Reimbursing for the costs of teaching and research in finnish hospitals: A stochastic frontier analysis

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-97

  Linna, Miika ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Hospitals; Reimbursement; Stochastic frontier; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINLAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 33645820459     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-006-6256-z     Document Type: Article

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