Does restructuring hospitals results in greater efficiency? - An empirical test using diachronic data

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a   Westbrook, Mary T ^a   Hindle, Donald ^a   Iedema, Rick A ^a   Black, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 32144440103     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148406775322016     Document Type: Article

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