Comparing hospital cost efficiency between Norway and Finland

Health Policy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-278

  Linna, Miika ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^a   Magnussen, Jon ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; DEA; DRG; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NORWAY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; NORWAY;

EID: 33745428047     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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