A modified three-stage data envelopment analysis: The Netherlands

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Blank, Jos L T ^b,c   Valdmanis, Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Social and Cultural Planning Office ^*

^c NEI The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost inefficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Mentally disabled residential care; Slack ratio; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

EID: 17444428863     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-004-0260-3     Document Type: Article

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