Ring fencing of elective surgery: Does it affect hospital efficiency?

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-197

  Kjekshus, Lars Erik ^a,b,c   Hagen, Terje P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c Health Organization Research Program Norway   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGER; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 23844553540     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0951484054572529     Document Type: Article

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