Health care in the CIS countries. The case of hospitals in Ukraine

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Pilyavsky, Anatoly ^a,b   Staat, Matthias ^c  

^a LVIV UNIVERSITY OF TRADE AND ECONOMICS   (Ukraine)

^b WARSAW SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Hospital efficiency; Malmquist index; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UKRAINE; USSR;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; UKRAINE;

EID: 33750076635     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0351-4     Document Type: Article

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