the Finnish Public Dental Service

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-40

  Widström, Eeva ^a   Linna, Miika ^a   Niskanen, Tapani ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Determinants of efficiency; Productivity; Public Dental Service

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL STAFF; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINLAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1442333435     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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