A 12-year analysis of Malmquist total factor productivity in dialysis facilities

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 333-342

  Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Dialysis; Efficiency; Greece; Malmquist productivity index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GREECE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; PRODUCTIVITY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREECE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33748790394     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-9005-9     Document Type: Article

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