Frontier analysis of healthcare

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 5-14

  Lovell, C A Knox ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practice; Cost containment; Frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 30044442892     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2006.007870     Document Type: Article

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