Organisational performance evaluation: application to Belgian hospitals

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 148-179

  Crêteur, Muriel ^a   Pochet, Yves ^a   Pouplier, Isabelle ^a   Closon, Marie Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; healthcare systems; Hospital; organisational design; payment system; performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944396559     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2002.001136     Document Type: Article

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